Rodrigo Blaas for Alma's Film

The short film I picked was Alma's film which was about a young girl who was walking down the street on a snowy afternoon and she stopped in front of a store that had a doll in the window. The doll was identical to her. She had blonde hair, green eyes, a blue hat, tan gloves and a pink jacket. She was shocked to see the doll staring back at her with the same green eyes as herself. She looked away for a slight second and when she was looking back she realized the doll had disapeared and the girl was very confused. She looked through the window and saw the girl looking back at her from a table in the store she tried to go in but couldn't because it was locked but then when she walked away it opened. She went in and her life had changed completely.

The shots were clean nice and simple. I thought the movie overall was a simple movie that had a lot of extra features that slightly added to the film. The filters were nice and kind of glossy to add to the snowy feel of the movie. It gave me a cold feel and really blended well with the movie. I think the director intended it to be this way so that not only the setting and mood would be set but so that the gloominess would help the story move forward as a whole.

She was walking through the street and the shots changed quite a lot. It changed from wide angle to a tight angle and that really added to the intensity of the film. I personally felt it was helpful because within any movie when there is an intense moment coming up a person usually has a tight shot to show her/his expression so that the audience can see their pain, sadness, happiness, etc.

This film had no talking and barely any sound which i thought helped the movie a lot because it made me pay attention the the character as well as what was around her. When the girl saw her own reflection and then realized that there was a doll that looked just like her behind her it was intense because it was a close tight shot that showed her surprised and confused expression that really added to the film.

Overall I thought this movie was good and interesting. It caught my attention throughout. I was very pleased with it though it left me with questions: Who was the master mind behind this idea? Who was creating and watching after these dolls?

Im not sure how this would help the movie but i guess the director wanted the movie to be mysterious because throughout the film that is what i kept referring too. The mystery of the film.

The movie was great and the ending was even better. The girl is now trapped within her own doll and when the movie ends a new doll, a redhead, is set in the front window indicating that a new girl is going to come by, see the doll and be trapped like the hundreds of others.

Broadcast Assignment

For the broadcast assignment myself and my partner Plenny were not sure what to do with our broadcast so we decided to stay simple and do a football segment. I felt our questions could have been stronger though it was good because the interviewees did a good job at answering them.  I didn't envision anything special though i thought the b-roll would have been better even though it was difficult because there was no other game shots. 

The background was simple for most of the interviews; we just got a shot of the football field to add to the theme of football. For Xeyrus' interview plenny got a nice shot of him in front of the mustang and the flag and it added to the interview. I felt our shots were simple and easy to shoot so that our broadcast was simple. Though they were simple they were nice and easy to see everyone within the shot. Most of the camera work was smooth even though Plenny did hand on camera work. Most of the audio was good and easy to hear but sometimes i felt it could have been better because the wind contrasted with the voices. 

I think we did a good job with the voice-overs because they, like the rest of the segment, were simple but caught peoples attention. 

We tried to incorporate the interview's with the b-roll though that was difficult because there is no game footage because they were not in season yet. I want people to have a cheerful attitude towards our broadcast because we want people to come out and support the football teams. 

Our editing was not easy because we had to chop the footage a lot because of the interviewees didn't do so well in answering the questions. They, mostly, messed around and it was hard to mixed together. The glitches were fixed and it was overall a good but short segment. I thought it was something that could be improved but with the time we had it was a good segment. 

Character in Time

 

A 17 year old girl goes through her daily routine of dance and school. She eats sleeps and breathes ballet. Her parents pressure her to be the "perfect" child as she dances till she can't possibly feel her feet anymore. Little do her parents know that she hates the pressure and more than anything she just wants their approval and love. She feels she will be looked down on if she doesn't dance. She has to starve herself to have the perfect little body like her parents want. Her life is nothing close to what she wants, she wants a normal and happy life. She wants to be a college student and travel the world. She aspires to be a mom and a good one. She wants to love her child and give her everything her parents never have. She reaches out to someone, anyone, hoping that one day someone will be able to understand her and be willing to love her like her parents never did.