Secret Lairs Project: Crit Presentation

Presentation

Thumbnails

Here are all my thumbnails for my secret lair

Final Presentation: Unit 1 - Cinematic Spaces

Finished Thumbnail 1 -2 - 3

Here is my first thumbnail finished and the steps it took to produce it.

Here is my second thumbnail finished, I took a more cold approach on this one as the other two are very warm.

Finally. this is my final thumbnail, this is my favorite piece.

Film review:Metropolis

Metropolis, made in 1927, directed by Fritz Lang, was an art form in its self, it's dramatic symbolism of society and 'new age' sci-fi "The biggest-budgeted movie ever produced at Germany's UFA, Fritz Lang's gargantuan Metropolis consumed resources that would have yielded upwards of 20 conventional features, more than half the studio's entire annual production budget." (Rotten Tomatoes) 

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The storyline is about the rich living luxury while the poor work to make the wealthy live comfortably, "It is the future, and humans are divided into two groups: the thinkers, who make plans (but don't know how anything works), and the workers, who achieve goals (but don't have the vision). Completely separate, neither group is complete, but together they make a whole." (IMDB) Being controlled by Maria, working like robots, slaves, to Metropolis.

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The results of such a high budgeted film was a phenomenon, "The result was astonishing for its time. Without all of the digital tricks of today, “Metropolis” fills the imagination. Today the effects look like effects, but that's their appeal."(Rogerebert) 

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Bibliography

(1) http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1013775-metropolis/?nopopup=true

(2) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0017136/plotsummary

(3) http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-metropolis-1927

Images

{1} http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/06/Metropolisposter.jpg
{2} http://cdn.blu-raydefinition.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/BDDefinition-MetropolisUK-15-1080.jpg
{3} http://kennethmarkhoover.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/metropolis6-maria-human.jpg

Film Review: The cabinet of Dr Caligari

The Cabinet of Dr Caligari, made in 1920 and directed by Robert Wiere, was a sensation in its time "One of the most influential films of the silent era" {1} 2003. Rotten Tomatoes. [online] Available at <http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1003361-cabinet_of_dr_caligari/> [Accessed on 21/October/2013]

The film was quite long and slow in comparison to the actual story line, this is due to its long scene holds on expressional faces and suspense building "There's a period of adjustment when watching it - unfortunately necessary for a modern audience. The titles seem to slow. The camera seems to hold on scenes too long" {2} Gafke. 2004. Internet Movie Data Base. [online] Available at <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0010323/reviews> [Accessed on 21/October/2013]

Being a silent movie, using dramatic scenes and a small array of text now and then, you really have to put your full attention into the film to understand its story line of murders and growing madness. "The story is a classic sampling of expressionism paranoia about a hypnotist who uses a somnambulist to do his murders, full of the gloom and fear that prevailed in Germany as it emerged from WWI" {3} DP. Timeout. [online] Available at <http://www.timeout.com/london/film/the-cabinet-of-dr-caligari> [Accessed on 22/October 2013]

Bibliography

{1} http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1003361-cabinet_of_dr_caligari
{2} http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0010323/reviews
{3} http://www.timeout.com/london/film/the-cabinet-of-dr-caligari

Images

(1) http://arizona.newszap.com/csp/mediapool/public/dt.main.ce.Home.cls?name=bPostPage&bPostPageId=40905
(2) http://zooetrope365.wordpress.com/2012/11/22/the-cabinet-of-dr-caligari-robert-weine-1920/
(3) http://fineartamerica.com/featured/the-cabinet-of-drcaligari-granger.html

Unit 1: Disk cover

I produced my disk cover to present my work on, below is the image i produced using one of my thumbnails. I decided to use a font that went with the rocky feel of the caves and blue font to contrast the orangey/brown image.

Feedback Needed- Scene 2 - Thumbnails

I'm on my second scene and I'm not sure to go quite full on on this colour of keep it darker. Please could I get some feedback on this :)

Quite bright (1)

Or the darker one (2)