Oceans...11 and 12

Alright, so I watched about 4 movies this week, Oceans 11, 12, Van Helsing, and Back to the Future, but only finished two of them... Back to the Future and Oceans 11.  

I have seen all 3 of the Oceans movies and freaking love them.  When I watched 11, and 12 these past times, for some reason I noticed the voiceovers more than I had before.  It seems like the movies have very similar layouts, where the "hist" is described with a voiceover while everything is shown to the viewer.  Probably the most intriguing thing with the Oceans movies is the inevitable twist at the end that ALWAYS happens.  This just makes them that much more interesting because you know it's coming, but you're not sure how or what it's going to be.  I'm not sure if the twist is what makes me enjoy the Oceans movies, or the conversations George and Brad have all the time.  They never really say anything, ever but both of them know exactly what is going on.  Brad is usually eating food, and neither of them ever really look at each other.  These conversations don't seem significant, but I feel that they really succeed in showing the close relationship between the two characters.  They're the masterminds behind the jobs, and they're so in sync with one another that they can have the most pointless conversation where they don't come right out and say exactly what they mean, but the other one knows exactly what the other is saying.  Just talking about this movie is making me want to go watch them all right now.  It's too bad I have class....

Week 1

This week I saw the movie Valkyire.  Until Matt had made the comment about not panning and zooming, and we had seen the video on basic camera moves and techniques, I never noticed how few camera moves were used while taping a movie.  For the most part it's simply wide, medium, and close still shots.

Through doing the in-camera edit exercise, I realize that different angles make the sequence more powerful.  

Drew