Feast

     Today, we watched and analyzed the Academy Award Winning Short Film, Feast. We started the class with a before, during, and after chart before watching the short film. We were required to look up what the short film and find information on expecting what to watch or see. After researching what that was, we viewed the short film and just 'Let the movie happen'. So the film started off with a stray Boston Terrier who seemed to be on the streets looking for food. A french fry was dropped on the ground and the puppy came to eat the food, in sequence was dropped another one and then adopted by his owner. From then on, the film was conducted with the shot framing focusing on Winston, our main character. We experienced the life and adventures of the dog through the foods he ate from his owner. The story was intricately being told through the dogs side of the story keeping the owner's story basically a sub plot we began to understand as the story finally crossed with each other creating a really nice, light hearted ending that all audiences can enjoy. After watching the film, we deconstructed what the film was trying to tell us and what the film did exceptionally for it's story telling. Using minimal dialogue, as well as the impeccable animation, and lighting to show mood for us without even hearing the dialogue, as well as showing the contrast between the happy dog who doesn't really understand as long as he's getting food and the owner who's in a sad place really shows why the short film won it's award.
     Using these techniques, we learned that we can really analyze film a lot better than from the beginning of the year. With only watching the film once, we as a class were able to deduct and analyze the film much better, while telling and writing down much more concise thoughts; sounding more sophisticated. This will really help us as it comes to writing our MP2 BRBs because we can now, use the chart that the class has learned about and really 'let the movie happen' and then write thoughts down in order to actually efficiently and knowledgeably write better and iterate our thought better on paper and to others before, during, and after watching a film piece.