Review Characterization

Row 1-Concept 16-Relatable characters give a story an audience

Row 2-Concept 17-Relatable characters come from everywhere-use the people you've met. Take aspects from each person.

Row 3-Concept 35-When losing is not an option- obstacles are good, but they have to figure it out eventually

Row 4- Concept 38-Character enhance the conflict- Conflict fueled by traits. Foil

Row 5- Concept 39-Characters change because of conflict.

Row 6- Concept 40-Way a character surpasses a challenge is more interesting than the challenge itself. Hero's Journey.

Concept 35 Summary

When Defining the stakes for characters in your script they must achieve their goal because the consequences of losing it are much too high. Movie villains traditionally start out with the advantage. Hero's in contrast have neither the mindset of an aggressor not the power base to launch an offensive. Hero's have external battles in which they have to defend themselves and engage in high risks in order to win. One man with courage makes a majority.

Concept 68 #1

Don't have the doe

This sucks

Come on!

No!!

The train is gone

What do yo want?

This sound like something I want to do

This not what I think it is, is it?

Do have a problem with is?

I can trust you right?

African American Movies

African American's are represented as gospel loving family oriented race with a lot of violence involved in the young men's lives. Their role has evolved from the past because now we see African American's in suits and in a sophisticated environment where as before they were always the broke bad guys.

Identify Suspense Techniques in Script for Rear Window

Define the terms first:

Dialogue Means Nothing- Use facial expressions, have one character not listening to other dialogue can be a lie (Jeff sounds like he has nothing planned as Throvald walks in the room and converses with him and advances towards him but actually he had a light bulb in his hand ready to use)

Keep the Story Simple- linear and streamlined, story simple but characters complex

Characters Must Break Cliche- characters must be unique and do the unexpected, lisa breaks into the apartment, Thorvald respectable murderer

Use Humor to Add Tension- characters in ironic situations (In the last scene when Stella says I don't want any part of her it adds humor to the story)

Two Things Happening at Once- distract audience, when Thorvald was hiding the knife, when Thorvald was coming to the house and Miss lonely heart trying to kill herself (In the last scene as Thorvald is strangling Jeff , LIsa, Stella and the detectives are entering Thorvald's apartment)

Suspense is Information- dog kept going back to the dirt

Surprise and Twist- the son is the mom, Rear window has moments where Thorvald looks innocent, (When Thorvald pushes him out of the window)

Warning May Cause MacGuffin- the driving symbol that pushes the story forward, the thing that everybody wants, Phycho-40,000 bucks

Characters Must Break Cliche

It is important that the characters be unique and have unexpected characteristics because it gives a realistic approach to the audience. For example the criminal should be the rich man, the weird women should be the most beloved, and the quite unsuspected character should be the evil character. There should be twist in the character's characteristics because it keeps the story going and also creates many obstacles for the character pushing the story forward.

Hitchcock's Techniques for Suspense

Some techniques mentioned that are used in Rear Window is Point of View Editing and this is shown when the main character Jimmy gives two smiles one form looking at a Dog and another from watching a women undress. Also the technique where dialogue mean nothing is used when Jimmy is paying attention to looking out the window instead of listening to the nurse. Fram of emotion is used to show Jimmy's girlfriends disappointment that Jimmy won't live with her or chose a safe profession.

Concept 65 #1

1. Aye where are my Tacos!

2. Give me tacos!

3. This isn't fair!

4. It is because I'm black!

5. Stop being racist!

6. I am hungry!

7. What are you doing!

8. Hurry up!

Concept 64 #1

-A walk to remember- The girl makes a speech during a play that they put on at school and it is significant in the plot because right after the guy ends up falling in love with her.

-Romeo and Juliet- Romeo makes big speech proclaiming his love for Juliet and being the driving force of the romantic movie.

-Noah's Ark- Noah makes a speech trying to convince the people that a big flood is going to happen and the speech is significant because the whole movie he is trying to keep the faith of his destiny and his speech signifies him proclaiming his faith.

Concept 63 #1

My favorite music video is the Beautiful, Beautiful song by Francesca. When I watch this video with out the sound the imagery still conveys the message of praising God for all that he is. Francesca is kneeling down on the floor praying and singing her heart out to God and even with out the sound you can still capture the atmosphere of worship. The atmosphere is similar to the message of the song which is to praise God for all he created and all that he is.

Twilight Zone

In twilight zone the build of suspense came from the darkened rooms and the inability of the viewers to recognize any of the characters in the film. Also the dialogue and the desire of the hospitalized women to have her face revealed. We are very curious about what the women looks like, what will happen to her, and where is she going to go. The writers created a sense of suspense by not revealing the women's face and by letting us know little and empathizing that what we don't know is very important to the story line.

Concept 62 #1

If Rosa Parks was to have flashback telling of scenes of her refusing to give up her seats, I would use techniques such as black and white. In order to create a sense of the older time period I would use a rouged yellowish and darker tone for the flashback. I would also focus the camera on certain objects that reflect the time period.

Concept 61 #1

Shrek 2

Ella Enchanted

Cinderella

This technique was effective in these movies because the story is told in a fairy tale like manner that adds to the fanaticism of the story. It makes these movies more magical and takes us back to younger years where our parents would read to us.