Online Film Analysis

1. The first film "clip" that I watched was from one of my favorite movie's, Ocean's Eleven. It is funny because I have watched this film so many times, and did not really notice how difficult it must have been to film this scene. There are so many charecters sitting at the table, that the camera must be alighigned, and positioned in a way as not to confuse the viewer. also, there would have to be many takes to conduct this scene just from haveing to pysicaly move the camera from charecter to carecter. Yet, thanks to the magic of editing, it makes it seem as if it is a fluid conversation that we, the viewers, and present in.
2. Clip B is from a film called strangers on a train. I was interesed in this scene, becasue I took a part of the movie that should have only been seconds in real time, and thorugh cutting from scene to scene, prolonged the fight, and the man trying to stop the merry go round. Though these cuts from action to action, it keeps the audience on the edge of there seat becasue there are so many things goin on that is helps to raise the action, and the intencity of the scene and the emotioal impact.
3. Clip D is really fun to watch because of the difficulty, and the smooth flow of the shot. This Scene from Magnolia is a 2 minute shot which follows the charcters around a building. One can tell it is all being done with a seady cam because there is no track, and the movments are smoth and fluid. I like these shots, becasue it really puts you in the movie. For exsample, in this film, it felt like you were walking though the halls with the main charecters, and the camera mimicked human movements. Also, everything is very flowing as we get handed off from person to person, as we follow along the halls.
4. The final clip I watched was from a movie I hope to see soon, Amadeus. This clip is an exsample of one of my favorite things in movies, the flash back. I like flash backs becasue the help to give more depth to the action/memory. They also help to give the audience a better understanding of what the charecters are experiencing in the scene. I also enjoy them because they provide a nice mental break to a somtimes slow scene. One good exsample of a flash back is from the movie Cars, where we get to see the little town of Radiator Springs in its hay day. words alone describing the scene would not be as powerful as the flash back.