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I decided to comment on the mise-en-scene of the new NetFlix series "Living Undocumented". I choose this because I wanted to see if things like sets, lighting, costumes, and blocking would be easy to spot in documentaries. Another reason why I choose this film would be my genuine interest in documentaries involving highly controversial topics and that inform you of the way others live. The first episode, "The Prayer In The Night", opens up by switching back and forth from different scenes from each undocumented family and to a woman that is describing different scenarios that immigrants have to go through. When the documentary cuts to the woman she is looking straight towards the camera every single time. When this occurs it allows the viewer to feel as if the woman is talking directly towards them, this is a great example of frontality. Frontality was a great way to open up the series because it creates a connection with the viewer right off the bat, allowing th...

I choose to use Incredibles 2 for my assignment because Disney is known for its animation and editing. Contrast This clip was a perfect example of contrast because it showed two completely different situations. The video first starts by focusing on Jack Jack vigorously fighting with the raccoon that invaded their trash can. After their big fight the movie cuts to inside the house where Bob is peacefully sleeping on the couch. The contrast here is the difference between the crazy fight and calm sleep Symbolism For my symbolism clip I choose to use a clip from the video where Jack Jack notices the raccoon. While Bob is trying to put Jack Jack to sleep, Jack Jack notices an image on the tv screen. The image was of a burglar in an old time film. The burglar had large strips on as well as an eye mask. Jack Jack then notices that there is a creature out the window. The creature also has stripes and an eye mask. This leads Jack Jack to think the raccoon is a burglar. The symbolis...

Video:  https://youtu.be/k4RTaZ0aRn4 Symbolism For our Symbolism shot, we used instruments. Our first clip zooms into my flute's head joint and our second clip zooms out of Noah's trombone bell. Our symbol in this video would be an instrument because as the camera zooms in and out the object remains an instrument. Contrast Our Contrast shot showed Woody reading his book and then transitioned to my nephew dancing his little heart out. This was an example of Contrast because it showed two very different actions. In this case, woody calmly reading versus my nephew wildly dancing.   Parallelism  Our Parallelism shot first showed me walking then showed Ms.Henerson's precious snake slithering. We used this as parallelism because both clips share the theme of subjects traveling down a hallway.  Leitmotif Our Leitmotif video Constantly showed our friend Eva clapping and yelling "BAND TEN HUT" Then it would quickly show the subject(s) come to attention. We thou...

Carrie (1976 Film) Produced by Paul Monash and adapted from Stephen King's novel I chose to comment on a few of the camera angles in the 1976 movie "Carrie" because I personally find old movies entertaining/fascinating. I find the themes, the acting, and the production of old movies interesting. Carrie was the first old movie that stuck with me for having the strangest theme, funniest acting, and the oddest production. I thought Carrie would be perfect for this assignment because it has many shots that provoke different emotions. I could also watch Carrie a million times so having an excuse to watch it again was pretty good too. This is the iconic "Plug it up" scene which I would consider a choker shot.   In the article ' Different Camera Angles Create Different Emotions " it states that shots like this one help the viewer feel whatever the characters are feeling. This particular shot allows the viewer to enter the girls' emotions and...