tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1993239234677129325.post4650801936740354640..comments2023-03-25T16:01:34.937+00:00Comments on DeadShed Productions: A rant about Cloverfield...Nick Thomsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00704640133013512272noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1993239234677129325.post-45768716423155669142007-11-24T12:48:00.000+00:002007-11-24T12:48:00.000+00:00Aye, I even wrote an essay about war movies, speci...Aye, I even wrote an essay about war movies, specifically SPR - in which I did an entire shot-by-shot breakdown of the first 30 minutes...took something like 4 or 5 hours to do...I shit you not.<BR/><BR/>Did a bunch of screen shots too, then referenced them specifically in terms of the 'realism' issue, then compared to Full Metal Jacket - which confused my prof on the course (Lucas & Spielberg unit)...which was bizarre and annoying. I chose it because FMJ is the best war movie example of a filmmaker's eye, rather than a soldier's eye...got nout to do with *which* war is being shown, sheesh!<BR/><BR/>So I 'only' got a 62 (which is still a 2.1, which is good), but I was pissed because I put waaaaaaaay more effort into that essay than one about Star Wars I did earlier in the unit on which I also got a 62, so it was the comparison factor that made me pissed off...but the prof was a strange one anyway, the smut he insisted on reading into anything & everything just didn't suit my own film viewing style.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I'll shut up now, my point being, SPR is a superb film for student consumption.Nick Thomsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00704640133013512272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1993239234677129325.post-18597590051823829132007-11-24T07:17:00.000+00:002007-11-24T07:17:00.000+00:00aye for a point of view shot you cant do much bett...aye for a point of view shot you cant do much better than saving private ryan, that beach scenes apparently been on the film education curriculum since the year afte rit came out.Danny Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16683998125122318151noreply@blogger.com