Paranormal Activity

This movie, I think, was done very well. The idea for camera angles and such were very convincing to the story. This movie scared the crap out of me but only because of 3 scenes. First is the scene when the guy, Mika, puts talcum powder on the ground before they go to bed and while they sleep you see foot prints being made in the powder but you don't see anyone there. Second is the scene where the main female character, who's name I can't remember, gets dragged out of bed and down the hall by whatever creature made the footsteps in the powder. Finally; the last scene when the woman goes down stairs and jsut begins screaming blood curdling screams and Mika runs down to help her then everything is completely quiet for a few moments. Then you hear loud footsteps coming up the stairs, and out of the darkness a body flies at the camera and all you see is the woman standing in the doorway covered in what can only be Mika's blood. In all is was a good movie, very pleasing from a cameraman's viewpoint, suspenseful, and just enough creepiness to scare me.

Screenplay

The readings for writing the screenplay were very helpful and made it much easier to organize and write the first draft. The steps that are given were probably most helpful because it gave me a reference to look to while writing the different aspects like "cut to" and when someone is supposed to be speaking. It also gives you a guideline of the spacing and some things that can be used but not over used. The screenplay for our project isn't very long but there isn't really much to put into it without putting a lot of camera angles and the other aspects that aren't really found in a screenplay. There isn't a lot of conversing in our short fiction which is another reason the screenplay is so short.

Saw 7

It was a great movie. Like always there's plenty of gore but for those who look for the plot you are indeed in luck! Every loose end is picked up and put into place in this final chapter of the gruesome Saw saga. Although John is dead his work continues, and he's able to make an appearance like always in a flash back, however there are those who have yet to be tested. The movie was good and the plot was finally tied together and 3D. It was interesting except that I wear glasses and wearing the 3D glasses over my glasses was not very comfortable and I couldn't get them at the right distance from my eyes so a few parts of the movie were blurry. But the 3D did its job well; there are several scenes where body parts are just flying all over through the screen and is realistic enough to freak you out the first couple of times.

Watchmen

I watched it last night. It's a good movie for the most part. The idea is great and the fact that it came from a graphic novel makes it a little better. The movie is very long, especially since I watched the director's cut, but there isn't too many things that should be cut out. The sex scenes are unnecessary and on that comment so is the extraordinary amount of blue penis that is seen throughout the film. I don't even know where to begin when it comes to analyzing the film from a cameraman's perspective. There are a plethora of just about any kind of shot you would need in a film. I enjoy many of the wide shots because they work very well. For example when Dr. Manhattan goes to Mars; the shot is from above the red planet and all you see is a blue dot appear on the barren surface. Although it's not an actual shot because it was all done on the computer it does its job well. I feel as though there are several of these shots to show the audience just how small everyone really is, even a blue man who can perceive past and future simultaneously and who is impervious to everything known to man. There are too many shots to blog about, at least in one blog, so there's one example and my personal view of the movie.