link for paramount vantage opening
http://www.veoh.com/videos/v2701188eNnkr6pr
Monday, 11 February 2008
Saturday, 9 February 2008
A short
This is a short i made the other night when i was bored, the quality has gone south a little bit because youtube does that apparently anyway cheers, matt
Monday, 4 February 2008
Sunday, 3 February 2008
The Moldy Peaches - Anyone Else But You
This video is doneby some American photography student it's awesome and a great song, from the movie Juno! Which is also sweeeeeeeeetttt!!!
Monday, 28 January 2008
No Country for Old Men Reviewed
Coens back on form!
Following the slightly below average, well awful The Ladykillers and Intolerable Cruelty, Joel and Ethan Coen have magnificently returned to form with what is a dark, poignant, heart-pounding and downright great film about a man who finds $2 million cash left over from a drug deal gone awry and his cat and mouse running and hiding from the hired gun sent after him to retrieve the money, all the while being narrated over by local Sheriff Tommy Lee Jones.
The film opens on an empty, desolate West Texas landscape stretching out at every angle, accompanied by the soft age worn words of Tommy Lee Jones as Sheriff Bell. What ensues is a fast paced drama revolving deeply around the themes of chance and fate, most superbly depicted in an unforgettable scene in which hired hitman Chigurh (Javier Bardem) terrorizes a petrol station attendant with fast talking and a coin toss that could determine whether he lives or dies. A stand-out feature in this picture is that of the minimal music. This picture is dominated by the sound of silence or the wind beating on the back of Llewelyn Moss' (Josh Brolin) neck. This illustrates the emptiness in which our lead actors have been enveloped, resonating off the screen also. It illustrates a picture of helplessness in this vast nothingness, this goes hand in hand with the theme of fate that is strewn throughout the film. The film is full of action, suspense and some great drmatic scenes, all acted superbly by what is an Oscar worthy cast.
The Coen brothers have here done what they do best and torn to shreads the conventions of the motion picture story arc, making some strong decisions with regards to how and what takes place in the final act. There are many occurences that go startling against the grain of Hollywood cinema, by the end our three main characters are still to share the screen, an element that works perfectly for this film. The ending will no doubt be hotly debated over the coming weeks, i shan't reveal any more than i have as it truely is a masterful piece of cinema and one that must not go unseen. The Coens have constructed an incredible picture in which the audience is engrossed from the beginning and held awfully tight until the end, an ending that finishes with a whimper rather than a bang, a whimper that works perfectly.
10/10
Following the slightly below average, well awful The Ladykillers and Intolerable Cruelty, Joel and Ethan Coen have magnificently returned to form with what is a dark, poignant, heart-pounding and downright great film about a man who finds $2 million cash left over from a drug deal gone awry and his cat and mouse running and hiding from the hired gun sent after him to retrieve the money, all the while being narrated over by local Sheriff Tommy Lee Jones.
The film opens on an empty, desolate West Texas landscape stretching out at every angle, accompanied by the soft age worn words of Tommy Lee Jones as Sheriff Bell. What ensues is a fast paced drama revolving deeply around the themes of chance and fate, most superbly depicted in an unforgettable scene in which hired hitman Chigurh (Javier Bardem) terrorizes a petrol station attendant with fast talking and a coin toss that could determine whether he lives or dies. A stand-out feature in this picture is that of the minimal music. This picture is dominated by the sound of silence or the wind beating on the back of Llewelyn Moss' (Josh Brolin) neck. This illustrates the emptiness in which our lead actors have been enveloped, resonating off the screen also. It illustrates a picture of helplessness in this vast nothingness, this goes hand in hand with the theme of fate that is strewn throughout the film. The film is full of action, suspense and some great drmatic scenes, all acted superbly by what is an Oscar worthy cast.
The Coen brothers have here done what they do best and torn to shreads the conventions of the motion picture story arc, making some strong decisions with regards to how and what takes place in the final act. There are many occurences that go startling against the grain of Hollywood cinema, by the end our three main characters are still to share the screen, an element that works perfectly for this film. The ending will no doubt be hotly debated over the coming weeks, i shan't reveal any more than i have as it truely is a masterful piece of cinema and one that must not go unseen. The Coens have constructed an incredible picture in which the audience is engrossed from the beginning and held awfully tight until the end, an ending that finishes with a whimper rather than a bang, a whimper that works perfectly.
10/10
Thursday, 24 January 2008
Opening 5 minutes of Shoot'Em Up regarding Sound!
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The film begins with background music fitting of a spaghetti western. This shows the lead actor who accompanies the music to be the type of man common in these sort of films, a disgruntled, loner who happens to be a hero. This music introduces us to his character. Following this Clive Owen begins to eat a carrot with loud crunching sounds of the carrot, this seems to add a comic feel to the piece and as it is the opening it is informing them that this film does not take itself too seriously. Following this a screaming woman walks past holding her pregnant body. Aside from this sound there is no sound at all, there is no diagetic or non diagetic sounds as even the background music has died out. This gives the viewer as sense that there is absolutely no one around, no police, civilians or any signs of normality. NOT FINISHED YET
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