This has been a very interesting course at the same time it is much more then I was prepared for, although I learned a few things, I was actually hoping that it was going to be the type of course where you watch a movie and review it. Obviously this is much much more. I must say that I do see things and critique movies in ways that I never have before and to some extent I like it but honestly unless I have to I will never take another class in cinema due to the fact that for me some of the magic has been lost. I will never again see a movie the way I did before I took this class, maybe there should be a disclaimer!
Chapter one about killed me to read it until I got to the part about different types of film. All the technology advances since it was first invented and what the different types of films can do and when and why they are used. It also discussed the blockbusters and how they were originally shown at a few select theaters to attempt to build hype and it is still done occasionally when either a pre show is done for a film which is expected to be huge and also for more of the unique and controversial independent films.
The amount of money it takes to make and market a film and the amount of money that can be made is what chapter two was to me. I was amazed at the reality of the cost not just for the actors and actresses but the props and the special effects and all the crew that makes the film not to mention the producer and director and so on. It is even more amazing that considering how much is put out how profitable to industry really still is.
I think I was broadened by chapter three just in the aspect of I have never looked at films made here in the United States and said oh there’s another foreign film, because for me it isn’t a foreign film. But when it leaves and goes to Japan or France or any where out of the US, it has just become someone else’s foreign films. The other thing that really captured me is that foreign films that I have seen offer so much more depth mush more realism. I contribute this to the differences in cultures. What one culture finds acceptable another such as the US finds taboo. This in itself is funny since we act like such a liberated country, but we are really very prude.
The funny thing about chapter four was that I learned much of what is in chapter four by reading books by Danielle Steel, I recall reading one book in which the actress was contracted with MGM and at that time in my like I basically thought that is how it was and how it would always be. I do not know when I realized that Hollywood was not like that anymore but I found this chapter interesting because of my prior knowledge and interest in the subject no matter how naïve it was.
I was a bit surprised by the next chapter regarding the directors and what not. While I would have thought it to take a broad approach, I noticed that there was a lot of focus on just a few directors, Lucas was brought up time and time again which at first gave me a feeling that he must be overwhelmingly talented , but then I looked closer and my feelings are maybe the author of the book I am reading thinks Lucas is the most talented and maybe didn’t give enough credit to others or no credit to smaller names in the field. I was disappointed by this chapter and that feeling I think has stuck with me a bit.
I think I love chapter six just for the fact it is discussing indepedantant films what they stand for what they are willing to do to make there voices heard and the topics they discuss. I consider myself very open and even in the things I disagree with I still find it compelling to learn about. I have a much deeper respect for those in the independent film industry and look forward to seeing more of the films shown at the film festivals and the theater on Mill Ave. here in Arizona.
Also I was kind of surprised, even though I think I may have already know, but the still surprised at the fact that porn used to be shown in main stream theaters and made millions doing so. Now you see them in the rough parts of town in adult books store and such. In the same aspect it was interesting to read about how Hollywood and the public has set standards on acceptability even with horror films and shunned may of the independently made ones. The creativity that went in to marketing The Blair Witch Project was genius and worked very well.
The most interesting part of chapter 7 was the first page and then in regards to sequels. While most people myself included look forward to sequels of films they really enjoyed I think most of us are let down it was interesting to read about a sequels relevance and the whys and what fors and the thought that goes into them.
In “fixing it in digital” what stands out to me and what still does in reflecting on it is the comment from (soriano,2000;p.1) ” The real danger, many experts say, is that audiences eventually will no longer be thrilled by the ‘wow’ factor. “To a certain extent, we’re jading an audience,’ Hayes[visual effects supervisor, Tippett Studios] says. ‘How much more can you really do? ‘ Some already see signs of special effect burnout, ‘We call it “cinema puritae”, a whole generation that rejects special effects. Audiences are craving something real that feels real,’ says James B. Meigs, editor of Premiere magazine. He points to last summer’s sleeper hits as evidence that audiences are eager for less flash. The Sixth Sense had practically no special effects and grossed nearly $300 million and The Blair Witch Project, made for $60000, went to take in $140 million, the most successful independent film ever.
There really isn’t anything more that needs to be said from my perspective, The Sixth Sense was brilliant. I know I am jaded already.
Chapter nine made my laugh to really realize that we are taking theses rides we go on at Disneyland and turn it into a two hour ride we can take home and ride over and over on a little disk we put in a DVD player. It also makes me fearful to think about where the industry is going. I happen to like the way films were twenty years ago, I enjoy them now but change them much more and I am not sure what will happen. I will miss the films as I have always known them.
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