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(Extra Credit) The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes *Spoiler Alert

Posted on December 6, 2023December 6, 2023 by Sophia Kim
I watched the new Hunger Games movie over the weekend and it was honestly one of the best movies I have watched in a while. Usually, I do not like the second or third movie of a trilogy in comparison ... Read More

(Searcher) Love Actually

Posted on November 30, 2023November 30, 2023 by Sophia Kim
Over Thanksgiving I watched “Love Actually” directed by Richard Curtis and I thought it was a heartfelt romantic-comedy that was fitting for the Christmas times, but could’ve been ex... Read More

(Reader) Do The Right Thing

Posted on November 15, 2023November 16, 2023 by Sophia Kim
One of the things that stood out to me is the editing that Bordwell and Thompson describe in the film. I noticed that the actors made eye contact with the camera a lot, especially through an eyeline m... Read More

(Viewer) Holy Motors — Entrancing or Disturbing?

Posted on November 8, 2023November 8, 2023 by Sophia Kim
Leos Carax’s Holy Motors begins with a man who is half asleep, waking and opening a door with his finger, which happens to be a key. After this scene, it then cuts to Monsieur Oscar (Denis Lavan... Read More

(Searcher) The Spectacle

Posted on October 25, 2023October 25, 2023 by Sophia Kim
I thought that the movie “Nope” by Jordan Peele was a mix of horror, comedy, and Western. Throughout the movie, OJ and Emerald Haywood choose to deal with a foreign creature that floats ar... Read More

(Reader) Sound in Cinema

Posted on October 2, 2023October 2, 2023 by Sophia Kim
Through this week’s reading, I realized that there were so many strategic sound placings or characteristics about sound that I had been taking for granted. For example, while I did realize the d... Read More

(Viewer) Lighting/Camera Movement

Posted on September 27, 2023September 27, 2023 by Sophia Kim
In the film “Gravity” by Alfonso Cuarón, the use of editing and camera movement is emphasized to portray the story of the mission that Ryan Stone and others are a part of. From the beginn... Read More

(Searcher) Orpheus and Eurydice/Female Gaze

Posted on September 13, 2023September 13, 2023 by Sophia Kim
During “The Portrait of a Lady on Fire”, Héloïse, Sophie, and Marianne are reading the book that Marianne brought, which happens to contain the legend about Orpheus and Eurydice. This gr... Read More

Recent Posts

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  • The Role of the Nondiegetic Soundtrack in the Fast and Furious Series (Extra credit)
  • The significance of props and color in the Hunger Game (Extra credit)
  • Projections: the Intersection Between Neuroscience and Film
  • (Extra credit) Significance of the hug in Invincible

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  5. Skye Li on (Reader/Viewer) Smiley in ‘Do the Right Thing’
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