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Voyage dans la Lune

 George Melies's Voyage dans la Lune

The Pitch could be something like that:
- A group of astronomers want to go to the Moon
- They build a rocket and fly there
- They confront the selenites and return to earth

The Story Pattern 

1.  YOU:A meeting of astronomers
   
2. NEED: Want to go to the moon
   
3. GO:They build a rocket and travel to the moon
   
4. SEARCH: Land in the moon and go inside de caves
   
5. FIND: They find giant mushrooms and Selenites
   
6. TAKE: They confront them and try to return
   
7. RETURN: They land in the sea and they are rescued
   
8. CHANGE:: They arre conmemorated as heroes.

 "Le Voyage Dans la Lune" (A Trip to the Moon) was one of the first films in history, is considered one of the most important movies ever done.

Le Voyage dans la Lune (France, 1902), the screen's first science fiction story, was a 14 minute masterpiece (nearly one reel in length (about 825 feet)), created by  French director and magician Georges Mèlies (1861-1938).

George Melies' landmark film tells the story of a group of men who want to explore the moon so they build a rocket and fly there only to discover some moon monsters. the amusing story just shows the wonderful mind of the director. This film's plot,  is a light-hearted satire criticizing the conservative scientific community of its time, it was inspired by Jules Verne's From the Earth to the Moon (1865) and H. G. Wells' First Men in the Moon (1901). 

 The film has no sound, no close-ups and neither camera movement.  Since it was meant to be narrated live, it doesn't even have intertitles. The director relied on a new technology, techniques and conventions that resist the view many years later.

The look of the moon is brilliantly done as is the underground creatures that attack towards the end. There's also the landmark scene of the ship flying into the face of the moon and there's no question this is one of the greatest scenes in film history even if it was made over a hundred years ago.

  This film, Melies' 400th and most notable film, was made on an astronomical budget for the time of 10,000 Francs - risky, but worthwhile since it was hugely successful. Its popularity also led to it being illegally copied, released under others' names, and pirated.

CLASICAL FILM ANALYSIS

 

We are going to learn about Cinematography History through the analysis of some of the better films of 20th century. Each one will chose a film and made an analysis following next instructions:

Fim Analysis 

If you need something more specific next questions could help you:
Questions about the film

1. A trip to the Moon, Georges Melies 1902
2. The Cabinet of the Dr. Caligari, Robert Wiene, 1920
3. Battleship Potemkin, Sergei Eisenstein, 1925
4. The General, Buster Keaton & Clyde Bruckman, 1926
5. Metropolis, Fritz Lang, 1927 
6. An Andalusian Dog, Luis Buñuel, 1929
7. City Lights, Charlie Chaplin, 1931 
8. Snowhite and the Seven Dwarfs, Willian Cottrell et al., 1937
9. Citizen Kane, Orson Welles, 1941 
10. Casablanca,  Michael Curtiz, 1942
11. Bicycle Thieves, Vittoria De Sica, 1948 
12. Singin’ in the Rain, Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly,1952
13. Seven Samurai, Kurosawa Akira, 1954 
14. The 400 Blows, François Truffaut, 1959 
15. Some Like It Hot, Billy Wilder, 1959 
16. Psycho, Alfred Hitchcock, 1960 
17. La dolce vita, Federico Fellini, 1960
18. The Battle of Algiers, Gillo Pontecorvo, 1966 
19. A Space Odissey, Stanley Kubrick 1968
20. The Godfather, Francis Ford Coppola, 1972
21. Taxi Driver, Martin Scorsese, 1976 
22. Monthy Pyton and the Holy Grial, Terry Gilliam et al., 1975
23. Annie Hall, Woody Allen, 1977 
24. Apocalypse Now, Francis Ford, 1979
25. Blade Runner, Riddle Scott, 1987

Once you have completed the essay you need;
- to write the PITCH of your film
- to apply the model proposed in "Every story is the same" to your film.
- Prepare an ORAL PRESENTATION of the film for the rest of the students supported by a scene of the filmfollowing next points:

1. Identification of the film: year, company, director, actors...
2. Content, a thematic analysis: details about the story...
3. Technical analysis: photography, special effects...
4. Context, historical importance in Cinema History.

Here you have an example with  

Akira Kurosawa's SEVEN SAMURAI

The Pitch could be something like that:
- A 16th cetury japanese village is terrorized by bandits-
- Local farmers look fo the help of a group of Samurais.
- Seven Samurais trained and leaded the farmers to fight the bandits,

The Story Pattern 

1.  YOU: Japanese village peasents live from their Rice Fileds
2. NEED: Finish with the bandits attacks and raids.
3. GO: Look for the help of hungry Samurais
4. SEARCH: Peasents are trained by Seven Samurais.
5. FIND: All together defeat the bandits.
6. TAKE: Some farmers and Samurais die in the battle.
7. RETURN: The peasents return to the rice fields and samurais leave the town
8. CHANGE:: The village can live in peace.

An example with a brief scheme of the work: 
SEVEN SAMURAIS

Data Sheet:
Influential Japanese film from 1954. ("The magnificents Seven", "Bugs"...)
Long film of 207 minutes, 3h27' by Akira Kurosawa.

Plot:
- A 16th cetury japanese village is terrorized by bandits.
- Local farmers look fo the help of a group of Samurais.
- Seven Samurais trained and leaded the farmers to fight the bandits.
 The film has the mother of all ‘assembling the team’ sequences, nowadays an obligatory part of all action movies.

Interesting points of the film which created a pattern for future movies:

• Differentiated characters: so the spectator is atached to them.
• Plot ideas: Reluctant heroe, the recruitment of the heroes, the romance between the younster and the local girl.
• Action scenes: Innovative use of cameras, General and "Guerrilla Unit".

So this is a classic film about Honnor and Duty with memorable characters and stunning action that owes its popularity to the fact that it was one of the first Japanese films arrived to the western viewers.
It introduced a culture that was foreign and intriguing, but a the same time accessible to the audience. Kurosawa achievement was to combine the conventions of the western films with a Japanese genres, combiningclassical story telling with innovative technical camera language.

Beldur Barik

 Here you have information on the subject: Beldur Barik

 We are taking part in the "Beldur Barik" audiovisual competition.

The aim is to show through a short video how girls and boys do you respond to situations of inequality and how do can you deal with sexist violence from a fearless attitude.

You can follow next scheme to prepare the video:

How to shoot a Short Film.

We will be following next scheme.

1. Dossier (paperwork)      

-Presentation of the original idea.                                                      

-Synopsis: summary of the film, the plot of the story.

 -Character's description

2. Filming preparation.

-Literary Script: What happens in the story: dialogues, voice over...

-Technical Script: information about the shots, stage characters, music ... separation of plans and sequences (it will help when editing)

-Storyboard: Drawing of the Technical Script (it will help the shooting)

-Technical and artistic staff: operators, sound, actors, editors...

-Technical resources: material needed for filming ...

3. Filming preparation

-Locations: Study or scenario

-Casting of actors: adaptation to the characters

-Preparation of dialogues.

-Details relevant to the authors

 -Shooting Plan: needs and dates

4. Shooting

-Recording of the planned shots

-Follow the literary script, technical script and storyboard accurately.

-Importance of the clapper and the script: control of the number of the shots and the notes about the good ones.

5. Edition

-Edition of previously recorded shots.

-Follow accurately technical script. -Consider the script (helps editing)

Your favourite Film

This time we will be completing an essay on a Film we really like. 

You will be following next steps :

 - to write the PITCH of your film 

- to apply the model proposed in "Every story is the same" to your film. 

- Prepare a short presentation where you will be adding: 

• the basic data of the film. 
• the plot, aspects you liked and scenes to point out. 
• technical issues, aspects you liked and scenes to point out. 
• personal recommendation.

The Pitch could be something like that: - A middle class family and their nanny's quiet life - A divorce and a non wanted pregnancy - They confront the situation to recover a balance in their life The Story Pattern 

YOU: A happy family and their nanny.              NEED: A divorce and a pregnancy.                     GO: They need to recover their former balance. SEARCH: The mother and the nanny they confront their problems                                  FIND: They learn to live without their men. TAKE: Divorce and miscarriage                             RETURN: They find their peace                 CHANGE:: Back to their love ROMA

This a film directed by Alfonso Cuarón, two and a quarter hours of cinematic pleasure. ROMA is a 2018 movie produced by Netflix. The director Alfonso Cuarón also created “Gravity”, “Children of Men”, “Y Tu Mama Tambien” or Harry Potters  "The prisioner of  Azkaban”.

 This is the story of a family that lives in the neighbourhood of Roma in Mexico City, and more specifically the camera follows Cleo, a young domestic worker starring Yalitza Aparicio. So ROMA is like a loving portrait of the woman who raised the director, his super-nanny and a complete mosaic of Mexico society during the 70'. Cuarón is telling us his own childhood and shows us their housekeeper’s ups and downs, the same time the relationship between the different social classes in Mexico and a touch of the political situation in DF during the (repression of the students ). With a simple storytelling is describing different people's life until we feel close to them, until we really care for the characters he presents us (Cleo, the mother, the other maid, the grandma...) This film is shot in black and white, because of its social and its title, Roma reminds us of the Italian neo-realism of the 50’. It has beautiful photography, landscapes and domestic shots (in the roof of the house). Director’s filming is classical with a lazy camera that beautiful spots to shot, like the backyard of the presentation or the scenes of the father and mother car parking, which are anthological.  

 This is a film that you should watch if you miss your childhood!

EDL

 To celebrate the European Day of Languages:

We did a quiz about guessing how to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY in different   languages.

    We share it with the Geography teachers in our school Antigua- Luberri to fill it during their classes of DBH 3rd level.

 

 We think it is a good way to celebrate European language diversity.

 Why don't you try!

 (Answers at the end)

 

We also painted those Happy birthdays in posters.

 Then in small groups we  have been thinking about ideas to use the posters in a video.

Here you have an example.

A Video of EDL

Answers to the quiz:

12, 3, 7, 9, 1, 2, 13, 8, 5, 11, 10, 6, 4

Language Challenge

 

Answer next questions and explain your answers.

1. In how many different languages can you greet someone?

2. In how many different languages can you count from 1 to 10 ?

3. Can you write your name in different alphabets (such as Greek or Cyrillic)

4. Identify 5 words in your language that are the same in other languages:

5. Identify 3 words in your language that mean different things in other languages (false friends!).

6. Have you ever read a comic book in a foreign language? And a book?

 

7. Who is the person you know who speaks more languages and discovered why he/she speaks so many.

8. Have you ever memorized a song in another language?

9. Have you ever switched the language of your phone or tablet to a foreign language?

10. Do you listen to a radio station in a foreign language?

11. Do you change to original version when watching documentaries, sports or films on tv?

12. Do you know any joke in a foreign language?

13. When on holiday in another country, have you ever used the language of the country to greet people, order food or perform other everyday tasks?

14. What do you dare to do in a foreign language?

15. Create your own questions for this language challenge and share them with a fellow student.

How many questions did you answer positively?
How many are you going to be doing in the next future?