Les Choristes

Fond de l'Etang is a boarding school fortroubled boys located in the French countryside. In the mid-twentieth century, it is run by  The principal, M. Rachin.

M. Clément Mathieu, a middle-aged man. new supervisor to the school. Mathieu does not believe in the "action - reaction" policy. Slowly, Mathieu's approach of trying to match the discipline to the crime does have a positive effect on a handful of students. With the reluctant approval of Rachin, Mathieu begins a grander experiment of trying to transform the overall atmosphere within the school, core within the experiment being to start a choir among his students. This move is a difficult one for him as a failed musician, as well as for the initially reluctant students.

Pépinot, a younger boy, seems to lack guidance and focus, and who always says he is waiting for Saturday when his father will pick him up, he who never does. 

Pierre Morhange, an older student, is the anachronism: introverted, but prone to outbursts of individual subversiveness - the devil with the face of an angel as the other teachers describe him. Behind the reason for his subversiveness, which Mathieu slowly learns, Morhange hides a love of music and a true talent in it.

M. Rachin, The principal in the Fond de l'Etang school,who was an egotistical disciplinarian whose official unofficial mantra for the school is "action - reaction", meaning that there will be severe consequences for any boy out of line. 

references:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0372824/plotsummary?ref_=tt_stry_pl

kill bill 2

Back at the beginning, a dress rehearsal for a wedding is taking place. The Bride leaves thechapel to get some fresh air. On the front porch she finds Bill sitting on a bench playing hisbamboo flute. She asks him to be nice and she introduces Bill to her fiancé as her father. Outside the chapel, four armed assassins appear. In one line they move to the door, they enter, and the shooting starts, killing everybody inside except for the Bride and Bill.

Bill visits his younger brother Budd to warns him about the Bride. She will kill Budd if Budd does not allow Bill to protect him. After back from work, Budd returns to his trailer. The Bride, who was hiding under the trailer, sticks to the wall so he does not see her. When she opens the door Budd shoots her in the chest with a shotgun loaded with rock salt. He phones Elle Driver  and offers to sell her the Bride's Hattori Hanzo sword for a million dollars. Elle agrees to bring the money in the morning. Budd and an accomplice dig a large hole in the ground in which they plan to bury the wounded Bride alive. The Bride panics for a short time and recalls her training under Pai Mei.

In a flashback, Bill bring Bride to learned kungfu from Pai Mei. Pai Mei threatens to chop her hand off with a single blow and declares that her hand belongs to him and she must strengthen it. Over the next several weeks, the Bride works hard and learns hard. Back to the present. Still in the coffin, she hits the coffin lid with her fist repeatedly. The lid becomes smeared with her blood but it finally cracks. 

Elle enters the trailer and gives Budd a red suitcase full of money. He opens the suitcase, gloats over the money, and is struck in the face by a venomous black mamba snake that was hidden among the bundles of cash. 
Beatrix walks in and immediately attacks Elle. Rather than finish killing Elle, Beatrix leaves the trailer.The Bride visits the courtly retired pimp Esteban Vihaio Bill's old mentor, and asks him to tell her where Bill is. He finally agrees because he thinks Bill would surely like to see her.

She enters Bill's hacienda carefully, a gun in her hand, but is shocked to the point of tears when Bill and their small daughter B.B. alive, both play-shoot at her with toy guns. She spends good time with her daughter, who falls asleep. The Bride goes to speak to Bill. They agree to fight with swords on the beach -- then Bill suddenly attacks her as they sit on hispatio. At the climax of a brief skirmish during which both remain seated, she strikes him with the five-point-palm-exploding-heart technique. She tells Bill that she did not mention that Pai Mei taught her the technique because she is a bad person. Bill disputes that. They share an affectionate farewell before he takes five steps and falls down dead. Beatrix takes her daughter away to start a new life.

director journal week 8&9

Week 8. After sem-break, we have to prepare our production shooting (PSA). We already booking the date on Friday18/4 to finish the shooting, but unfortunately we cannot finish on time so we had to extend to the next day Saturday 19/4.

In the shooting, we do not have much big problem because we have already go through the rehearsal shooting before sem-break. But the real shooting has something difference with the rehearsal shooting.

The script was difference, we have combine the script which our group idea and the dr. plan. Besides that, we also add three more screen to plenitude the storyline.

super 8 movie review

                        Super 8 movie review

In the summer of 1979, a group of friends in a small Ohio town witness a catastrophic train crash while making a super 8 movie and soon suspect that it was not an accident. Shortly after, unusual disappearances and inexplicable events begin to take place in town, and the local Deputy tries to uncover the truth - something more terrifying than any of them could have imagined.

Act 1 is about the context of the world where they live in, the major character of the story are introduced, and the conflict that will move the story forward. In Act I, the writer has the freedom to create any setting and reality that he so wishes. This early in the script, anything is possible.

The story beginning with the In 1979, Deputy Sheriff Jack Lamb and his 14-year-old son Joe, mourn the death of his wife Elizabeth in a steel mill accident. Four months later, Joe's best friend Charles Kaznyk decides to make a low-budget zombie movie for an international film competition. Charles enlists the help of Preston , Martin, and Cary, as well as Alice. they decide to shooting at a train depot using a passing train to add authenticity. While filming,  an accident was happened and cause the place blooming. Lucky , they didn't have any injured. later, they found the truck's driver is Dr. Woodward who is their biology teacher. Dr. Woodward warning them to forget what they saw that night, or else their parents will be killed. 

Act II is the hardest one to squeeze out. This happens because after the initial boost of anew story, the writer is left without plot elements to introduce. The story, its characters and conflict are all established.

All the dogs run away, several towns people go missing, and electronics from all over are stolen. at the same time, Alice is quarrel with her father and run away from house, suddenly  abducted by the creature. At the base, Joe learns from her father that Alice is missing, possibly abducted by the creature. Joe, Charles, Martin, and Cary find a hole in the base's fence and slip back into town, intent on rescuing Alice. They play the film and found that Woodward was one of the scientists experimenting which reveal that an alien. Martin is injured in an explosion, so Charles stays behind with him while Joe and Cary head to the cemetery.  In a chamber beneath the town's water tower, they find the alien has created a device from the town's stolen electronics, and it's attached to the base of the tower.

Act III presents the final confrontation of the movie, followed by the dénouement. This act is usually the shortest in length, the main character is face to face with the villain or just about.

The alien also has several of the people, including Alice, hanging from the ceiling and unconscious. Using Cary's firecrackers as a distraction Joe frees Alice and the other people, but the alien chases them down. Joe steps forward and tries to talk to the alien. The alien finally opens his eyes, which seem to have been sealed shut to his time in captivity and looks at Joe and releases him.As they reunite with their fathers, everyone watches as metal objects from all over town are magnetically pulled to the top of the water tower. The locket that used to belong to Joe's mom is also drawn towards the tower and Joe, after a brief moment, lets it go. finally the alien ship done, and back to its own planet.

references:
http://sinopsiskita.wordpress.com/2011/11/03/sinopsis-super-8-2011/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1650062/synopsis

MOVIE REVIEW Lizzie McGuire

                                          The Lizzie McGuire Movie

Lizzie McGuire is a teenager graduating from Junior high school, and eager to find adventures in Rome, Italy on a School trip. Upon arriving there, she discovers that she is the identical spitting image of an Italian beauty who is half of a famous pop duo. Meeting Paulo, the other half of the duo, she is reeled into posing as Isabella on what becomes a journey of self-discovery. MEGASHARE.INFO (2003), retrieved from http://megashare.info/watch-the-lizzie-mcguire-movie-online-TVRZME1BPT0

This film has an interesting beginning, because it can attracted people keep watching at the last. At the beginning of Lizzie McGuire the Movie, the style of the directing film by using animated Lizzie to reflect a live-action character's innermost thoughts. Lizzie McGuire, the main character will never be a quiet girl, does not make you a little bit boring time.

The film as a comedy most obvious difference lies in other films, the director very well in using humor brisk narrative to attracted audience. In the first scene, Lizzie McGuire’s young brother want to spy his sister by using remote control car.  Then focus to the character Lizzie is dancing and singing in his room like a singer. Her antics and facial expressions to let the audience have a desire to continue watching.

director journal week 6-7

In the seventh lecture, we learned how to be a good director.

First, we need to watch many movie, enjoy the experience and let your emotions take over you like laugh, cry, and scream. With time, you will sharpen your evaluation technique and be able to note merits and flaws in the movies you watch.

Second, analyze movies. We not just watch movie but also need to analyze it. Analyzing is very different than merely watching. Watching a movie is something fun and you just watching with not thinking the thought of the film. In the other hand, analysing a movie means hard work. It may take twice or more time to refine and re-watch the detail of film.

This will provide a more deep evaluation of the language of filmmaking. You should pay attention to theme, structure, shot size. Every movie has their theme, the director must to bring out the theme, if not, and the film will not be successful.

Third, a good film director must be a good storytellers, thus it is paramount for wannabe directors to master the craft of screenwriting. You can make a bad movie with a good screenplay, but you can't make a good movie with a bad screenplay. You don't have to become a screenwriter if you don't want to, but you absolutely have to learn screen writingtechniques and apply it to your movies.

Fourth, attend a film school and major in film production. In the film school, will learned the techniques of shooting, and some theory for us to understand how the production work. Besides that, we have the chance to taste many different job positions such as cameraman, lighting person, make-up, production manage, director, prop and so-on. These possess will help you more understanding the functional of the production.

Lastly, expand your network. It's all about who you knows and who knows you. Friends can open the doors you need open. They can help you when you need help such as location, stars, equipment, budget and so on. Because there are no production with one man. The director need screenwriter, cameraman, lighting person, make-up, production manage, director, prop to help him/her to produce the film.

Dark Skies （movie review）

                                                  The Dark Skies, 2013/ Scott Stewart

1. Sila rumuskan dalam satu perenggan, tentang plot cerita the Dark Skies.

As husband and wife Daniel and Lacey Barret witness an escalating series of disturbing events involving their family, their safe and peaceful home quickly unravels. When it becomes clear that the Barret family is being targeted by an unimaginably terrifying and deadly force, Daniel and Lacey take matters in their own hands to solve the mystery of what is after their family. Source from：MOVIEWEB (2013), retrieved from http://www.movieweb.com/movie/dark-skies

2. Apakah kelainanan filem ini dengan genre filem-filem sains fiksyen yang lain

Science fiction is a genre of fiction in which the stories often tell about science and technology of the future. (Read.Write.Think 2013) Dark Skies not just a science fiction movie, but also have element horror and thriller in the film. This is the difference way between the other science fiction movie.

Read.Write.Think (2013), retrieved fromhttp://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson927/SciFiDefinition.pdf

3.Ceritakan secara ringkas tentang latar dan props yang ditampilkan dalam filem ini

The background of the movie is a well-off family and living in a small town. The prop are usually using in the movie are walkie-talkie, drawing, electric torch, birds, Jars and bottles, Frame, wood, gun and so on.

4. Senaraikan 7 jenis shot asas yang digunakan dalam filem ini. Sila freeze screen dan senaraikan gambar mengikut shot berserta keterangan.

close up

medium close up

medium long shot

extreme long shot

reverse angle shot

long shot

medium shot

5.Sila kritik gaya penyuntingan yang digunakan dalam the Dark Skies.

Style editing in this film by using montage style.The montage define that conflict must be inherent in all visual aspects in film, the principles of which include a rapid alteration between sets of shots whose signification occurs at the point of their collision, fast editing and unusual camera angles; also used for spectacular effect.