MYST POST#2:REMEMBER THE TITANS

Remember the Titans is one of the best movies that I have seen in a while. It is very heart warming and it sends a message. This movie is also like Facing the Giants. They are both about a football team and they show how racial and religious terms deal with each character. Remember the Titans is a movie that I will never forget throughout my life. It never gets boring. The style of this movie is very unique. Remember the Titans is a very modern movie but it also relates back to the 1960's when race was such a huge problem. The camerawork was awesome. I loved the way that the movie showed the lives of each character on and off of the field. Every scene was interesting. The camera shots and angles were awesome. I love the way that the camera followed all of the players when they were in a football game. It felt like you were right there with the linebacker or the quarterback. The look of this movie is interesting. No matter who you are or what you like if you saw the cover of this movie or you saw a scene/trailer you would be drawn in right away. It's truly fantastic.Denzel Washington was a perfect actor for the leading main character. He showed how great he can be on the big screen.

I thought this movie was fantastic. The actors did such a great job. They showed what a team and more importantly what a brotherhood is. I like how the movie got past the racial issues. The team came together as one and they didn't let other peoples opinions and thoughts affect their relationship. One thing that I loved about this movie and the message that it sent was that anyone could watch it. It doesn't matter if you're into sports or not. This is a movie anyone can watch either by themselves with a friend or with their entire family. Remember the Titans is a phenomenal film that I think everyone should see. I give this movie 4.5 stars out of 5. Go out and watch this film. It will leave you speechless. Remember the Titans was also based on a true story which makes it that much more impacting.

Film Studies Create a Story (1935)

The story that we created was something that everyone would talk about after they saw it. It would have such a huge impact on audiences that everyone would want to see a sequel. The genre that my group and i chose was horror. The reason why we chose this catchy suspenseful thriller was because a lot of audiences didn't have experience with these movies. We wanted to show audiences another part of movies. We showed part of the movie through the killers eyes and that was something that really caught peoples attention. The studio Universal really fit this movie because it was popular and it always had great movies. The whole cast had worked with this studio on their last movie and that showed that they had great chemistry. The director that we chose was Fritz Lang because he directed a movie called "M" and it was very similar to our movie. Fritz Lang got more and more popular with the movies that he made. The leading actor that we chose was Peter Lorre because he was also the main character in the movie "M" directed by Fritz Lang. Peter Lorre had a great scary slick look to him and he fit really well with  his characer "the strangler". The Detective will play a supporting character because Ernst Stalhkenbaur (detective) was part of the problem that the killer "Peter Loree" is trying to solve.  Every actor that we chose to be in our movie worked together on the movie "M" so there was already a lot of chemistry between them. The focus of our film is cinematography because it had to do with so many different things. Every scene needed cinematography and it impacted the way that the audience viewed the movie. The Hays Code affects our movie because we had to cut down on the violence a lot. Our movie is about a strangler and how he kills people to find out who killed his brother. The Hays Code states that there is to be no murder unless there is a point to that killing. It can't just be a random killing. We also had to make every actor/actress mature and grown up. Children weren't allowed to be in movies like this. We also had to show no signs of racism. I would definitely spend more time backing up the cinematography and storyline of our movie. If this was a solo project i would have backed up my facts more instead of just saying what was said. I would also said more about the Hays Code and how it iimpacted our movie. This movie is definitely going to be a great hit some day.  

Formal Film Study:Act of Valor and Saving Private Ryan

I chose to write about the movie genre war. The movies Saving Private Ryan and Act of Valor are categorized in this genre. They both show real life activity in the war. They show the viewer what war is really like. The camera in Act of Valor follows the soldiers more. In Saving Private Ryan the camera is from a far distance pretty much the whole time. You can see the whole scene in Saving Private Ryan unlike Act of Valor. These films fit into Hollywood very well. The time eras are different but these two films were both great hits when they came out. The special effects in Act of Valor are a lot better than Saving Private Ryan because the technology was more modern. The directors had more to work with. These films show the culture aspects of the different countries we have fought in. Saving Private Ryan is shown during WWII and Act of Valor shows Afghanistan and other middle eastern countries. It shows very poor living conditions. The politics in these two movies show how the economy and government is running the army etc. They are very controlling and strong. The shots in Act of Valor were very quick and strong. They captured the main idea of the scenes and then moved on to another. Saving Private Ryan had long slower scenes. They moved at a slower pace to capture the moment. Both of these films were similar in most scenes. The war genre changed a lot because of new special effects. Both of these movies helped the war genre become more popular. These two films really made an impact on many people. They brought you into the war like you were there. The sound and special effects of both movies helped the viewer out by showing them what was really happening. The imagery in these two movies was magnificent. I can watch these movies all day because it never gets boring. Something is always happening and there are many things going on in one scene. Overall everyone needs to see these two films in order to know what war is all about on the front lines. Tom Hanks did an amazing job handling the lead role in Saving Private Ryan. The thing that made Act of Valor so entertaining was that the cast members were active duty navy seals. They do everything that is shown in the movie on a regular basis. Both of these movies have impacted me greatly.