Fisher & Barkley: One Minute Film

This film is a one minute montage of CC's coffee on Loyola campus. Filmed by Ms. Barkley and edited by Mr. Fisher. We very much enjoyed the creative process of choosing a topic for our film and actually filmed a few movies. However, it turned out that the most simple film fit. The editing process was fun and we will use iMovie much more in the future.

Barkley, Blade Runner, Replicants

Blade Runner is a science fiction film set in the dystopian Los Angeles in the year 2019. In this film there are replicants, who are biologically engineered humans designed to serve as soldiers in the off world colonies. These replicants are considered the outcast, as they are not permitted on earth. They have a life span of 4 years in order to prevent them from developing emotions and a desire for independence. 4 replicants have escaped to earth and Harrison Ford's character is contracted to hunt them down and "retire" them. This is how Blade Runner deals with the outcast: extinction. In order to determine whether people are real humans or replicants, they are subject to an empathy test, which proves one's authenticity as a human.

In the film, Ford's boss Bryant reports “I’ve got four skin-jobs, walking the streets,” this echos throughout the streets for all to hear. This displays the way the replicants were treated in this film, as unwanted outsiders. Replicants who were found on earth were to be "retired" by blade runners. Replicants can be seen as the minority in this film.

This film brings up many unanswered questions, like is empathy the only thing that makes us human? These questions leave the viewer wondering, which in turn leaves the viewer thinking about Blade Runner.

Barkley, Casablanca

The scene at the end where Rick helps Victor and Ilsa escape is a great representation of the Political Expediency Theory that is depicted throughout Casablanca. At the beginning of the film Rick is viewed as neutral in terms of the war. As the film progresses, Rick begins to change his political views as he begins to play a more active role in the events that surround him. Then, at the end Rick's views have completely changed against the Germans as he now believes that they are the bad guys. So we see Rick take a character arc throughout the film as his political views slowly change as the film progresses.

As Rick's political views change, so does Casablanca's lighting. The film begins with Rick seen as neutral in terms of the war. While Rick's views are neutral, everything in Casablanca is very bright, almost too bright, and everything is white. However as the film progresses, Rick slowly changes his political views and as this happens the lighting becomes darker and by the end of the film he see's the German's as the enemy. At the very end of the film, Rick proceeds to shoot a German officer to ensure Victor and Ilsa's getaway.

The scene at the end where Rick helps Victor and Ilsa escape is very dark and all there is to see in the background is fog. This represents the ominous ending in the film.

Barkley- The Social Network, A Review

I had zero intentions of seeing The Social Network. I believed that any film, whose plot was based off of Facebook, would have to be a joke. Despite the fact that this movie received rave reviews from critics and from my friends, I was still skeptical. To my surprise, I actually thought that David Fincher did a great job with this film, as I was very apprehensive about the film. Although Fincher hasn't really done a bad film too date and in fact, he has just announced that he will be directing the American version of Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. As it seems, Fincher can't really go wrong with anything.

Although The Social Network's main plot was about Facebook's history and upbringing, the film really focused on the break down of Mark and Eduardo's friendship. This, in my opinion, was the best feature of the film. The audience was able to see two best friends become split apart by jealousy, greed, and treachery. Eduardo was portrayed as Mark's friend through and through, no matter what Mark wanted to do, Eduardo was on board. However the two friends began to see things differently as Facebook began to really make a splash on the internet. Eduardo's personally as a businessman really began to show as Facebook gained recognition. Whereas Mark just wanted Facebook to be cool, and was all about the cool factor. This is when the friendship between Mark and Eduardo really began to break down. To me, this was the most interesting part of the film.

It was interesting to watch how things unfolded. The Social Network did a great job of doing this. The film flipped back and forth from the trial to what actually happened. Overall I believe this film did a great job of portraying the series of events that took place during the evolution of Facebook. 

Barkley-Avatar, Wonder Woman

My Avatar would be Wonder Woman.

I chose Wonder Woman because we share the same beliefs. When she was first featured in the comic All Star, in the early 1940s, her main goals were to bring love, peace, and sexual equality to the amazon. These 3 ideals are still very much needed in the world we live in today.

Wonder Woman also possesses many super powers including: superhuman strength, flight, super-speed, super-stamina and super-agility. Wonder Woman not only possesses the super powers I would want but she also has firm beliefs in changing the world for the better. I believe that Wonder Woman has all of the abilities needed to combat evil and change mankind for the betterment of the world we live in today. 

Barkley-Beowulf, Father Son Battle

The end fight scene with Beowulf and his son, the dragon, lacks proper digital enhancing. While most of the movie has been fully digitally enhanced, this last scene lags behind the rest of the movie, as far as digitally enhancing scenes goes. The frames of each shot move too quickly and, as a viewer, you never get a good look at the dragon's face. Thus, the viewers are left with this image of the dragon's body, while trying to see his face. The frames just move too quickly for one to really get a good look at the dragons face. This is why I believe that these scenes could be better digitally enhanced, having slower frame to frame movements, allowing the viewer to enjoy each scene. 

Due to the frame to frame movement being so fast, the viewer can never really understand how Beowulf is staying on/hold on to the dragon. I was left very confused at how Beowulf held on for so long. The frames moved too quickly for me to really see what was going on and I believe they did this on purpose. These last few scenes with the dragon weren't digitally enhanced enough, therefore the moved from frame to frame quicker. 

There is also too much in one frame. The scene where, the dragon is about to blow flames on the bridge where Beowulf's wife and mistress are standing, is too cluttered. There is too much trying to be shown in this scene and because of this not everything that is supposed to be shown is seen. This also creates confusion among the viewers as they are trying to understand what is happening in this cluttered scene while trying to see the dragons face fully, this is too much work for a viewer. Viewers should be able to sit back and relax and enjoy the show, instead in Beowulf, viewers are forced to look at cluttered frames and un-enhanced dragons. 

I would change the scene by having a better depiction of the dragon. I would move the frames slower, allowing the viewer to fully see the dragon and his movements, thus creating a less cluttered frame. I would enhance the dragons features, his movements and Beowulf's movements and by doing so each frame could last a little longer. By enhancing the dragons features and movements the fight scene could then be more enhanced, having a longer fight to draw out the suspense. This would both amplify and draw the viewers in for a more suspenseful ending. 

Barkley- Wolfman, 1941 & 2010

Many things have changed between 1941 and 2010. Computer graphics, in particular, have allowed films to take on new dimensions. However this is not necessarily for the good of cinematography. The two versions of Wolfman represent this change. The 1941 version of Wolfman never fully shows the change from human to woflman. Instead the audience assumes that there is some painful change he undergoes before turning into the wolfman. Through the use of computer graphics, the audience is able to see the full transformation in the 2010 version, leaving nothing out. This difference changes the entire essence of each film. The 1941 version seems almost more real or at least believable due to what isn't showed in the film. By leaving more up to the imagination each viewer is invited to interrupt what's supposed to happen. Whereas in the 2010 version, nothing is left up to the imagination therefore leaving no room for the audience to be creative in their own minds. Every gruesome detail is shown in this version, making the film almost unbelievable. Computer graphics have certainly changed today's films and not necessarily for the better. 

Barkley The Great McGinty

The dominate in this picture is McGinty himself who is standing below the sign. The flower, his collar, and shirt cuffs are the brightest in the scene, therefore drawing your eye to him making McGinty the dominate.

The lighting is low key with a high key spotlight shinning behind McGinty casting shadows on the backdrop. 

There are no other characters in this shot, thus there can be no character proxemics.