What Have You Bought Recently?

[Slippery Jack]

Originally Posted by Prince_Vajda

This goes too far, but it's definitely a fantastic movie with an outstanding cast. The first scene at the train station until the first shootout should be mandatory for all film students.

Yup I'll go along with that Woody Strode kicks ass (well, not in that role ) . . .

[Gojirosan]

For me, it genuinely is the greatest film ever made.

Not even The Night Of The Hunter comes very close.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Prince_Vajda

This goes too far, but it's definitely a fantastic movie with an outstanding cast. The first scene at the train station until the first shootout should be mandatory for all film students.

It's funny you should say that as it was one of the scenes shown during my first seminar at University when I did my International Film MA in which we were taught about the phrase mise en scène!

[Prince_Vajda]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

It's funny you should say that as it was one of the scenes shown during my first seminar at University when I did my International Film MA in which we were taught about the phrase mise en scène!

That's really nice. And I'm not even a film student!

Greetings!

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

Killers Moon is fecking awesome!
A classic of sleaze and slash!

There's a nice interview with Birkinshaw in this book......

[keirarts]

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Can't buy loads this week as i'm off to blackpool. Took advantage of the free postage from axel to snag this one from olive films. Never seen it but it looks interesting and i'm always up for anything with William Castle's name attached!

[Stephen@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Daemonia

That reminded me that I saw this Child's Play dvd in HMV last week.

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Anyhoo, my Safe House steelbook arrived from Amazon this morning. They're getting quicker!

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[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

There was an unusual assortment of clips which did the job perfectly. At the moment, I can only remember two other ones: the 'Relinquishing Junk' scene from Trainspotting and the bit where Victor and his family go for a picnic/lightning experiment in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.

My notes are upstairs, so I'll have a look and see what else was used to demonstrate camera movement, editing, décor, lighting, music, framing etc.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

The session was called Exploring Film Language and was from a study pack produced by Film Education. It was broken into several sections:

a) Lighting – Mildred Pierce, the scene at the beach house looking at whether the lighting was low or high key, whether it was used for dramatic effect, how it helped create the overall mood of the scene and how the shadows were used symbolically.

b) Sound – Once upon a Time in the West, what sounds to hear and what effect the they have on you and the sound bridge & Trainspotting, looking at Renton's voice-over, the use of Carmen, the expected audience and the diegetic and non-diegetic sound.

c) Camera – Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, with questions asking how the camera draws our attention in the attic, how it smooths the transition from the attic to the mountaintop, reflecting the mood of Victor and his companions, other things which reflects the camera movement, the handheld camera and the use of close-up.

d) Mise en scène – Jane Eyre, three clips of different locations asking how the mise en scène was used to indicate the atmosphere of the three places.

e) Editing – Psycho (the shower scene), looking at the number of edits before, during and after the attack, the effect on the spectator and also the framing, how John at least bodies represented in sequence. Battleship Potemkin (the Odessa Steps sequence), looking at why it's necessary to concentrate was watching sequence, how the editing emphasises the attitude and power of the soldiers, the vulnerability of the ordinary people and the atmosphere of chaos.

As I hadn't studied film academically before and this was my very first class, it pretty much blew my mind! Fortunately, I had seen most of the films/scenes and was familiar with the subject material though, as the module leader (Dr Sarah Leahy) said, those who would studied film at an undergraduate level would be sick of watching Mildred Pierce!

[Vampix]

Originally Posted by Prince_Vajda

This goes too far, but it's definitely a fantastic movie with an outstanding cast. The first scene at the train station until the first shootout should be mandatory for all film students.

I've just realized that I didn't order any movies over the last few weeks. To make it worse: the last time I really watched a movie on my own was three weeks ago.

Greetings!

There are parts of the film I enjoy, but overall I find it overlong and a bit dull.I'd rather watch the 'Dollars' trilogy, personally.