Film Review #36

Today in chemistry, our class watched the movie Good Burger. Watching the movie was very nostalgic because it is an old nickelodeon movie from the nineties and I am preparing for my last year in high school. The movie brought me back to my childhood and that was nice. Good Burger is a pretty funny movie, partially because one of the main characters is ridiculously "stupid" and partially because that is just the archetype nickelodeon movies follow. The movie itself isn't all that great. There isn't to much that is special about it, however it holds a lot of memories so I am biased. I would recommend watching it to anyone in need of a good laugh.

Film Review #35

There's an interesting video floating around facebook (where I found it) and gaining tons of views on youtube called Look Up. It is a social commentary on society's "technology takeover" and consists of a guy delivering a poem (or speach?) expressing his views on the issue along with a visual story of the effects of the technology take over. It is a pretty interesting, yet ironic PSA, and I liked it. It had all of the usual pretty and crisp shots and attractive colors. The video makes me question my contributions to the problem as well as my behavior and I like that even more. This should definitely be watched.


Watch it Here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7dLU6fk9QY&feature=kp

Film Review #34

Today I watched a hyperlapse video called Berlin Hyperlapse (super creative). The video was a compilation of hyperapses the filmmaker shot over 6 days on his trip to Berlin. I'm pretty captivated with hyperlapses already, but the video is so overly enticing. All of the shots are amazing and some of them defy the laws of physics. There were a lot of wild camera movements that I think may have been configured in post, but they all added a cool quality to the film. The music suited the film perfectly and I loved it all.

Watch it Here:
https://vimeo.com/50238512

Film Review #33

I watched Trapped, a short film directed two friends of mine. The film is a social commentary on the treatment of citizens in Egypt during its civil war. The film depicts a man witnessing his son's imprisonment on the news for being accused of terrorism. The man reaches to the television to figuratively be with his son. The man is then sucked into the television and becomes imprisoned with his son. The commentary is on the way all citizens speaking against the war as well as war sympathizers were imprisoned and accused of terrorism. Trapped is a very metaphorical film and was executed pretty well. I really liked the concept and I'm glad the filmmakers are making this statement.

Film Stuff

I don't have a have concise plot for my film, but I'm 90% sure it will be called The Stranger. I haven't given much thought to this project, because academics are taking over right now and they deserve more attention.

Title: The Stranger
My Main Characters: Jace, Blaize, Embre, Riley
Genre: Mystery
Plot: Embre is living her regular life in the suburbs, at a nice school, in a nice house, with a wonderful family. She never expected to befriend the new bad boy at school named Jace. Especially when he moves next door.
Weird things start happening to Embre, starting with a weird love letter at her door step. Come on the journey with Jace and Embre to discover what this letter means and why Embre keeps receiving weird photos of herself in the mail.
Who is this Stranger?

Jace

Jace's Mysterious Older Brother, Blaize

Embree

Embree's BFFL Riley

Film Review #32

When I was at NFFTY a saw a the same Volvo commercial a million times a day, as it was a new commercial directed by the founder of NFFTY. The commercial showed the transition of children viewing the world in reverse from the backseat of Volvo's to adults (driving age people) viewing the world as it moves forward from behind the wheel. The cinematography is pretty nice although that is typical in commercials. Many car commercials are beginning to relay how long cars of their respective companies stay in people's families and travels through generations and are using that as an advertising mechanism. I liked the concept behind this commercial because although it depicted the sustainability of Volvo's through different generations of people, it personalized the car to the protagonist of the commercial. The commercial was narrated by her and focused mainly on her experience with "moving forward" with Volvo's. It was pretty cool and I now know the commercial verbatim.