Why movies make people cry

Why movies make people cry

Movies are a medium of actors on a fake set pretending to feel someone. Yet movies have the power to make people cry. Whether those tears are from happiness, sadness, or even fear the tears always find a way. 

The goal of an actor is to be so good at their job that you actually believe what they are saying and doing. You believe them so much and can become so attached to the character and his or her story that you start to feel what they are feeling. 

You put yourself in their position when you get attached to them and their emotions and the things that happen to them begin to relate to your own life.



When a character has you completely hooked on the story, that is when you ill cry for them. 

You become so consumed with the relationship between characters that the loss of one is a loss for you as well. You cry because you lose them too because you will never see them again. 

Within the story you get to know these characters and you as well begin to have a relationship with them. 

Hitchcock's Rule

Hitchcock's rule is that the size of any object in your frame should be proportional to its importance to the story at that moment. 

It is important to know your story to be able to identify what is the most important for a particular shot. 

Typically a close up shot should be used when the detail is most important to the story at that moment. 

Medium shots should be used when it is necessary to show the relationship between two objects. 

The use of wide shots shows the setting of the story or the environment around the subject and how it relates to the story. 

Everything in the frame should be important to the story. You must figure out how important the object is and what you are trying to say with the shot in order to figure out which shot to use. 

Breakfast at Tiffany's

Breakfast at Tiffany's

Recently I watched Breakfast at Tiffany's because it was on Netflix and I was bored. I had heard how amazing this classic movie was, so I figured I would give it a chance. 

When the movie started it seemed to take forever for the actual movie to start. It seemed to just be random shots of New York. 

But when the movie actually started I was so pleased with he movie. It seemed a bit odd to me when Audrey Hepburn's characters' ex-husband showed up. But as it progressed I understood how that represented who she didn't want to be and how she had left that life completely.

I love what Cat represents in the movie and how she explains that he isn't going to get a name because she is afraid of commitment of any kind. 

The whole movie represents the party life of a young New York person and how they only seem to be looking out for themselves. When Holly finally realizes that she is in love with Paul and stops calling him Fred, it shows all of these emotions that she has been trying to get rid of for so long. 

I don't understand why it is called Breakfast at Tiffany's because Tiffany's is a jewelry store and they never eat there so it doesn't make sense. 

Anyways, this classic is a new favorite of mine for its kind of crazy plot line that shows viewers that if you let it love will find its way to you and can complete all of your needs in life. 

MLK video

Martim Luther King Jr.

This video was filmed over one weekend. 

We started by thinking about all of the things that have love and make people happy. We created a list of these things and then made a script to have as a voiceover to connect the shots. 

We got the idea to use candles and lights to show the illumination of love. We used a family to show the feelings you feel when you come home to your family and how family and love complete a person and make them happy. 

This video shows how love illuminates life by expressing the way people feel toward certain people and things. Everyday things that cause love and joy in our lives.

Why scary movies aren't scary anymore

Todays horror movies are getting less and less scary. This is happening because the movies are lazy, and they don't lead up to anything because they go for the small scares not the big ones.

Most horror movies try to scare you with a jump scare or a loud noise. But by doing this it "trains" the viewer to only expect those loud noises and to associate the "fear" with a loud noise or a false scare and forget what true terror feels like.

Horror movies that are successful in the fear factor find things that emotionally connect viewers. For example when movies show the monster or ghost by the baby and the mother freaks out, you tend to freak out to because a baby stands for innocence and they disrupted that.

Another factor to the success of horror movies is the trailers. The producer has no say over the trailer so it can make or break a movie.

http://nofilmschool.com/2015/10/3-reasons-why-horror-films-are-just-not-scary-anymore

Virtual Reality

http://nofilmschool.com/2015/09/virtual-reality-here-netflix-hulu-100-titles-from-fox

This article from no film school talks about the recent interest companies are having in virtual reality.

Fox, Netflix, and Hulu have all recently released that they are getting very serious about using Oculus Virtual Reality Headsets and Samsung Gear VR headset to transform movies. It is being called a "virtual reality cinema".

This new market of virtual reality is just starting to be explored. This market creates a new way to experience movies in a 3D.

All of these companies will be producing an individual app for the Oculus Headset. The amount of shows available on the app are still very limited because of how new this market is.

When the shows kick off they will not be available in HD, only standard definition.

 http://www.engadget.com/2015/09/25/how-netflix-works-in-virtual-reality-and-why-its-not-in-hd/

Home Sweet Home

Home Sweet Home

         The scope of this project was to create a video with all of the things we love about Olathe Northwest.

We first started by brainstorming ideas and the theme of our video. We story boarded and then went out to film people in different grades talk about their favorite things about ONW. We got lots of B roll shots of the school and the people in it.

While doing this I learned how to collaborate my ideas with the other people in my group. I also learned how to conduct an interview with people and get good sounds bytes from them.

This project was my first time using the 60D cameras so I had to learn how to use them and how to correctly focus and figure out what to focus on.

If i could do something different I would make sure the lighting is better before i shoot.

I would conduct the interviews the same because I got really good sound bytes.

I will use my new knowledge of different types of cameras in further projects.