Day Three Of The Movie
Jack Cavanaugh
Throughout the duration of the film, the criminal is presented as a malevolent man with no regard for human life. He thoughtlessly kills people day after day, and symbolically exemplifies what is means to be absolutely insane.
In Class on Thursday, it was revealed to us that LuEllen's mother-in-law told a seemingly personable Mexican where they were headed, which was essentially where LuEllen was. Immediately after that, the police officer received a call from LuEllen's wife. She wanted to make sure that if she told the officer where he was that it would just stay between them. He promised her that it would. As this is going on, LuEllen meets a woman at the hotel pool, and she flirts with him and asks if he wants a beer, He responds, "No, I know what beer leads to." The woman quickly retorts, "More Beer." While not extremely important, that scene gives insight into what happens next.
A few minutes later in the film, the police officer arrives at the hotel. Upon his arrival, he notices that there is a bloody woman in the pool, and she is dead. He goes on to go into the hotel, and find a slew of dead bodies. One of those dead bodies, although not shown, is assumed to be LuEllen.
Shortly after, LuEllen's now widow arrives at the scene. Meanwhile, the killer is on the loose unscathed. She realizes that something had gone wrong at the hotel, and by the body language communicated by the police officer, we are forced to believe that LuEllen is dead.
After that, the focus returns to the criminal. LuEllen's wife returns to her house, only to find the criminal sitting on a chair scarily in her bedroom. He has his unique gun on his lap, ready to kill. The widow does not back down, and in fact refuses to call heads or tails, which would ultimately define whether she would be killed or not. It was not revealed to us what happened to her, but we are forced to believe that she was killed too. That is seen because as the criminal exits the house, he checks the bottom soles of his shoes for blood.
In conclusion, subjectively, I thought the film was phenomenal. It was suspenseful, intense, and really well made. The cast was tremendous, and it had a lot of different themes developing at the same time. Some of those themes included insanity, money, and loneliness. The criminal was insane, and would do anything he needed to do to get what he felt like he needed. The money was the overall goal for LuEllen, and that ended in his demise. We don't see characters as lonely much in the film, but the widow had to be lonely while LuEllen was on the run, and now dead. The movie would be given a good good rating by me, as it was very fun to watch, and would also appeal to somebody looking for a quality made production.
The homework today was to finish your revisions, and submit them in Classroom.
Friday, September 28, 2018
Thursday, September 27, 2018
An End to No Country for Old Men... SPOILER ALERT BELOW... Finish the movie, then read this if you can't handle spoiler alerts
In class today, we watched the last of No Country to Old Men. When we finished it, we discussed the ending in groups. Then we discussed our revisions to our 3 sentences that we had to write on 3 scenes we had could identify examples of types of mis-en-scene in. For the last 10 minutes of class, we finished our revisions.
We left off at the scene when Llewelyn Moss walked by the pool. When he walked past, a woman stopped him and expressed interest in him. She attempted to lure him with the beer she had in her room. Llewelyn however, respectfully said no and mentioned to him that he was married. After their talk, the scene fades into a black screen and goes quiet. That short time where the screen goes black represents a time gap. The next scene, we see this black truck pulling out of the motel he was at and two guys hoping in the trunk while the truck was in motion. It was such a short shot and the shot was taken so far away it was hard to make out who it really was. The character who witnessed this was the sheriff. He then pulled into the motel and found the women at the pool dead in the pool. He then finds someone wounded in the parking lot screaming in pain. Then he walks in a room to find the Llewelyn shot dead on the floor in the doorway with the other residents watching and hiding in their rooms in fear.
After the crime scene has been inspected and cleaned up, the sheriff pays his respects. Then he goes back to the crime scene at night when nobody was there and walked around the crime scene. During this scene we were under the impression that Chigurh was waiting for him there and ready to kill him. The tension in the scene of the Sheriff and Chigurh was going back and forth between shots foreshadowed a deadly danger. However, Chigurh was not at the crime scene. Quite honestly, we don't for sure know where he was in that scene.
Later on, we see the funeral of Llwelyn's wife's mother and for some reason, we do not witness Llwelyn's funeral. After the funeral, we see his wife go home to find Chigurh at her house and in her room with a weapon. She stands there and then tells him that she doesn't have any idea where is money is. Right then and there, Chigurh decides whether or not he will kill her. She talks to him calmly and tries to convince him that she didn't do anything that affected Chigurh to deserve to die right then and there. Chigurh flipped a coin and told her to choose. She would not choose. Then we skip ahead to seeing Chigurh walking out of this little suburban house. We notice he checks his shoes and that it is silent. We immediately wonder if he is checking for blood on his shoes to tell us if he really did kill her or not. We will never really know.
We then see him calmly drive away in his car in silence. He is driving through a peaceful suburban neighborhood in broad daylight. He then goes through a green light and is hit by the side of another car. Chigurh is badly injured and has an open bone fracture in his arm. Two boys who were bike riding behind the car at the time of the crash asked to help Chigurh. He then asked to buy the boys shirt off of one of them. The boy was at first kind and didn't want to accept Chigurh's money, but then he accepts it and stays with the accident agreeing to be discreet about Chigurh in the accident. Chigurh gets away and that is the last time we see or hear from him for the rest of the movie.
The last scene, we see the Sheriff at home with his wife having coffee. His wife then asks him in concern why he has not been sleeping. He then tells her what is bothering him. He tells the story of this dream he has been, he can't escape this person who is after him and how he can never defeat him. He talks of his age and how it affects him in his work. He then tells his wife, that he is too powerful and he will never be able to catch him. When his monologue is over of this dream and realization, the movie ends with so many questions of what happened next and what happened in those few gaps in the timeline of the movie that were listed above. The audience was hit with the reality that stories like this happen all the time and sometimes the hero dies and doesn't live till the end, or the bad guy gets away, or that there isn't always happy endings in every story.
After processing the shock of the ending (which I couldn't stand), we were reminded that our test on mis- en- scene is tomorrow so please come prepared either tomorrow or Monday. Study hard and have a great night!
Bailey Plotts
In class today, we watched the last of No Country to Old Men. When we finished it, we discussed the ending in groups. Then we discussed our revisions to our 3 sentences that we had to write on 3 scenes we had could identify examples of types of mis-en-scene in. For the last 10 minutes of class, we finished our revisions.
We left off at the scene when Llewelyn Moss walked by the pool. When he walked past, a woman stopped him and expressed interest in him. She attempted to lure him with the beer she had in her room. Llewelyn however, respectfully said no and mentioned to him that he was married. After their talk, the scene fades into a black screen and goes quiet. That short time where the screen goes black represents a time gap. The next scene, we see this black truck pulling out of the motel he was at and two guys hoping in the trunk while the truck was in motion. It was such a short shot and the shot was taken so far away it was hard to make out who it really was. The character who witnessed this was the sheriff. He then pulled into the motel and found the women at the pool dead in the pool. He then finds someone wounded in the parking lot screaming in pain. Then he walks in a room to find the Llewelyn shot dead on the floor in the doorway with the other residents watching and hiding in their rooms in fear.
After the crime scene has been inspected and cleaned up, the sheriff pays his respects. Then he goes back to the crime scene at night when nobody was there and walked around the crime scene. During this scene we were under the impression that Chigurh was waiting for him there and ready to kill him. The tension in the scene of the Sheriff and Chigurh was going back and forth between shots foreshadowed a deadly danger. However, Chigurh was not at the crime scene. Quite honestly, we don't for sure know where he was in that scene.
Later on, we see the funeral of Llwelyn's wife's mother and for some reason, we do not witness Llwelyn's funeral. After the funeral, we see his wife go home to find Chigurh at her house and in her room with a weapon. She stands there and then tells him that she doesn't have any idea where is money is. Right then and there, Chigurh decides whether or not he will kill her. She talks to him calmly and tries to convince him that she didn't do anything that affected Chigurh to deserve to die right then and there. Chigurh flipped a coin and told her to choose. She would not choose. Then we skip ahead to seeing Chigurh walking out of this little suburban house. We notice he checks his shoes and that it is silent. We immediately wonder if he is checking for blood on his shoes to tell us if he really did kill her or not. We will never really know.
We then see him calmly drive away in his car in silence. He is driving through a peaceful suburban neighborhood in broad daylight. He then goes through a green light and is hit by the side of another car. Chigurh is badly injured and has an open bone fracture in his arm. Two boys who were bike riding behind the car at the time of the crash asked to help Chigurh. He then asked to buy the boys shirt off of one of them. The boy was at first kind and didn't want to accept Chigurh's money, but then he accepts it and stays with the accident agreeing to be discreet about Chigurh in the accident. Chigurh gets away and that is the last time we see or hear from him for the rest of the movie.
The last scene, we see the Sheriff at home with his wife having coffee. His wife then asks him in concern why he has not been sleeping. He then tells her what is bothering him. He tells the story of this dream he has been, he can't escape this person who is after him and how he can never defeat him. He talks of his age and how it affects him in his work. He then tells his wife, that he is too powerful and he will never be able to catch him. When his monologue is over of this dream and realization, the movie ends with so many questions of what happened next and what happened in those few gaps in the timeline of the movie that were listed above. The audience was hit with the reality that stories like this happen all the time and sometimes the hero dies and doesn't live till the end, or the bad guy gets away, or that there isn't always happy endings in every story.
After processing the shock of the ending (which I couldn't stand), we were reminded that our test on mis- en- scene is tomorrow so please come prepared either tomorrow or Monday. Study hard and have a great night!
Bailey Plotts
The Third and Last Day of "No Country for Old Men"
Today in class, we finally finished watching "No Country for Old Men". Many unexpected events occur in Act III as Llewelyn dies, the Sheriff retires, and Anton Chigurh gets away.
Llewelyn's runaway is cut off when the Mexicans kill him in the motel room that is later visited by the two other main characters.
Once the bad news are delivered and the scene is investigated by the cops, later that night, Sheriff Ed Tom Bell decides to pay the crime scene a visit of his own. He gives the motel room an examination and short after, he leaves, leaving a trail of doubt in the room. Sheriff recognizes his powerlessness over the present norm that is violence, corruption, and greed, leaving him with no option other than retirement.
Anton Chigurh, having had been in that motel room at the same time as Sheriff Bell, manages to retrieve the money he had been chasing after. It is later implied that he becomes responsible for the death of Llewelyn's wife, Carla, as he pays her an unpleasant visit. He then later, gets into an unexpected car crash, and even though hurt, walks away from the scene, as if he was never there in the first place.
The last scene of the movie shows Sheriff Bell delivering a monologue about a dream he had, explaining the deeper meaning of the movie and how he, in fact, belongs to the 'old men' referred in the film's title.
The homework for today was to finish your 'No Country' Revisions. It is posted on Google Classroom and it is due 11:59pm. There will also be a test tomorrow about Mise-en-scene.
The homework for today was to finish your 'No Country' Revisions. It is posted on Google Classroom and it is due 11:59pm. There will also be a test tomorrow about Mise-en-scene.
No Country for Old Men day 3
No Country for Old Men is a movie about a man named Llewelyn Moss who found 2 million dollars and is getting chase by a man named Anton Chigurh(Murderer). Today in class we watched a bulk of climax of the film where Llewelyn Moss is getting hunted by the hunter Anton Chigurh. This section starts off with both of the characters injured, they exchanged shotgun blows and Chigurh found a way to self medicate himself by stealing medicine from a pharmacy. While Llewellyn went to a hospital in Mexico to attend to his shotgun wound. Llewellyn is found by a man named Carson Wells who is offering protection from Anton in exchange for the briefcase. Lewelyn denies to offer and Carson leaves. Anton later finds Wells in his hotel and murders him with zero remorse. Anton also promised Llewellyn that he will kill Carla jean unless he gets the money, which Llewellyn refuses and threatens Anton.
When you watch the film you have to identify the elements of mise-en-scene elements from photos that we are taking throughout the day. Try to take one photo every day and you must use a different element of mise-en-scene when analyzing every different image.
When you watch the film you have to identify the elements of mise-en-scene elements from photos that we are taking throughout the day. Try to take one photo every day and you must use a different element of mise-en-scene when analyzing every different image.
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
No Country for Old Men
Today in Film as Literature we continued to watch No Country for Old Men.
The movie is on Netflix if you want to go back and watch what you missed.
In the portion we watched today as a class Llewelyn Moss (Main character,
one who found the money) was on the run from the psycho killer. Llewelyn
manages to escape the psycho killers attempt to kill him and take the money
at the hotel. Llewelyn shoots at the psycho killer and injures him in the leg,
while Llewelyn gets shoot in the stomach. Llewelyn ends up in Mexico, but
his injuries were unbearable and he ends up in the hospital. While at the
hospital Llewelyn was woken up by a man looking for the money, the man
told him that he was staying at the hotel across the street. The man leaves and
goes back to his hotel room to find the psycho killer waiting for him. The man
is then questioned and killed by the killer in the hotel room. After Llewelyn
calls the hotel room to talk to the man and gets a surprise when its the killer on
the other line. The killer said he was going to kill him, take the money, and if
Llewelyn didn't give up he would kill his girlfriend too.
There is an assignment on classroom that goes along with the movie.
The assignment is due 9/28/18 at 7:15am. The assignment is called
#04-No Country Revisions
We also have a Test on Friday information is on classroom the link is below.
Google Classroom Link
Outside Knowledge
No Country for Old Men is an interesting/very creepy movie to watch, because the
director never gave the audience information about the characters at the
beginning of the movie. We didn't understand why the psycho killer was
doing what he was doing. We didn't understand why things were happening,
the movie just started in a way that captivated the audience into wanting to know more.
The audience has to wait to get answer on questions they formulate watching this extremely suspenseful movie. This relates back to the movie trailer of Breaking Bad,
the director also wanted to get the audiences attention and then later explain what was happening.
The movie is on Netflix if you want to go back and watch what you missed.
In the portion we watched today as a class Llewelyn Moss (Main character,
one who found the money) was on the run from the psycho killer. Llewelyn
manages to escape the psycho killers attempt to kill him and take the money
at the hotel. Llewelyn shoots at the psycho killer and injures him in the leg,
while Llewelyn gets shoot in the stomach. Llewelyn ends up in Mexico, but
his injuries were unbearable and he ends up in the hospital. While at the
hospital Llewelyn was woken up by a man looking for the money, the man
told him that he was staying at the hotel across the street. The man leaves and
goes back to his hotel room to find the psycho killer waiting for him. The man
is then questioned and killed by the killer in the hotel room. After Llewelyn
calls the hotel room to talk to the man and gets a surprise when its the killer on
the other line. The killer said he was going to kill him, take the money, and if
Llewelyn didn't give up he would kill his girlfriend too.
There is an assignment on classroom that goes along with the movie.
The assignment is due 9/28/18 at 7:15am. The assignment is called
#04-No Country Revisions
We also have a Test on Friday information is on classroom the link is below.
Google Classroom Link
Outside Knowledge
No Country for Old Men is an interesting/very creepy movie to watch, because the
director never gave the audience information about the characters at the
beginning of the movie. We didn't understand why the psycho killer was
doing what he was doing. We didn't understand why things were happening,
the movie just started in a way that captivated the audience into wanting to know more.
The audience has to wait to get answer on questions they formulate watching this extremely suspenseful movie. This relates back to the movie trailer of Breaking Bad,
the director also wanted to get the audiences attention and then later explain what was happening.
Day Three of film, "No country for old men
September 26th 2018
Today was the third day of watching the film, “No country for old men”. In this part of the film, we continue to see Llewelyn running for his life from Chigurh (The psychopath). Llewelyn manages to wound Chigurh by shooting him the leg. Chigurh goes to a pharmacy to get supplies and uses a car fire to distract people from him stealing the medical supplies. In the next scene we see him repairing himself in a motel bathroom. Llewelyn is also hurt and bleeding out and manages to cross the border into Mexico where he finds medical assistance. At the hospital he meets another man looking for the money and the man tries to persuade Llewelyn to give him the money. Chigurh finds this other man and kills him at a different motel. Chigurh then gets a call from Llewelyn and proceeds to tell him that he will kill Carla Jean if he doesn’t get the money.
Examples of Mise-en-scene for today's portion:
- The use of character placement when the sheriff is placed at his desk shows the audience his role in the hierarchy. Being placed near the top and in the center represents his station and power on the police force.
- The high contrast in the scene where Chigurh is sitting with his feet up on a chair taking a call makes a dramatic scene. There are signs of high light coming from the lights and lamp. Then there is the dramatic streaks of black near Chigurh projects his evil vibes.
While watching the film, we are analyzing the mise-en-scene elements of different images throughout and this will help us prepare for out test this Friday.
Nearing the end of No Country For Old Men
September 26, 2018
Today, we continued to watch the film No Country For Old Men. In this part of the film, we continue to see Moss running for his life from Chigurh (The murderer). To start we see Moss shooting at Chigurh, who manages to flee with a wound in his leg. Moss, who was hurt and bleeding out, fled across the Mexican border. He stashed the case of money in weeds over the fence on the border. A passing Mexican band finds Moss on the side of the road and bring him to a hospital. Wells, a man also looking for the money, attempts to persuade Moss for the money in return for protection. Chigurh cleaned and bandaged his wounds in a hotel. He then sneaks up on Wells at his hotel and killed him in his hotel room. Chigurh promises Moss that he will kill Carla Jean unless he gives him the money. Moss gets the money from over the fence and planned to meet Carla Jean in El Paso.
While watching the film, we are analyzing the mise-en-scene elements of different images throughout the film. As we continue to watch the film, having some knowledge of film analysis allows us to analyze the film in ways we have not done before, and by watching the film, we are preparing to take the test this Friday.
Today, we continued to watch the film No Country For Old Men. In this part of the film, we continue to see Moss running for his life from Chigurh (The murderer). To start we see Moss shooting at Chigurh, who manages to flee with a wound in his leg. Moss, who was hurt and bleeding out, fled across the Mexican border. He stashed the case of money in weeds over the fence on the border. A passing Mexican band finds Moss on the side of the road and bring him to a hospital. Wells, a man also looking for the money, attempts to persuade Moss for the money in return for protection. Chigurh cleaned and bandaged his wounds in a hotel. He then sneaks up on Wells at his hotel and killed him in his hotel room. Chigurh promises Moss that he will kill Carla Jean unless he gives him the money. Moss gets the money from over the fence and planned to meet Carla Jean in El Paso.
While watching the film, we are analyzing the mise-en-scene elements of different images throughout the film. As we continue to watch the film, having some knowledge of film analysis allows us to analyze the film in ways we have not done before, and by watching the film, we are preparing to take the test this Friday.
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Second day of film, "No Country for old men"
September 25th 2018
Today during the movie, the sheriff and his deputy are introduced into the movie and are tracking down what happened at the drug run scene. They are led to Llewelyns abandoned house and sit down to have a glass of milk. They discuss how they are always a step behind on the case.
Meanwhile, Llewelyn goes to a no-tell motel and purchases a room. He then proceeds to hide the two million dollars in an air vent. Then he buys another room that is connected to the same air vent and makes an escape plan. Chigurh is using the tracking device to find Llewelyn. He finds him at the hotel and goes into the wrong room and shoots three people dead. Chigurh tracks and pursues Llewelyn. He finds him in a room at another one of the no-tell motels, and a few shootouts occur in the process. It gets pretty violent, both Chigurh and Llewelyn are wounded.
An example of Mise-en-scene for today:
The low angle of Chigurh in one of the scenes perceives him as big. This shows how powerful and unstoppable he is on his hunt for the money.
Again, In class this week we are preparing for our test on Mise-en-scene elements. We our analyzing the film in class for Mise-en-scene elements and then applying our knowledge of it to an essay we will write in the future comparing the book we read in the summer to this film. Us watching this film and learning more about how each mise-en-scene element is used will help us understand the film industry's better and allow us to understand how anyone involved in a major film would use these techniques to improve the quality of their film.
A theme that could be pulled from this movie would be money and greed. Chigurhs greed for the money is causing him to go on a killing spree across texas. Money is the cause of all the conflict in the movie so far.
First impression of film, "No country for old men"
September 24th, 2018
Today was the first day we were watching the film, “No Country for Old Men”.
Film Synopsis:
While out hunting, Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin) finds the grisly aftermath of a drug deal. Though he knows better, he cannot resist the cash left behind and takes it with him. The hunter becomes the hunted when a merciless killer named Chigurh (Javier Bardem) picks up his trail. Also looking for Moss is Sheriff Bell (Tommy Lee Jones), an aging lawman who reflects on a changing world and a dark secret of his own, as he tries to find and protect Moss.
Opening scene:
In the opening scene, a criminal named Anton Chigurh is arrested. He chokes the deputy to death with his own handcuff chain and escapes. (Carries around some homemade weapon)
Our next scene involved a man named Llewelyn Moss. He's out hunting antelope in the desert, but something else catches his eye: human corpses and abandoned vehicles. It seems a drug deal went wrong, and everyone died, leaving behind the drugs and the money. Llewelyn takes the money and finds one wounded drug runner still alive. The man asks for water but doesn't have any on him. Llewelyn takes the money home to his wife, Carla Jean, but he returns to the scene of the crime later that night with a jug of water.
His decision turns out to be a mistake. Dangerous men chase Llewelyn and try to kill him. They shoot at Llewelyn, who abandons his truck and runs. He realizes that these guys will be able to identify him from his vehicle, so he tells his wife to stay with her mother, and he too makes a run for it. Llewelyn stole about 2 million dollars and now the drug runners are after him.
We end the day with the fugitive going back to the original drug deal scene where he sets off to find the missing money.
In class this week we are preparing for our test on Mise-en-scene elements. We our analyzing the film in class for Mise-en-scene elements and then applying our knowledge of it to an essay we will write in the future comparing the book we read in the summer to this film. Us watching this film and learning more about how each mise-en-scene element is used will help us understand the film industry's better and allow us to understand how anyone involved in a major film would use these techniques to improve the quality of their film.
Day 2 of No Country For Old Men
9/25/18
Today in Film as Literature, we watched our second period of No Country for Old Men. Our assignment for this movie is to craft 3 sentences and correct each, making 6 sentences and post them to google classroom by Thursday.
My examples from yesterday:
-The diegetic audio is simple showing how bleak the desert is.
- The diegetic audio is minimalistic, which illustrates the bleakness and how vast the empty desert setting is.
My examples from today:
- The camera angle shows the dominance of the large man.
- The low angle shot exemplifies the almost gigantic stature of the unstoppable antagonist.
The themes explored so far have been 'evil corrupts' and 'money is the root of all evil'. Llewellyn happens upon a drug deal gone wrong and since he took the briefcase of money, he has had horrible luck. So far, his girlfriend represents naïvete because of her ignorance towards Llewellyn's situation with Anton. Another theme being explored is bad things happening to good people. The deputy, the civilian car driver, and Llewellyn all have horrible experience after having done nothing wrong. The deputy arrested and was killed by Anton, the car driver was just driving and was killed by Anton, and Llewellyn took money that wasn't his so Anton was sent after him.
The period ended today when the scene was escalating to the climax of the plot when the protagonist and antagonist where having their first interaction, and it was a bloody one. The two characters battled until Llewellyn hopped in a mans truck and it seemed like he was going to get away until he crashed and left the class on a cliff hanger.
Today in Film as Literature, we watched our second period of No Country for Old Men. Our assignment for this movie is to craft 3 sentences and correct each, making 6 sentences and post them to google classroom by Thursday.
My examples from yesterday:
-The diegetic audio is simple showing how bleak the desert is.
- The diegetic audio is minimalistic, which illustrates the bleakness and how vast the empty desert setting is.
My examples from today:
- The camera angle shows the dominance of the large man.
- The low angle shot exemplifies the almost gigantic stature of the unstoppable antagonist.
The themes explored so far have been 'evil corrupts' and 'money is the root of all evil'. Llewellyn happens upon a drug deal gone wrong and since he took the briefcase of money, he has had horrible luck. So far, his girlfriend represents naïvete because of her ignorance towards Llewellyn's situation with Anton. Another theme being explored is bad things happening to good people. The deputy, the civilian car driver, and Llewellyn all have horrible experience after having done nothing wrong. The deputy arrested and was killed by Anton, the car driver was just driving and was killed by Anton, and Llewellyn took money that wasn't his so Anton was sent after him.
The period ended today when the scene was escalating to the climax of the plot when the protagonist and antagonist where having their first interaction, and it was a bloody one. The two characters battled until Llewellyn hopped in a mans truck and it seemed like he was going to get away until he crashed and left the class on a cliff hanger.
No Country For Old Men part 2
Today in the class we continue watching "No country for old men" and try finding points of Mise-en-scene. This film stars Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, and Tommy Lee Jones. Where we left off Tommy Lee Joneses character find the murder site of the drug deal. Josh Brolin character still has the money and told his wife to leave the area just to keep her safe, so he decided to go to a hotel to hide the money, buys a shotgun and getting ready for the worse. Javier Bardem character, The killer, Finds the motel by a tracking device inside the money case. He kills three people in a hotel but Josh Brolin left the motel while the killer was still looking for the money. Then Josh Brolin goes to a hotel now to hide from the killer and while in his room he found the tracking device in inside the money case but then the killer has actually gone to the hotel following the device. The killer popped open the door and Josh Brolin shot with the shotgun and jumped out of the window and tried to escape to a person driving a car but the person driving got shot so the next part will probably be them furthering the duel.
In case you want a head start on wanting the movie and on the homework go see "No Country For Old Men" on Netflix.
In case you want a head start on wanting the movie and on the homework go see "No Country For Old Men" on Netflix.
September 24th, The First Day of "No Country for Old Men"
Today we began watching "No Country for Old Men", a feature film starring Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, and Tommy Lee Jones. Only having had watched the first 30 minutes of it, we managed to gather a lot of useful information.
In case you want to watch "No Country for Old Men" on your own for personal reasons, it is available on Netflix as well as in the Sparta Library.
The homework is to complete an assignment on Google Classroom. That assignment has already been posted by Mr. Rivers and is due September 28th at 7:15am.
Written and Edited
by Marco A. Lavagnino
No Country for Old Men day 2
9/25/18
Today in Film as Literature we continued to watch the film
No country for old men. If you were absent the movie is on Netflix.
We started at the point were the two police officers investigated the car on fire in the middle of nowhere. And we stopped where the main character crashed a truck, in an attempt to get away from the psycho killer looking for his money.
An assignment is on classroom its due Sep. 28, at 7:15AM.
The assignment is #04 - No Country Revisions,
For three days of film:
1) Select any image from today's film.
2) Write ONE sentence that shows how a choice of mise-en-scene*
1) Select any image from today's film.
2) Write ONE sentence that shows how a choice of mise-en-scene*
develops some aspect of the narrative*.
3) REVISE that sentence to maximize specificity and clarity.
Please make sure that the original AND revised sentences are posted.
3) REVISE that sentence to maximize specificity and clarity.
Please make sure that the original AND revised sentences are posted.
Show the growth!
*Please do not repeat craft/narrative elements from day to day.
classroom*Please do not repeat craft/narrative elements from day to day.
If you were out today you could still make up the work you missed in tomorrow's class by finding two images in the film and completing the above assignment on classroom.
Reminder we have a Mise-en-scene test on friday. Make sure you understand all 12 of the Mise-en-scene elements. Elements of Mise-en-scene= Shot Framing, Shot angle, Character placement, Composition, Color value, Diegetic/Non-diegetic audio, dominant feature, Lighting key, Depth of Field, Subsidiary feature, Screen Density.
The film in class today had a lot of suspense, the suspense was created by the fact that most of the sound in the movie is Diegetic. Since the main character is on the run and alone, he doesn’t talk a lot. The only time the main character really talks is if he’s getting a hotel room or he’s in a cab. Also the psycho killer doesn’t talk much either, he only talks to interrogate people in the creepiest way humanly possible. A majority of the film in class today had no talking between characters.
Monday, September 24, 2018
No Country for Old Men
9-24-18
Today in class we started to watch the movie
No country for Old Men. the Movie started off with a cop arresting a creepy looking guy and taking him back to the police station. after that the guy freed himself from the handcuffs and strangled the policeman, the creepy guy walked off and is later seen pulling over a old man in the police car. The creepy guy than kills the old man with what I believe to be highly compressed air. After this it cuts to a hunter aiming at a animal, the hunter shoots the animal in the leg and it runs off, as the hunter follows it he sees a limping dog and follows a blood trail of where the dog came from, the hunter than looks over a cliff and sees a bunch of cars and dead bodies. The hunter walks down there with his rifle ready to fire, he finds one person still alive and the man continuously asks for water, sadly the hunter isn't carrying water with him. In the back of the mans truck the hunter finds a lot of drugs realizing that he stumbled into a drug deal gone wrong. The hunter tries to find the last man standing as he put it. The hunter walked to the nearest tree finding the man sitting under one for shade, the hunter waits a couple of hours for the man to move before walking up to the tree. When the hunter arrives the man is dead with a bag or suitcase next to him, the hunter looks inside and finds a great deal of money inside. The hunter takes this money back to his home and talks to his wife before going to sleep. The man couldn't sleep and filled a bottle of water and went out to give to the survivor at the drug deal. When he arrives the man is dead from new bullets the hunter than looks to his own vehicle and sees a group of people slashing his tires and. He than realizes that they were the ones who killed everyone. The hunter tried to hide but got spotted he ran towards a river and got shot in the shoulder with a shotgun. He swam away. The movie than cut back to the creepy Guy talking to a store clerk, he goes off on a rant and than walks out. the movie then cuts back to the hunter who is returning to his own home and tells his wife she needs to leave town and go to her mothers. after that it cuts back to the creepy guy talking with two more creepy guys who show him the deal gone wrong and he kills them and burns his previous car, two police officers show up and talk about it, they got on horse back and that's where class ended.
Saturday, September 22, 2018
Clarity of mise en scene
Date 9/20/18
Today in class we further talked about mise en scene and how you can go in depth and find so much in just one picture. Mr. Rivers put up two pictures of them same scene but just from different perspectives. The one perspective was from the boss' view and he is looking down on the worker. The worker's perspective is looking up at his boss from a chair.
The most important choices we decided on as a class in these pictures are
Today in class we further talked about mise en scene and how you can go in depth and find so much in just one picture. Mr. Rivers put up two pictures of them same scene but just from different perspectives. The one perspective was from the boss' view and he is looking down on the worker. The worker's perspective is looking up at his boss from a chair.
The most important choices we decided on as a class in these pictures are
- Lighting key= shadows/ darker presence/ Highlights his name
- Shot angle=looking up at the character showing power and dominance
- Color values= character is wearing colors that make him stand out from the grey wall background
- Character placement= in the middle and is alone
- Screen density= sparse of items making it so the character is the only item that attracts the viewer’s eye
- Depth of field= zoomed out making the character look small and powerless
Because the boss' view is looking down on the worker it makes him look powerless.
The worker's view is looking up at the boss it makes the boss look powerful and in charge.
At the end of the class Mr Rivers asked a question to the class about mise en scene and no one could answer. In a joking way Logan turned to Jerry and said the answer without knowing it was right and Mr Rivers sniped him from across the room and asked for him to explain. Logan didn't have any idea what to say and just responded "I don't smart Mr Rivers".
Mise-en-scene Examples in "American Beauty"
9/21/18
Objective:
IWBAT evaluate how choices in mise-en-scene effect narrative element of the film
IWBAT revise my analysis to maximize specificity and clarity
Reminders:
The permission slip, MES Test
Film
Craft
Mise-en-scene
Narrative
Results of choices
How do these choices affect these results?
Which choices? Which choices have the greatest effects on these shots? The least?
Scene 1
Dominant Feature
Brad Dupree
Colors stick out (depressing colors)
Subsidiary Feature
Painting is Bland
White name tag center + focus
Depth of Field
Shallow D.O.F.
Brand front + center
Scene 2
Depth of Field
Deep, Empty negative space
Shot angle
Looking down
Screen density
Pretty open negative space
How do these choices develop the narrative object of the film?
Screen density
Show the difference between two offices
The difference in character:
Brad: power
K.S: no power
Shot angle
Looking down on KS
Looking up and Dupree
Color:
Bland
Dead-end job
Strong sentences: mise-en-scene choice develops narrative choice
(In-depth +)Specificity__________________________________Clarity (Understandable -)
Today we as a class look at more about mise-en-scene choices in film and talked about a
picture or scene on the Kevin Spacey film "American Beauty". What we've seen in the picture alone is that Kevin Spacey's character is stuck on a job that he does not enjoy at all with the boss looking all mighty and powerful like a dictatorship and Kevin Spacey has no power or even free time in his job. Then the class put down comments for mise-en-scene examples.
Friday, September 21, 2018
Friday September 21st mise-en-scene choices develop the narrative
Objectives: Evaluate how choices in mise-en-scene affect narrative elements of film. Revise my analysis to maximize specificity and clarity.
Mr. Rivers began class by explaining how film is a combination of craft (mise-en-scene) and narrative.
Then, Mr. Rivers showed us two images:
-the first image included: Brad Dupree as the dominant feature since he is centered and focused in the image along with wearing brighter colors, Dupee's nametag is the subsidiary feature it is focused and centered along with the dominant feature, The color value in the photo shows bland colors, shallow depth of field, high screen density
-The second image included: upper shot angle, low screen density, deep depth of field.
choices:
shot angle: From the way each image is shot we are able to tell that Brad Dupee is the dominant character since the camera is shooting from a lower angle (he is above the viewer) while Kevin Spacey is shot from an upper angle (he is being looked down upon)
Screen density: Shows difference between the 2 offices (setting) one being crowded and one being empty.
Through mise-en-scene we can gain an understanding of differences between 2 character's work spaces. This means that through only an objective analysis we can understand the narative of the film.
mise-en-scene choice develops narrative choice.
examples:
Screen density effects setting.
Shot angle effects character development as it shows that Brad Dupee is dominant over Kevin Spacey.
Non- related examples:
non-diegetic audio effects mood.
color values effect mood.
Being able to understand mise-en-scene helps us when watching films in and out of school. Paying attention to the choices that are in film allow us to make infrences about characters and the plot. Outside of school this can help us predict what happens next in our favorite TV shows and movies.
Mr. Rivers began class by explaining how film is a combination of craft (mise-en-scene) and narrative.
Then, Mr. Rivers showed us two images:
-the first image included: Brad Dupree as the dominant feature since he is centered and focused in the image along with wearing brighter colors, Dupee's nametag is the subsidiary feature it is focused and centered along with the dominant feature, The color value in the photo shows bland colors, shallow depth of field, high screen density
-The second image included: upper shot angle, low screen density, deep depth of field.
choices:
shot angle: From the way each image is shot we are able to tell that Brad Dupee is the dominant character since the camera is shooting from a lower angle (he is above the viewer) while Kevin Spacey is shot from an upper angle (he is being looked down upon)
Screen density: Shows difference between the 2 offices (setting) one being crowded and one being empty.
Through mise-en-scene we can gain an understanding of differences between 2 character's work spaces. This means that through only an objective analysis we can understand the narative of the film.
mise-en-scene choice develops narrative choice.
examples:
Screen density effects setting.
Shot angle effects character development as it shows that Brad Dupee is dominant over Kevin Spacey.
Non- related examples:
non-diegetic audio effects mood.
color values effect mood.
Being able to understand mise-en-scene helps us when watching films in and out of school. Paying attention to the choices that are in film allow us to make infrences about characters and the plot. Outside of school this can help us predict what happens next in our favorite TV shows and movies.
Thursday, September 20, 2018
9/20/18 Blog Post
Today in class, we continued our work on the Mise-En-Scene Elements power point. Each group picked one still from a movie and used it to analyze the twelve different elements of film. We started working on this power point on Tuesday and used today's class time to discuss with our group to define the remaining elements.
Mise-En-Scene is French terminology for "the placement in a scene". The elements of Mise-En-Scene are important to know because we will be using them to analyze films throughout the year in this class.
Here are the elements of Mise-en-Scene:
Mise-En-Scene is French terminology for "the placement in a scene". The elements of Mise-En-Scene are important to know because we will be using them to analyze films throughout the year in this class.
Here are the elements of Mise-en-Scene:
- Building blocks of an individual image
- The dominant feature (what grabs your eye)-- size, color, focus
- The lighting key -- high key, low key, high contrast
- Shot angle -- birds eye view, high angle, eye-level shot, low angle, oblique angle
- Color values -- dominant, subsidiary, symbolism
- Subsidiary feature
- Screen density -- stark, moderate, or highly detailed?
- Composition -- horizontal, vertical, diagonal
- Depth of field -- deep focus, shallow, focus
- Character placement --top, bottom, sides
- Shot framing -- tight or loose
- Diegetic audio or non-diegetic audio
One slide was dedicated to each element and the groups used the same image for each element. We had to create our own definition in our groups for each element and then find what features were used to create these effects. Some of the features were more difficult than others, especially since a lot of them are similar and relate to the "dominant feature".
These elements are helpful for anyone who watches movies often. There are many little details that effect the shot and subliminally reveal things about the characters. The angle of the camera can make characters look important or unimportant based on where they're placed in the shot. Further, the composition and density of shots can emphasize something about a certain scene in a film. Even though it is not explicitly said, the camera tells a story within itself by focusing on different elements in the shot. Knowing the elements of Mise-en-Scene helps viewers recognize important details while watching movies.
Mise en scene day 2
9/20/18
Today in class we continued to work on our mise en scene power points that are due tonight. My group was able to finish the definitions by the end of class leaving only the couple of sentences we had to write about examples in the image to do for homework. The definitions we were able to complete were for composition, depth of field, character placement, shot framing and diegetic/Nondiegetic sounds.
For composition the definition we came up with was the organisation of objects and items on screen to add to the scene. An example of this in our picture would be the salt shakers on the table as they show that the characters are at a restaurant of some kind and they add contrast to the characters colors.
For depth of field we said that it is the area in the camera’s view that is in focus and draws the viewer’s attention. And example would be when the camera focuses on a particular character or gives them a bigger portion of the shot to show their importance.
For character placement are definition was the placement of characters to show their importance in the scene and their involvement. This is an easy one as examples of it are everywhere since usually the main character or character that is the focus at that second is usually in the center of the picture or in a stance of power.
Shot framing was described as the way of showing what is and isn’t important in the shot by focusing in on the subject. This is the same as that last two since it is about the placement of items and people to show importance and to lead the viewer's eye in the right direction.
Last of the definitions was diegetic and nondiegetic sound. Diegetic sounds are ones that make sense in the context of what is going on and the source of it is logical or can be scene. Nondiegetic sounds are ones that usually come from somewhere where the sound is out of place and wouldn't be natural as you can't see the source or think of a logical place it would be coming from nearby. An example of this would be when music starts playing for a fight or battle scene since there isn't just a band laying around waiting for people to fight are get chased so they can run alone and play music.
Knowing these definitions can help you further understand a movie and the choices made by the director regarding the importance of certain things are maybe slight foreshadowing as to what could happen.
Today in class we continued to work on our mise en scene power points that are due tonight. My group was able to finish the definitions by the end of class leaving only the couple of sentences we had to write about examples in the image to do for homework. The definitions we were able to complete were for composition, depth of field, character placement, shot framing and diegetic/Nondiegetic sounds.
For composition the definition we came up with was the organisation of objects and items on screen to add to the scene. An example of this in our picture would be the salt shakers on the table as they show that the characters are at a restaurant of some kind and they add contrast to the characters colors.
For depth of field we said that it is the area in the camera’s view that is in focus and draws the viewer’s attention. And example would be when the camera focuses on a particular character or gives them a bigger portion of the shot to show their importance.
For character placement are definition was the placement of characters to show their importance in the scene and their involvement. This is an easy one as examples of it are everywhere since usually the main character or character that is the focus at that second is usually in the center of the picture or in a stance of power.
Shot framing was described as the way of showing what is and isn’t important in the shot by focusing in on the subject. This is the same as that last two since it is about the placement of items and people to show importance and to lead the viewer's eye in the right direction.
Last of the definitions was diegetic and nondiegetic sound. Diegetic sounds are ones that make sense in the context of what is going on and the source of it is logical or can be scene. Nondiegetic sounds are ones that usually come from somewhere where the sound is out of place and wouldn't be natural as you can't see the source or think of a logical place it would be coming from nearby. An example of this would be when music starts playing for a fight or battle scene since there isn't just a band laying around waiting for people to fight are get chased so they can run alone and play music.
Knowing these definitions can help you further understand a movie and the choices made by the director regarding the importance of certain things are maybe slight foreshadowing as to what could happen.
Today in Film as Literature
9/18/18
Today in Film as Literature we worked with our groups to start the MES Elements powerpoint. (The MES Elements powerpoint is due Thursday by 11:59 pm.)
We picked a photo to apply to the 12 MES Elements. Then we defined the Element which is worth 1 point, added the photo for another point, and a 2 point brief (2-4) sentence/analysis of the choice that affect the elements of MES. In all the Mise-en-scene Elements powerpoint is worth 44 points. Next Friday 9/28 we have a MES test in class.
EX. This is the photo my group decided to use.
Class Notes:
Objectives: IWBAT apply my understanding of mise-en-scene to specifically analyze cinema
Elements of Mise-en-scene= Shot Framing, Shot angle, Character placement, Composition, Color value, Diegetic/Non-diegetic audio, dominant feature, Lighting key, Depth of Field, Subsidiary feature, Screen Density.
Homework-MES Elements due Thursday by 11:59 p.m.
MES Test: In class next Friday 9/28
An extension that extends what we learned in class would be http://www.ucdenver.edu/academics/colleges/CLAS/Centers/writing/resources/Documents/Handouts/Formal%20Elements%20of%20Film%20Chart.pdf
The University of Colorado discovered the Formal Elements of Film
Using the MES 12 Elements that we learned in class will help to identify what the director is trying to portray to the audience.
Wednesday, September 19, 2018
9-18-18
In class we only had one objective today: IWBAT apply my understanding of mise-en-scene to specifically analyze cinema
We spent the rest of the day working in our groups, on a presentation that was assigned to us. We had to choose a picture from the eleven that were given to us. Once you had chosen you went through and analyzed the picture using Mise-en-scene. This took us all period and if we did not finished it is due by Thursday. This is all we had done for this class, the presentation is on Google Classroom. The name of the work is: #02 - Mise-en-Scene Elements.
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