Films Discussed
fate rules—since the world is preconstructed and actions predetermined, all questions already have answers and any choice is simply the illusion of choice. In the real world, humans have the power to change their fate, take individual action, and make mistakes.
The Matrix
Jerebear
a light that comes from the side parallel to the actor
Side Light
A film with no synchronized recorded sound
Silent Film
This director is a 9 time academy award nominee and directed Micheal Jackson’s “Bad” music video in 1987
Martin Scorsese
Oranges are a powerful symbol in this movie, foreshadowing tragedy when they appear before a character's death. This movie is also apart of a trilogy
The Godfather
Which teacher scratched her car while backing out?
Peter LeGro.
when a filmmaker places their camera above the actors
overhead shot
A term used to define dramas that particularly emphasize a movie’s abundance of cynical attitudes and motivations
Film Noir
This director started at age 16 and was later awarded the Medal of Freedom
Steven Spielberg
This movie demonstrates the dilemma people face in pursuing their dreams while giving up what they love and making sacrifices through the use of colors like purple and yellow
La La Land
What CNY school district was her father the superintendent of?
Liverpool
A shot taken by a mounted camera moving through space (such as in a vehicle).
Tracking or Dolly Shot
A non-fictional motion picture intended to educate or maintain a historical record
Documentary
This director has a huge phobia of chimpanzees, but still directed Planet of the Apes in 2001
Tim Burton
Tucked into the plot of this Sam Mendes film is a portrayal of the youth and innocence that is so readily destroyed in war - also a year
1917
What is her mother's maiden name (aka crime lore)
Gambino
A ___ ____ communicates a cohesive aesthetic vision for your film.
Mood Board
a filmmaking technique whereby still images are manipulated to create moving images
animation
Greta Gerwig
Rapid-fire intelligent dialogue, Russian Nesting Doll-styled storytelling and whimsical/phantasmagorical imagery. This movie also used color to drain sets of realism.
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Which hotshot East Asian city did she live in (she also wrote a law journal about this country and its biotechnology)
Hong Kong
A commonly used structure used in most narrative, fiction films
3 act structure
uses speculative, fictional science-based depictions of phenomena that are not fully accepted by mainstream science, such as extraterrestrial lifeforms, spacecraft, robots, cyborgs, mutants, interstellar travel, time travel, or other technologies
Science Fiction
Known for blockbusters with complex storytelling produced for Hollywood studios, he is considered a leading filmmaker of the 21st century. He really likes space
Christopher Nolan