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Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain
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| Audrey Tautou as Amelie Poulain |
Juan Ortiz
COMM 4302-01
Amelie
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Producers: Jean-Marc Deschamps
Claudie Ossard
Writers: Jean-Pierre Jeunet (scenario)
Guillaume Laurant (dialogue)
Narrator: André Dussollier
Staring: Audrey Tautou
Mathieu Kassovitz
Cinematography: Bruno Delbonnel
Music by: Yann Tiersen
Editing: Jeffery Schneid
Box Office: $173,921,954
Accolades: European Film Awards (Best Film)
Cesar Awards (Best Film,Best Director, Best Music, Best Production Design)
Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain, a french film, is a movie about a “quirky” girl who sees the world differently than the rest. The movie is about a girl who has always been isolated from others, ever since childhood. The movie begins with a list. A list of every character in Amelie’s life when she was a child and list of their likes and dislikes a very unusual way to start a film, but it was funny. It goes on to show why she was alone as a child and how the death of her mother affected her. The movie quickly moves foward to when Amelie is in her twenties, living alone and wroking as a waitress. Audrey Tautou of a quirky, whimsical girl was so enuine, you believed her because of her look and her posture. The movie was almost like a breathe of fresh air, to see exactly how an imagination can make life better. Amelie tries to better the lives of those around her while not dealing with her unsuccesful personal life.
A movie like this focused more on the acting then on anything else. But first, the camera angles used in the film were not alot. Most of the film was done in a middle shot form. Most of the close ups were done mostly on Amelie’s face when she comes up with an idea or is thinking. Most of the wide shots were done in the train station, and some other wide shots were used while she was running following the motorcycle guy.
The film was very “tight” when it came to actors. There wasn’t a big cast nor big elaborate settings beside the train station. Extras, according to Lous Giannetti author of Understanding Movies, “provide a sense of a crowd” and “often function as landscape or set rather than characters” Not alot of extras were used in the film only extras were used were in Amelie’s job, the restaurant, the train station was where most of the extras were used.
During the time of the movies release, 2001, America was going through a hard time. Months before the movie’s release in December the United States suffered the worst terrorist attack in American soil in history, and the movie served as a good refresh for the American public. It was a very good comedy, and although it had a limited release the American public opented to it warmly. It even increased tourist trips to France.
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| Cafe des 2 Moulins, the cafe where Amelie worked. And has become a popular tourist attraction. |
“After years of battling American "cultural imperialism" and its advance guard of Hollywood movies, France's filmmakers have staged a coup: French films in 2001 claimed 41% of the nation's ticket sales, up from 28.5% in 2000,” thanks to Amelie French films have become more popular (Crumley, 2002). And I can see why. The scenery in Amelie is beautiful. It makes one want to go to France and see the beautiful scenery for one’s self. Not only has Amelie had a profound effect on French films in America but also tourism in France after the movie has increased since the movie’s release. “And the real-life places that she frequented have profited from her magic, creating a cult of Amélie, particularly among foreign tourists who seek to follow in her footsteps.” (Sciolino, 2003) Tourist have gone to France to see the places where Amelie worked or traveled or even the grocery store she went to. People want to follow Amelie.
“Forget the plot, the real delight is the army of oddballs that rotate around the gamine Miss Tautou,” says Neil Smith about Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain. The movie does not have a solid plot, but the odd characters and storylines make up for it. The way the movie just rolls on with no clear disctinction of where it’s actually going is fun, like a roller coaster. The movie isn’t touching, it doesn’t seem to have a deep message the movie is just fun! Although the movie is confusing at first and you don’t really know what is the purpose of the movie or why she does the things she does, or why she goes on adventures that don’t seem necessary but this movie is “guaranteed to put a smile on your face” (Smith, 2001).
For being my first french film, I enjoyed it. At first I thought that the movie was pointless and I would not like it, but I actually got into the movie. I always wondered why she involved herself in silly situations but that is how Amelie is. The way her mind works is bery unusual, she sees the world differently. While others see the world as a business venture, she sees it as a roller coaster, she seed the world fun. She may be in her twenties and be mature but her mindset is still like a little kid. She is looking for fun and to be accepted. The movie takes you around France with Amelie and her adventures. The move is fun, and whimsicle and just a great watch.
Amelie [Theater]. (2001).
Crumley, B. (2002, February 4). The french steals the show. Time Europe, 159(5), p. 63.
Smith, N. (2001, October 4). Amelie (2001). Retrieved from http://www.bbc.co.uk/ films/ 2001/09/19/amelie_2001_review.shtml
Sciolino, E. (2003, August 10). Cinematography meets geography in montmartre. 159,
CHECKLIST FOR PLAGIARISM
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explained. The ensuing conclusion is clearly stated. Circle it. liyou can't find the
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the conclusione xpectedb y the assignmentis to be.tinesiedj,u stifring statementsfo r the
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case study and cross out all ideas that uppeu. in boththe case study and in your paper.
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paper.I f it doesn'ty, ou haven'td onea n analysis.
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final step below.
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breakfast on the day the paper is'due, check out the mechanics. Sweep your paper with a
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Monday, April 9, 2012
Raging Bull Analysis
Juan Ortiz
COMM-3402-01
Raging Bull (1980)
Based on Jake LaMotta’s memoir Raging Bull: My Story
Director: Martin Scorsese
Writers: Jake LaMotta (author of book), Joseph Carter and Peter Savage
Screenplay: Paul Shrader and Mardik Martin
Starring: Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci
Cinematography: Michael Chapman
Box Office: $23,380,203
Accolades:
Academy Awards: Best Actor- Robert DeNiro
Best Editing- Thelma Schoonmaker
Towards the end of 1980 Jake LaMotta’s life would be plastered over the big screen nationwide. Jake LaMotta is a popular boxer from the 1940s and 50s. After he retired during the late 50s early 60s he became a business owner, actor and author. In 1970 LaMotta published his own memoir that would become a hit movie entitled Raging Bull: My Story. Ten years later, his book would be adapted to a movie Raging Bull. The movie depicts the rise to fame of LaMotta up until his retirement, it also depicts . The movie stars Robert DeNiro as Jake LaMotta.
The movie is rated R because of sexual content and extreme violence. In the movie the violence is depicted strongly. You see blood and bruises that don’t heal to easily. The movie also shows the trials and turbulations of his relationships, from cheating on his frist wive with his much younger second wive, Vicky. In the movie LoMotta seems to rely on violence for his insecurities. He is a very jealous man and is very suspicious of his wife Vicky and even of his brother, Joey LaMotta. In one scene LoMotta accuses of Vicky of cheating on him with his own brother, which is never actually clarified if it happened or not. The movie subsequently also show his insecurities. He is insecure about his marriage and himself.
Louis Giannetti, author of Understanding Movies, would classify this movie as a realistic film, since it is based of a memoir. The way this film was shot makes is believable as a “bio-pic”. The film was done in black and white because there were actually clips from LoMotta’s fights in the 40s, which makes the film more believable. The wardrobe was done to the time period of the movie, Vicky wore the long dresses they used to wear in those times and that all add to the credibility of the film.
When it came to angles used in the film, Scorsese used various angles. During the boxing fights there were a mixture of middle shots and close-ups and a couple extreme close ups. During the actual fights where both boxers are in the shot he uses the middle shots. When one boxer hits the other that is when the extreme close up was used to emphasize the hit and it’s significance. To show the effect of the hit and the bruise and the reaction of LaMotta that’s when the close up was used. Other shots were used as well, like the long shot and the wide shot during the boxing fights to show the audience and the involvement of the audience. The movie probably required alot of extras, since there were alot of scenes where the main characters were surrounded by other people. There was a party scene, the pool scenes, the club scenes and the fighting scenes, where alot of non-speaking roles were needed.
Every year there is one big bio-pic and in 1980 that was Raging Bull along with Coal Miners Daughter. The biggest movie that year was Star Wars and that was basically set in future times. No other movie was filmed in black and white and set in the 1940s, which was kind of not seen alot even in today’s films. But what did set this film apart from all others was that it was filmed in black and white. None of the movies that were big that year were done in black and white. The reason it was so big for it to be done in black and white was because it wasn’t that long ago that films were changed from black and white to color formats. But the black and white added to the film and made it believable and Scorsese was able to add actual clips from LaMotta’s fights into it.
Scorsese esplains that the movie is “really a straight, simple story . . . of a guy losing everything, and then redeeming himself. Spiritually,” (Librach, 1992). The movie is a telling of a story. A simple story about a man who had it all and lost it all. Jake and Joey’s relationship isn’t a typical brother relationship, “Joey represents at once Jake himself and Jake's own enemy” (Librach, 1992). Jake seems to be jealous of the amount of time Joey specnds with his wife Vicky. LaMotta goes as far as accusing his own brother of sleeping with his wife. In his review on Scorsese’s work Librach says that for this movie Scorsese “seeks the visual and dramatic equivalents of this experience” (Librach, 1992). The movie is dramatic, and profiles his life as a boxer but ainly deals with his personal life, and his jealousy and insecurities.
The movies did focus more on his personal life and how that affected his boxing career rather than focusing on how his sport affected his life at home. “Raging Bull is not a film about boxing but about a man with paralyzing jealousy and sexual insecurity,” which is true (Ebert, 1998). In the movie there were alot of scenes that depict his insecurity with women, from the beggining until the end. “Consumed by rage after his wife, Vickie, unwisely describes one of his opponents as ``good-looking,'' he pounds the man's face into a pulp,” which further increases the depiction of his insecurities (Ebert, 1998). LaMotta gets furious after his wife Vicky says that his brother Joey has a bigger penis than Jake. The movie that runs 129 minutes must have at least 90 minutes that show mostly violence, whether it be in the ring or in his own home.
Raging Bull tell the story of boxer Jake LaMotta and his issues in and outside of the ring. The violence and the language in the movie was a bit extreme. I understand that it was to reflect the time period the movie was set in, but I think the violence could have been downgraded maybe a little. For this movie, I would have to give it a not so positive review. Although it was interesting to see the life of an athlete and see how they lived in the 1940s, but I do have to say the movie only reflected on the negatives of his life. There weren’t alot of positive or good times. The way the film was done and developed was good, the set and costume design was fit for the movie. Scorsese scored!
Librach, R. (1992). The last temptation in mean streets and raging bull. Literature Film Quarterly, 20(1), 11.
Ebert, R. (1998, May 18). Raging bull (1980). Retrieved from http:// rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19980510/ REVIEWS08/401010354/1023
IMBD. (1981). Raging bull (1980) imbd. Retrieved from http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081398/
Scorsese, M. (1980). Raging bull [Theater].
CHECKLIST FOR PLAGIARISM
- ( ) I have not handed in this assignment for any other class.
- ( ) If I reused any information from other papers I have written for other classes, I clearly explain that in the paper.
- ( ) If I used any passages word for word, I put quotations around those words, or used indentation and citation within the text.
- ( ) I have not padded the bibliography. I have used all sources cited in the bibliography in the text of the paper.
- ( ) I have cited in the bibliography only the pages I personally read.
- ( ) I have used direct quotations only in cases where it could not be stated in another way. I cited the source within the paper and in the bibliography.
- ( ) I did not so over-use direct quotations that the paper lacks interpretation or originality.
- ( ) I checked yes on steps 1-7 and therefore have been fully transparent about the research and ideas used in my paper.
Two days beforc paper is due-.nearf inal draft form---rcreadyo ur paper for the followingp oints: and examineit
l ' ( ) en introductoryP afgraphc learlyi ntroduces thes ubjectA. topics tatemenist evident
2' ( ) rrre nextt wo paragraphesa chh avea single margin or mainc laim.N otee achc laim in the n a3-4 wordp h119eIf. you can'ti den-tifttt . .iuirn,p ut margin'I ftwo or more a questionm arki n the claimse iirt undt enat o aivf;g;;;r a coherentth ought, questionm arki n them argin. put a
3' ( ) Thes ameth ingh olds-fotrh en extt wo parag.raphs 4' ( on theo pposites ideo fthe issue. ) Thef our paragraphasb ovea tl focuso n tt e isruea t hand;t hey irrelevantte nitory.I f do not wandero ffinto anyp aragrapwh "lg"..r, p"t
"
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- 9oryIriog, put a questionm arki n the margin.
6' ( ) Thef inalparagraphre turnsto *rt"t was evidence statedin thef irst paragrapahn d,i n light ofthe presenteadn dw eigheda bovec, onvincin$yr rprrrur., thec onclusione xpected thep ositions tatemenItf. by thea ssignmenist to bertine.i.o,;urtiryings tatements for the
Jilf,lt"
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7' ( ) Is eachc laim in paragraphs2 -5 s:pport_ed supporreodn ry by evidence?A re therea ny nakedc laims byv ariationojf "I beriivr...';irrrq'piri.u igx i;t-h";ilin paragraph. u"ria,t r,.t
8' ( ) Is eachc laim backedu p by a reference? If a claim standsn akedo f supporting evidenceo r argumentp, ut a big X in tt
"
rnurgin.
-'-"" !
consider any X appearing in the margin and fix those that need fixing.
Another thing:
9' ( ) Doest he paperd o more than simply but gloriouslyr estatet he question cases tudya ndc rosso ut all ? Examine the ideast hat appearin boththr.urc studya nd in your what remains-uncrossoeudt pap€r. is your analysisI.t shoull constituteth e majority paper.I f it doesn'ty, ou haven,t of your ione an analysis.
consider all question marks appearing in the margin and lix those that need fixing.
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D.J.Ederp,h .D. Copyrigh@t 2 Ot2 deder@siue.edu
**A:/ //
i&-dYa*/Ch ec klist for E ditin g
checklistf or fditing Your sevenp anagraph-Anatyticpaalp er
Jwo days before paper is due-near linal draft form--reread your paper and examine it
for the following points:
l. ( ) An introductoryp aragraphc learly introducest he subject.A topic statementi s evident
within the paragraphT. he positiont akeni s clear.I f thep ositioni s unclearp, ut a question
mark in the margin.
2. ( ) The next two paragraphse achh avea single or main claim. Note eachc laim in the
margin n a3-4 word phrase. If you can't identift the claim, put a question mark in the
margin. Iftwo or more claims exist and tend to diverge from a coherent thought, put a
question mark in the margin.
3. ( ) The samet hing holds for the next two paragraphso n the opposites ideo f the issue.
4. ( ) rne four paragraphsa bovea ll focus on thelssie at hand;t irly do not wandero ffinto
irrelevant tenitory. If any paragraph wanders, put a question-r"ri. in the marlin.
5. ( ) The sixth paragraph weighs the conflicting claims from the nut p*ugt"pis above and
arrives at a conclusion.IlTty some evidence is-inore convincing than ltheievidence is
explained. The ensuing conclusion is clearly stated. Circle it. liyou can't find the
, conclusion, put a question mark in the margin.
6. ( ) The finalparagraphr eturnst o what was statedi n the first paragrapha nd, in light ofthe
evidencep resenteda nd weigheda bove,c onvincin$y rephraseit hJposition statement.t f
the conclusione xpectedb y the assignmentis to be.tinesiedj,u stifring statementsfo r the
variancem ust appearh erea nd flow from the explanationi n ihe sixthiaragraph of your
paper.
Consider all question marks appearing in the margin and fix those that need fixing.
Next:
7. ( ) Is eachc laim in paragraph2s -5 supportedb y evidence?A re therea ny nakedc laims
supportedo nly by variationso f "I believe..."?If so,p ut a big X in the marginb esidet hat
paragraph.
8. ( ) Is eachc laim backedu p by a referenceI?f a claims tandsn akedo f supporting
evidenceo r argumentp, ut a big X in the margin.
consider any X appearing in the margin and lix those that need fixing.
Another thing:
9'd( ) Doest hep aperd o moret hans imply but gloriouslyr estateth e question? Examine the
case study and cross out all ideas that uppeu. in boththe case study and in your paper.
What remainsu ncrossedo ut is your analysisI.t shouldc onstituteit re ma.loiityo iyou,
paper.I f it doesn'ty, ou haven'td onea n analysis.
D,J.EderP, h.D, Copyrigh@t 2 0t2 deder@siue.edu
Rewrite as necessatTW. hen you've finished,l et it sit at least one night befored oing the
final step below.
Finalty:
Up to now, you'veb eenw orkingo n substancea ndt hinking.N ow, on the final morning over
breakfast on the day the paper is'due, check out the mechanics. Sweep your paper with a
spell checkera ndc omb it for the cornmonf atale rrorsi n the list below.I f you find sucha n
error, put a check in the box.
10.( ) A sentenclea ckse itheras ubjectorav erb;a sentencdeo esn ot beginwitha capital
lettero r endw ith a period (citationsi n parenthesegso aheado f periods,n ot behindt hem).
I l. ( ) A sentenceb eginsw ith a relativep ronoun sucha s Which, Who, That, Where,a nd
When.
12.( ) A pronoun lacksa clear antecedentt;h at is, a word such as it, he, she,o r they doesn ot
havea n obvious link to a noun (especiallyn oticeablei f a sentenceb eginsw ith ,t, he, she,
or tha.
13.( ) A pronouno r verb fails to agreew ith its antecedenitn number;t hat is, a singlep erson
or agency is refened to as they, or a plural subject is given a singular verb (such as,-
"memberso f the schoolb oard....givesth eir vote...").
14.( ) A sentencer uns-ono r usesa commat o splicei ndependenitd east ogether;t hat is,
complex ideasa re not split into two sentencesb ut are linked, often by a cornma,i nto an
overly long, wandering sentence.
The five check boxes in the list above should be empty. If not, Iix the erronr.
When you're done, hand in the paper and take in a day at the beach. You've done a good job!
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Annie Hall Film Analysis
Juan Ortiz
COMM 3402-01
Annie Hall
Director: Woody Allen
Writters: Woody Allen, Marshall Brickman
Starring: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts, Carol Kane, Paul Simon
Cinematography: Gordon Willis
Box Office: $38,251,425
Awards and Accolades:
1978 Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Actress in a leading Role (Diane Keaton), Best Director, Best Original Screenplay
1978 Golden Globes: Best Actress in a Comedy (Diane Keaton)
1978 BAFTA Awards: Best Actress (Diane Keaton), Best Direction, Best Editing,
Best Film, and Best Screenplay
Best Film, and Best Screenplay
In the Spring of 1977 film director Woody Allen realease what would become one of his most succesful films of his career, “Annie Hall”. In the romantic comedy, the main character, Alvy Singer (Woody Allen), is trying to find out why his relationship with Annie Hall (Diane Keaton) did not work out. He looks back at his childhood and young adulthood to try to find a reason why. Singer reflects on his past relationships to understand if it is he who has the problem and not his partners. Allen’s character seems to have a hard time understanding his mistakes, since he is stubborn and persistent. In the course of the movie Alvy Singer realises that his fear of commitment and not willing to compromise with his partners was part of the reason most of his relationships did not work. Along with the funny parts of the movie, Woody Allen provides a movie that most viewers can relate to. Love and relationships are a hard topic that most try to understand why sometimes it doesn’t work out and Woody Allen provides insight as to some reason why that could be.
According to Louis Giannetti Woody Allen’s film Annie Hall is an example of a relistic film. The film has a sense of realism where its more about the story than the way it looks. If you were to watch the movie today it would have under the independent category because of the way it looks. It doesn’t have alot of effects, and not alot of editing. The movie is more about getting the story accross then having the eye be pelased. Most of the shots in the film are either medium shots or full shots. The movie is just pure dialogue. There is no action just talking. So a medium shot would be the right way to film this movie and that is what Woody Allen did. Most of the shots in the movie are medium shots because of the dialogue. The only time I can remember a long shot being used in the film was after Annie had her first performance at a nightclub and she was walking with Alvy in the street. Extrememe wide shots were rare. There were a couple close ups but mostly the movie was all medum shots.
Woody Allen did not play much with the angles. The angles remained consistent through out his film. He used the eye-level angle. This angle helped give the audience a feeling fo equality with the actors and characters. It makes them feel like they are going through the story with them rather than just watching them. Also, it allows the audeince to identify with the character and relate to him or her. To Giannetti the eye-level angel isn’t necessarily an angle it’s just a straight on look at the subjects. The lighting in the movie was basically natural lighting, most of the shots were filmed during the day and they were bright and nice which adds to the realism of this film. The shots that were filmed during the night, were very dark sometimes you weren’t able to tell where or what the character were doing. So Allen went for antural lighting instead of the studio lighting that added more the realism of the realism of this film.
In the year of it’s release Annie Hall, romantic comedies weren’t as popular. Movies that were big that year were completely different than Annie Hall. Star Wars, Saturday Night Fever, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and Smokey the Bandit were the top four movies of the year. What set this film apart from other films of its era was its sense of realism. The movie gave a sense of something that most people could go through. Also in this movie Allen used a technique of narration that hadn’t been used that often in film. In many of his scenes, Woody Allen’s character Alvy Singer would pause the scene, step out and comment on any given situation. It gives more of an insight into the mind of the character. I think with this Allen allowed the audience to get to know Singer better and a chance to relate to him.
In the film Allen was able to make light of topics that might be considered controversial. Allen covered topics like drugs, sex, women’s role in soceity and the most controversial, anti-semitic. He was able to joke about all those topics that usually weren’t metioned in films because of their sensitive nature. “The joke softens the pain but heightens the reality of anti-Semitism by appearing to distance it from everyone except Alvy, while in fact the joke's very ambiguity encircles the other characters, the author, and the audience” ("Desire and narrativity," 1993). Allen was able to lighten the topic, he was able to make fun of the topic but still make the audience aware that these topic and these problems were still in our society. What Woody Allen did was bring awareness with comedic relief to topics that may otherwise go unspoken of.
Personally the movie didn’t do much to me, I did not love but I did not hate it either. The movie had its funny parts but like Roger Ebert said in his review in 2002 the movie was just talking, it was simple. The comedy was hard to understand first because my mentality is not like for those who watched the movie in the 1970’s. They knew hat he meant and where he directed his comedy towards and so to them it was funny. The way the movie was filmed was very good, Allen made very good decisions when making this movie. He did use his surrounding to make a movie more about the story then for the eye. He wanted to show the life of a man who is not lucky in love. Throughout the movie he makes his audience aware of some topics that are not prevalent in a normal romantic comedy like drugs, sex, women, and anti-semitism. A movie that is completely different that other movies from its time, and a deserving Academy Award winnig movie Annie Hall provides a story rather than an adventure for the eye. Although not my favorite movie, Woddy Allen did create a masterpiece with Annie Hall.
Bibliography
Allen, W. (Director) (1977). Annie hall [Theater].
Ebert, R. (2002, May 12). Annie hall (1977). Chicago Sun Times
Giannetti, L. (2010). Understanding movies. (12 ed.). Allyn & Bacon.
Girgus, S. (1993). Desire and narrativity in annie hall. Explicator, 51(2), 122-125.
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