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Raiders of the Lost Ark Genre: Action Adventure Summary: In the spring of 1936 an exploration party penetrates thick jungle on the South American continent. When the group’s leader stops to examine map fragments, another of the group pulls a gun. The leader, hearing the click as the turncoat cocks the pistol’s hammer, pulls outContinue reading “Movie analysis #1”

Mise-en-scène is generated by the construction of shots and the ways that they lead to visual coherence, across the edits from shot to shot. It includes all the elements in front of the camera that compose a shot: lighting; use of black and white or color; placement of characters in the scene; design of elementsContinue reading “MISE-EN-SCÈNE”

Codes Codes are systems of signs, which create meaning. These may include both technical codes or symbolic codes. –  Technical Codes – This is all the ways in which equipment is used to tell the story in a media text (e.g. – camera work or editing). –  Symbolic Codes – This shows what is beneathContinue reading “Codes and Conventions”

This major genre type includes films that have tremendous impact, continuous high energy, lots of physical stunts and activity, possibly extended chase scenes, races, rescues, battles, martial arts, mountains and mountaineering, destructive disasters (floods, explosions, natural disasters, fires, etc.), fights, escapes, non-stop motion, spectacular rhythm and pacing, and adventurous heroes – all designed for pureContinue reading “Components of Action”

Characters/villain/hero: Main protagonist, always the hero controls the action. The villain, often a rich millionaire or ex- military, usually has an accent that sounds menacing(E.g. Silva in Skyfall), sometime hides their identify and usually have a female companion. Costumes: Actors wear quiet expensive clothing, battle clothing. Storyline: Hero fighting against the evil trying to stopContinue reading “Action Genre: Codes and Conventions”

Quintin Tarantino is a personal favorite of mine, especially with films like ‘Reservoir Dogs’ and ‘Inglourious Basterds’ under his belt. His films have won him countless awards, an ever-growing fandom, and generate millions of dollars at release. Not only are the movies a pleasure to see, but relating with the director is a major reason.Continue reading “Mood Board: Favorite Movies”

This mood board shows films in a genre called the action genre. This mostly consist of action related scenes, and mixes them in a story driven plot. Movies like ‘Rush Hour’ and ‘Expendables 2’ mix comedic sequences with action scene to drive a story in a sub genre entitled the Action Comedy genre. Movies likeContinue reading “Mood Board”

Description: The story surrounds a group of drug dealers concluding a deal to sell cocaine in the general area. The audience is then introduced to the thief, who finds the supply of cocaine and proceeds to steal it. The drug dealers catch the thief and begin chasing him through the streets. A high speed pursuitContinue reading “Preliminary task #2”

This Preliminary task was entitled KnifeAndGun, which is based on the weapons used by the characters in the film. Our group consisted of members Santiago Philips, Kenneth Amador, And Myself included. The film was made in less than one day, and the editing took one night to complete. The story is based on crime andContinue reading “Preliminary Task”

My name is Alejandro, I am a junior at Mast Academy, and this blog is the documentation of my assessment of the 2019-2020 media studies course. I joined this class as an answer to my dear affection to the idea of film making. Films like “Gone with the Wind“, “Raiders of the Lost Ark“, andContinue reading “Introduction”