Blog Entry #6

This scene is chaotic as missiles close on Mrs. Incredible and her two children Violet and Dash. Being an animation, this movie does need to strictly follow the rules of cinematography as live action. The 180 rule is not followed, instead these five shots bounce back from two different lines of action. The first shot is a horizontal view of the plane and missiles in flight, then a second line of action is introduced in the second shot that is perpendicular to the first which shows Mrs. Incredible straight ahead. It then cuts back to the original line of action of missels closing in followed by a shot of the second line of action with violet trying to cast a force field. The fifth shot is a reversal look of second line of action which shows Mrs. Incredible's view of the rader of the missels closing in. The rule of thirds is followed as the missiles, plane, violet and and Mrs. Incredible seem to moving to the points of interest. The plane is moving but stays within the same section of the frame. You can only see one missile clearly and it moves around the frame bouncing from the thirds intersections. Mrs. Incredible sweeps her head into the right hand of the frame, and Violet is seen off centered creating a more dramatic shot.  The 30 rule is not followed as each shot is a new subject matter and only the shot of the missiles closing in is the repeated shot. The two shots of the missiles are clearly just a continuation of the same animation so the visible missile doesn't change size from the end of the first shot to the beginning of the third. and The director broke these rules to enhance the chaos and stress of the scene. The one line of actions shows the danger while the second line of actions shows who is in danger.

Blog Entry #8

Final Scene of the Dark Knight
First off the theme of this movie is even the best of men are capable of becoming evil. The Joker proves this by turning Gotham's white knight insane with one really bad day. This theme is told didactically through the conversation between Gordon and Batman at the beginning of this scene.

The rhythm of this scene is Batman being chased paralleled by Gordon public eulogy of Harvey Dent. What Gordon explains to his son at the end of the scene is an example of affinity to his eulogy speech at the beginning because Batman is the true hero of Gotham by keeping Harvey's image alive. The contrast is seen as how Batman and Harvey are both portrayed from the same speech. As Batman says, the people of Gotham deserve more than the truth because they show that they are not all inherently evil (shown by the two boat ferries scene). The rhythm of this scene bounces between people covering up the truth to keep others safe: the eulogy, Alfred burning Rachel's note (that reveals that she wouldn't wait for him despite Bruce's beliefs), Lucius Fox destroying the sonar machine to preserve the privacy of the public, Gordon destroying the bat signal and Batman running away so he becomes the enemy. The movement of this scene is a climax to build to Gordon's final line, "A Dark Knight". Once Batman reveals to Gordon that it should be him thats is charged for the killing of the dead the music begins to build and continues as rhythm bounces from cover up to cover up. The movement and rhythm are in sync in this scene as the both increase in intensity. Conscious and subconscious comes into play between the white and dark knight. Batman associated with being vigilante and a criminal makes him the dark knight while Harvey cleaning up the streets and being a martyr makes him the white knight.

Blog Entry #7

The two images I will be discussing our from Toy Story 3.

Image 1

Image 2

I first want to talk about the color in each image. In image one, there are many distinct hues: The bear Lotso has a very vibrant pink color which is seen in the background around the class photos which could represent his control over the school. Also the wooden desk matches Woody's colors and the carpet matches Buzz's which can contrast each others acceptance of this new world (the carpet is very involved in the scene where as the desk is only slightly seen). Another hue choice to point out is Lotso's cane, it is made of wood and similiar colored to Woody's hat and boots which could be seen as Lotso power over Woody. Lotso's power over Buzz is seen with his hand placement over Buzz's back. The hues in image two are much less abundant making you focus on the characters themselves. The background of the metal shoot and concrete wall emphasize their change from safety (image one) to danger (image two).  In image one the brightness is very strong in comparison to image two, as image one depicts a "safe" time where as image two shows a more dark and scary tone. The saturation of each image is again in contrast, as the first is very saturated making it colorful and pretty and the second image is less making it more grim and blend together slightly to show their universal outlook on their situation. The next topic I am going to discuss is lighting. The first image is very light creating a relaxed mood which is emphasized through the facial reactions of Lotso and Buzz Lightyear. The second image however has a much darker setting creating a tenser mood which again is emphasized through the facial reactions of all of the characters. The only shadows in the first image are cast by the characters and woody's hat making the right side of his face darker, which may indicate his skepticism in Lotso. In the second image the octopus is in complete shadow, symbolizing him as the enemy which goes along with his facial reactions in comparison to everyone else. Shadows in image two are on Mr. Potato head, the horse, and Woody who all had doubts on their new environment from the beginning which symbolizes their connection with the octopus as knowing something was up the whole time.

Blog Entry #5

David Davison The Ongoing Horrible
Phase 1
Tempo: This song has a relative slow tempo as the melody comes in between the slaps of his guitar.
Source: The rhythm comes from David's right hand as he taps his fingers against the guitars base. He stops tapping at the second part of the song and the rhythm then comes from the tapping of the strings.
Groove: I would describe this songs groove as folky and original  (the songs sounds come from a creative use of the guitar which produces an interesting sound).
Phase 2
Instrumentation: The only instruments used in this song are a guitar and vocals, although the guitar's strings, tuners, and base are used for producing different sounds.
Structure/Organization: The song structure is, first stanza, second stanza followed by a brief interlude while david moves up on the guitar to change the sound, then he begins playing while manipulating the tuner and sings the third and fourth stanza, he repeats the third stanza then sings acapella the fourth verse.
Emotional Architecture: The songs lyrics display a pretty grim society and the song doesn't change to a very positive tone. Instead, David and whoever he is singing to dance and sleep to ignore the horrible scene going on around them. So the song keeps a constant grim tone but at the end it is revealed David and someone are trying to make the best out of each others companies by ignoring whatever horror they are in.
Phase 3
Height: The song has various pitch levels as David sings all across the scale. And the use of the tuners make the guitar's sound range from high to low.
Width: There is no manipulation of width to enhance the song
Depth: There is really no depth to this song as there is only one instrument and person but the different sounds David produces with the guitar you could argue that their are layers to this song.

Now I will dissect Accordion by Madvillian (MF DOOM and Madlib's collaboration name)
Phase 1
Tempo: The song has a moderate tempo, at least faster than The Ongoing Horrible
Source: The main source of rhythm in this song is the accordion sample, there is some light drums and bass but the most predominant rhythm comes from the accordion. Both Accordion and the Ongoing Horrible used little in terms of percussion.
Groove: The song has a funky and soulful sound. Bass and Accordion together make a unique sound.
Phase 2
Instrumentation: In this song their is no guitar but vocals (rapping but sill counts). Along with MF DOOM rapping there is an accordion riff, and bass with a repeated percussion hit.
Structure/Organization: The song has an intro which is just the song without MF DOOM rapping, then there is verse 1. After the verse their is a pause in his rapping where he hums the melody, just like The Ongoing Horrible there is no chorus just a brief pause in the song. The song ends with one more stanza from MF DOOM followed by an outro.
Phase 3
Height: Unlike The Ongoing Horrible this song doesn't have much height as it stays consistent with the accordion and vocals.
Width: Again width is not a factor in this song
Depth: This song has more depth than The Ongoing Horrible but only because it uses more than one instrument there is the accordion bass, percussion and vocals.