Great Movies of 2008

Although I have watched many films this year (since I am a film student/enthusiast ) I will choose some of movies I liked best.

1) Iron Man: Jon Favrau’s  action film,  Iron Man, recreates the Marvel comic book and  follows the journey of Tony Starks who reinforces the theme with his character, as he dedicates himself to design weapons.

2) The Air I Breathe: In his/her crime/ganster film, Jieho Lee uses several flashbacks to reinforce the interwinding lives of the characters in the movie.

3) The Orphanage: The protagonist of Laura in Juan Antonio Bayona’s film about a woman who moves back to the orphanage  she grew up in, elicits sympathy because as she is trying to build a peaceful life with her family , she loses her son forever…and herself.

Scene Plan and Storyboard

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Scene#1
The bird-eye view shot on Julie’s past photos and current scene (cross cutting) to show the changes and similarities and how Julie grew up

Scene #2
Julie is drawing something on the wall (turns out to be a teacher’s calendar) First close up shots, then mid-shot, and long shot when the annoyed teacher appeares. (there will be a close-up on the calendar in between to show her birthday that she marked)

Scene #3
THe main character starts to run (long shot), then some high/long angle shots when she is going up the stairs. WHen she’s running through the hallway, it will be a leveled shot, looking as if she’s passing by the camera

Scene #4
Julie finds out she made it in to the selection for thimun, be happy and runs away close up on the selection list), then panning shots on her movements

Scene #5
She chats with her friend about the “concert” of the night. WHen she turns around the corner, there will be a change of costume from sophomore shirt to a formal, concert clothings

Scene #6
Julie is standing right infront of the FAT with voice over talking and talking (Long, full shot)

Scene #7
Someone calls Julie saying that is almost time (mid shot of Julie turning around) the hallway light must be used because ot the reversed lighting from the front

Scene #8
Julie disappears behind the FAT door (low angle shot)

SCENE PLAN

Scene 1
There is a cross shots between 3 past photos and 3 shots of Julie’s present. This scene, although dialogue-less, gives comparison of main character’s past and present at the same time. Also, it works as an exposition shot where the character is introduced by step-by-step pattern. It shows her main interests, her growth, and etc.

Scene 2
Julie is secretly marking her birthday on teacher’s calendar (prank). This shot shows her playful personality, along with some of more detalied autobiographical information. In this scene, she will be wearing her sophomore t-shirt which indicates her age and birthday. Also, the audience can get the sense of what kind of person she is through her accesories, expressions, and actions (stereotype perception).

Scene 3
The teacher who owns the calendar appears, and Julie starts run away with a smirk (a.k.a HAHA face). This scene works as a bridge from scene 2 to following scene 4, and also builds up to the climax. Audience still percieves the “unspoken but obvious” personality of the character.

Scene 4
While Julie’s running, her friend passing by tells her that selection list for MUN trip is out. Julie then runs up to the second floor bulletin board, finds out that she is in, and expresses her “happiness”. This scene establishes her interests in school (her activity at school) and sets up another area of her personality/characeristics.

Scene 5
She cheks the watch and runs downstairs back to the FAT area- there is a costume change when she turns around the corner, and she is holding a flute. This scene connects with the “present-shot” foretold in scene 1, and her main interest is signified once again. (her interest connects to stereotypical image of band student in campus) Her another friend passing by tells her that show starts in 15 minutes. (This pattern of friends passing by her and talking to her breaks the archetypical image of band student being “loner”, and shows the viewers that she actually has many friends ; ) )

Scene 6
Julie is standing in front of the FAT area, holding her flute. She seems to be preparing herself for the “show”, staring into nothing infront of her. During this scene, the voice over narration is accentuated because nothing is happening at all. Also, this scene is where her name is revealed through:
(GENERAL IDEA- *there might be a change in the script)
Narration : …..oh, by the way, my name is-
Diagetic-sound in the scene: Julie! It’s gonna start now!
Narration: yup, Julie.
This is very significant because by revealing the character’s name, it slightly disengages the audience from the character because the character got its own “divergence”- it’s about to finish. Also, for basic reason, the character’s name is finally revealed which is one of the most important component of a main character in any movies.

Scene 7
Julie is about to go into the FAT. Then, she suddenly stares into the camera, and after a few seconds of pause, she disappears behind the door. Same principle of the voice-over-narration being accentuated from the previous scene applies here also. And because the main-character goes away, with camera finally stopping from following her, it indicates that this is the last scene.

Film Project! – A film about Julie…

Proposal

Title: Julie

The film revolves around a daily life of Julie at school. It is depicted through her running around the certain area of the ISM campus which is significant to her (e.g. FAT and Band Room Area because she is part of various Fine Arts event). Although there is not much of dialogue, the audience can still get a sense of her biographical information through her costume, reaction, things she does, and places she goes to. Instead of dialogue, we are going to use voice over (Julie’s voice) which will focus mainly on her thoughts/ideas. By this, the audience can engage themselves and correlate their own life to the Julie’s day at school, because they would perceive information about Julie through sight and link themselves through her ideas they hear. So the main aim of this film is not only the autobiographical aspect about Julie, but also to engage the audience and make them agree/compare.

Roles:

Director- Julie

Cinematographer/camera man- Jimbo

Editor/photographer- Ana

 An editor places all scenes in order, cuts out scenes, adds/removes effects and modifies all elements of film (music, light, etc.) in order for the movie to make sense and express what it is supposed to express.

A photographer: Taking still shots of a certain scene. Pictures in  this production will be used for storyboards.

Sound/lighting- Seok Hyun

SCENE OUTLINE

Scene 1
There is a cross shots between 3 past photos and 3 shots of Julie’s present. This scene, although dialogue-less, gives comparison of main character’s past and present at the same time. Also, it works as an exposition shot where the character is introduced by step-by-step pattern. It shows her main interests, her growth, and etc.

Scene 2
Julie is secretly marking her birthday on teacher’s calendar (prank). This shot shows her playful personality, along with some of more detalied autobiographical information. In this scene, she will be wearing her sophomore t-shirt which indicates her age and birthday. Also, the audience can get the sense of what kind of person she is through her accesories, expressions, and actions (stereotype perception).

Scene 3
The teacher who owns the calendar appears, and Julie starts run away with a smirk (a.k.a HAHA face). This scene works as a bridge from scene 2 to following scene 4, and also builds up to the climax. Audience still percieves the “unspoken but obvious” personality of the character.

Scene 4
While Julie’s running, her friend passing by tells her that selection list for MUN trip is out. Julie then runs up to the second floor bulletin board, finds out that she is in, and expresses her “happiness”. This scene establishes her interests in school (her activity at school) and sets up another area of her personality/characeristics.

Scene 5
She cheks the watch and runs downstairs back to the FAT area- there is a costume change when she turns around the corner, and she is holding a flute. This scene connects with the “present-shot” foretold in scene 1, and her main interest is signified once again. (her interest connects to stereotypical image of band student in campus) Her another friend passing by tells her that show starts in 15 minutes. (This pattern of friends passing by her and talking to her breaks the archetypical image of band student being “loner”, and shows the viewers that she actually has many friends ; ) )

Scene 6
Julie is standing in front of the FAT area, holding her flute. She seems to be preparing herself for the “show”, staring into nothing infront of her. During this scene, the voice over narration is accentuated because nothing is happening at all. Also, this scene is where her name is revealed through:
(GENERAL IDEA- *there might be a change in the script)
Narration : …..oh, by the way, my name is-
Diagetic-sound in the scene: Julie! It’s gonna start now!
Narration: yup, Julie.
This is very significant because by revealing the character’s name, it slightly disengages the audience from the character because the character got its own “divergence”- it’s about to finish. Also, for basic reason, the character’s name is finally revealed which is one of the most important component of a main character in any movies.

Scene 7
Julie is about to go into the FAT. Then, she suddenly stares into the camera, and after a few seconds of pause, she disappears behind the door. Same principle of the voice-over-narration being accentuated from the previous scene applies here also. And because the main-character goes away, with camera finally stopping from following her, it indicates that this is the last scene.

Quantum of Solace – A new James Bond

The most awaited sequel of the new James Bond movies “Quantum of Solace” finally arrived to cinemas this November. Unfortunately, this movie, the story at least, did not meet my expectations.

When I hear the name “James Bond” I think of a classy, myterious, intelligent, sigilous man. However, this new James Bond really meets up to the word “new”. Yes, the classy suits and expensive cars are still there, but Bond is completely driven by anger and revenge and leaves intelligence behind in this movie. There is much more violence in this film than in any others. The new James Bond, instead of being a “superintelligent” private agent, is turned into a reckless killing machine. For me, this new James Bond did not deserve to be 007. 

Also, some of the scenes were too unrealistic. I recall that scene from Casino Royale, in which James ran towards a wall, broke it and ran through it. Is he some sort of superman? I can deal with the superadvanced technology, but they set Bond as some sort of stronger human, which is not realistic. In this new movie, I also found it very unrealistic that Bond could fight three men on his own, handcuffed. Finally, the plane scene was extremely exaggerated. When he and the girl, who’s name I forget, jumped off the plane, despite the inmense speed in which they were falling, they both mananaged to coordinate with each other and hold on to the other to open the parachute. I believe that is quite unlickely. I would not mind all these factors if this was a superhero movie, however this is a movie about a human, just like me, only with a different profession.

Apart from the shift of the original 007 character and reality, I must say that the cinematography was good. There were a lot of camera angles so one could watch the whole scene. Also, the quick changes in camera angles helped set the fast moving situations. Another thing that I liked about the movie was the music. It fit perfectly with the situations, so it succeeded in creating mood.

I am not saying this was a bad movie, because to be honest it was very entertaining and I thought the cinematography was awesome. I only thought that the director forgot all about what James Bond is really about and created a brand new superhuman.