My Tales
For the past two meetings we have been watching a film entitled Cinema Paradiso, it was the first time I have ever heard of that film and partly because I was not even born yet when it was made (1988) at the beginning of the film I was skeptical it was a very old Italian film that did not capture my range of interest (I love fantasy films and romance) which the film was neither, after the first showing I admit a little to myself it was good and what amazed me is that I was able to analyze the film using the techniques and frames that were taught previously in class. as I was watching I already automatically took note of the close ups, the mid shots and the long shots, at the back of my head I kept on thinking if this or that was appropriate for the scene, did it make it more effective, do I like it more because the man's expression was focused on, and now I can confidently answer yes! what I liked best about the film I realize now is the emotion on their faces it made me feel what they were feeling I particularly like the face of "Alfredo" he was an elderly helper in the cinema i liked him because he was able to portray the character with such kindness and concern that it had made an impact on me. and I find that the shots were really well thought off and they were justified, it zoomed when the characters are emoting in the film highlights and gets long shots when the place and setting is emphasized, to show the situation of the characters.
film is something that I had loved ever since I was a child and I wish to continue on becoming more knowledgeable in this area of the arts.
