Friday, January 25, 2013

Between the folds documentary

The movie we watched today in algebra 2 was a documentary about the art I paper folding also known as origami. This art style has been adopted by thousands of artists around the world developing thier own style of paper folding and even making thier own origami paper. This art brings together both arithmetic and artistry in perfect union. I wouldn't be surprised I this movement lasts for centuries to come.

Friday, January 11, 2013

"Violence is Beautiful" logline

          Emulating the directorial style of Stanley Kubrick, Quentin Tarantino, Nicolas Winding Refn, and Gaspar Noe.

          Script is on computer device.

logline:
   
    A man contemplating suicide after the end of a long relationship seeks redemption in an experimental drug made by his psychiatrist that "cures" sadness and depression.


The Graduate (1967)

  "The Graduate". A movie a personally recommend to all film-lovers is an achievement to be remembered in cinema history. Highly quotable and referenced by other movies, this is a must-see for all film-makers. The story is about a college graduate Benjamin Braddock portrayed by Dustin Hoffman who is quite unsure about his future and where life will take him after high school. In the film he is notably awkward and uneasy around people. In the beginning he is seduced by Ms. Robinson who forces him to taker her home after she leaves the party. Them being alone Ms. Robinson begins to come onto Benjamin and he awkwardly squirms his way out of that situation. Their affair begins to grow when they find themselves at a hotel making love in one of the rooms. Benjamin soon pays the consequences when he is forced by his parents to go out with their daughter Elaine Robinson when Ms.  Robinson tells him not to. Benjamin begins to fall into a spiral of suffering when he begins to fall in love with the daughter.

     It has some very iconic shots like the one taken under Mrs. Robinson's leg looking upward at Benjamin Braddock and the scene when Benjamin is humiliated at his own birthday party when he is pushed into a pool wearing a scuba diving suit by his parents. Music also plays a key role in the movie with the songs "The sound of Silence" and "Here's to you Ms. Robinson" composed by Simon and Garfunkel. The thing I really like about this film is the provocative story and the seductive Ms. Robinson herself. Ms. Robinson in a way is a symbol of a young man's desires that he shouldn't have. In a way this movie may be a weird fantasy to teenage guys who have crushes on older more mature women. Its something that is rarely talked about because its frowned upon in our society for young men to pursue older married women. The thing I also like is the suffering that comes afterwards that Benjamin faces and how badly his life changes after having an inappropriate affair with this woman. His pursuit for Elaine brings more suffering at first but then leads to one of the most iconic and hilarious scenes in film history when he shows up to her wedding with another guy and they escape the attacking crowd. Overall I give this film an A-