Passengers! Small Review!

A movie called Passengers starring Anne Hathaway revolves around the stories of four remaining passengers and a therapist after a plane crash as they unravel the story and truth upon the accident. Gradually, one by one, the survivors disappear and the therapist is desperate for the truth and the story behind the accident but to only stumble upon a shocking secret.

Characters

     Developing Characters

• Claire Summers; she is one of the main characters of the film. She is a therapist who begins to hold group therapy sessions for the ffour survivors of the crash. At first, she is unaffected by the actions of one of her patients. It is at one point of the story, she accepts the series of odd behavior of her patient and somehow becomes infatuated with him.
• Eric; he is one of the main characters of the film. He is one of the five patients who survived the crash and at first, he appears completely fine, somewhat undisturbed by the event. He is a charming character who often attempts to woo Claire and feels a deep connection to her, feeling drawn and intrigued by her. It is later on, he discovers a disturbing secret and becomes perturbed and isolated from her to only accept the secret.

     Static Characters

• Dean; one of the four patients. He is the first to disappear during the film.
• Shannon; she is one of the four patients who is the fourth to disappear and the last. It is known that her parents died when she was young and the event impacted her negatively and deeply.
• Norman; he is one of the four patients who disappears after Dean. He is the one who introduces a theory upon the truth behind the accident.
• Perry; he is Claire’s boss in her job. He appears as a fatherly figure throughout the film.
• Toni; she is a woman living in the same apartment building as Claire. She shows a liking towards Claire. It seems to run beyond a friendly liking and a motherly liking but it doesn’t cross the line of a liking involving love.

Cinematography

• Multiple uses of Subject Point of View shots such as when Claire’s sister was looking at a note and then, the scene cut to show what was said on the note.
• Uses of Slow Motion such as when there is a flashback of the crash, everything begins to slow down to add a dramatic and emotional affect.

Genre

• Thriller
• Horror
• Romance
• Drama

Lighting and Color

• Multiple uses of Low Key Lighting.
• The lighting is rarely soft and diffused to add a soft emotional affect to the characters such as when Eric was looking outside the window and staring at a dog on the sidewalk.
• The lighting most of the time was harsh which added a dramatic affect in the intense scenes when Claire began to scream for Eric, thinking he drowned when he jumped into the water for a swim.
• The color tended to be blue which gave off a melancholic aura, adding emotional affect.
• The weather was often rainy and cold and somewhat dark which added to the affect of the color.

Narrative Structure

• Linear, Chronological
       -The story is not constanly switching back and forth in flashbacks. It does not start in the middle of a plot. It is organized.
• Exposition
       -Claire is introduced, waking up to a call.
       -The four survivors are introduced, one by one, as Claire stumbles into their rooms in the hospital.
• Complication
       -When Eric stumbles onto a secret and isolates himself away from Claire
       -When Claire begins to conflict against Arkin, the owner of the airline with the airplane that exploded
• Climax
       -This is something you REALLY need to find out on your own. Just like the previous review.

This film was absolutely amazing. It was somewhat confusing because characters just randomly popped in and out and you, as apart of the audience, would have no idea what happened or why. But events unraveled gradually and the thing about how the director wanted to unravel the events was interesting because it was unique in it’s own way. The film revolved around a small hint of horror but most of it seemed to consist of romance and drama and thriller, especially. With each event unraveling, a small truth was revealed and with each piece of the truth revealed, a bigger truth was waiting behind the wall.
As those pieces built up, the thrill of discovering the secret and the truth behind the accident and the disappearing survivors just keep you waiting. Along that thrill, you discover romance during the film which is a good thing from my perspective because it seemed that the film lacked a certain shock to it so involving romance really filled the empty space where the shock was supposed to be. But the director slipped the romance in the film quite well and in the end of the film, when the truth just comes together, the romance and the thrill just fits perfectly together.
The romance was quite enjoyable because the scenes were quite romantic and cute since Claire and Eric showed an interest in one another but Claire maintained that infatuation for her work so she often rejected him in multiple comedic ways. Overall, this film was a great thing to watch and I personally liked it although there were a lot of scenes which showed some errors in editing. One scene, a character would have her arm raised then when the angle was shot, her arm was no longer raised so the editing had mistakes.

Watch the trailer. What do you think?

IentheKorean? Ien, the Korean!

Ien, a student from Seoul Foreign School in South Korea, is a student who has been working on many film projects which he posted up on YouTube under the name of IentheKorean. One of the projects he has posted was used as an introduction to our Autobiography Video project.

I stumbled across his video and immediately left a message on his profile and began looking through most of his posted videos. One of them was the Who Am I? video which completely sparked an inspiration in me and one of his projects was called Infinity which I found the best video so far. It is his third project and his editing skills are absolutely amazing and beyond comprehension.

If you have a YouTube account yourself, please, drop a comment. He is surely someone you would want to talk to if you ever want to major in Film in the future because he has done so many amazing projects which completely inspire you and spark an interest in Film in many students.

Here’s the Infinity video:

Here’s a second video I found interesting:

It’s about his younger brother.

Dancing at Lughnasa Film Analysis

Dancing at Lughnasa Film Analysis

 

 

Stephanie Choi

Block C

This film basically revolves around the unfolding lives of five sisters who share one home and a strengthening relationship with one another until the peacefulness of the home is eventually threatened by the appearances of those around them.

Characterisation

Static characters

• Father Jack Mundy, the older brother of the five sisters who is slightly mentally unstable after returning from Africa
• Danny Bradley, a man famed for his three children and wife who left him, also supposedly interested or in love with one of the five sisters.
• Michael Mundy, the narrator of the story and the son of one of the five sisters.

Developing Characters

• Kate Mundy, the oldest sister who is known to be conservative—eventually is affected by the events to distress instead of holding in her emotions.
• Christina Mundy, the romantic sister who is unmarried but has a son and known to be motherly yet bright and youthful—eventually is affected by the appearance of her supposed husband to lose the boldness in her personality and the brightness.
• Margaret Mundy, the amusing sister who tends to smoke and joke around—eventually affected by the leaving of her two sisters to gradually become emotionless.
• Rose Mundy, the simpleminded sister who is childlike and happy—eventually is affected by the event with Danny Bradley to begin doing what she wants without the opinions of her sisters to disturb her wishes—basically making her own choices.
• Agnes Mundy, the mature sister and caretaker of the sisters—eventually is affected by the rising conflict with Kate Mundy to leave the house and to even doubt the relationships of her sisters, wishes to at least enjoy what she wants like a child.

Cinematography

• Multiple Subject POV shots—such as when Kate Mundy was looking outside the window to see Christina Mundy and her husband dancing together.

Genre

• Drama

Lighting and Color

• Multiple uses of high key lighting
• Throughout the film, the lighting is often soft and diffused
• The lighting is natural
• If the lighting is harsh and hard, it tends to be in scenes which involve intensity—such as when Rose Mundy was in the dance with Danny Bradley in his drunken state
• The colour tends to be mostly brown’s, giving off a warm aura.
• With the support of the natural weather and the bright sunlight through the film, the use of the colour tends to give off a somewhat bright and relaxed feeling.

Narrative Structure

• Linear, chronological
  • Narrator tells the story of the past but no constant flashbacks.
• Exposition
  • Introduced each of the five sisters properly with the narrator describing the traits of each sister.
• Complication
  • When one sister begins to doubt the other
  • When one sister begins to take actions against the other
• Climax
  • You’ll have to find out.