Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Freddie Young -Cinematographer


1.  Write a title for your biography and include a photo you find of the cinematographer.
  • 2.  Write an introductory paragraph. This paragraph should capture the reader's interest and tell the reader who the biography is about. You might want to start the paragraph with a question  a quote to make it more interesting.
    3.  Write a paragraph about the person's childhood or early adulthood. Mention one or two important or interesting things that happened that helped your person get into the field of film.  
    4.  Write a paragraph about the person's 3-4 most important accomplishments or pieces of film.  You should explain interesting parts of each film and/or why they are important or interesting.  This paragraph should help the reader understand why this person is important to learn about.
    Please embed the trailers to the movies you are highlighting.  
    5.  Write a conclusion. Your conclusion should summarize the biography you have written and explain why you think it is important to write about this person.  Please post the examples of art from your 3rd paragraph in your blog so your reader can see what you are talking about.
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                        Freddie Young






     The Cinematographer Freddie Young was born on October 9th, 1902 and passed away on December 1st 1998. Freddie Young was one of Britain's best influential cinematographer of all time. 


    Freddie Young was in the film industry from the age of 15, picking up rent and food money with a variety of menial jobs. A lighting cameraman from the 1920s onward, Young hit his stride in the 1930s with such elaborately lensed pictures as Victoria the Great (1937) and Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939). 

    Freddie Young was the director of photography on more than 130 films, including many other notable productions. He was also the first British cinematographer to film a film in CinemaScope. Some of his great movies were Lawrence of Arabia, You Only Live Twice, and Ryan's Daughter. 

    Freddie Young is the greatest British Cinematographer, due to the fact that he is professional since he started working at a young age. 

    Tuesday, February 12, 2013

    2013 nominees


    2013 nominees: 

    best picture: Life of Pi
    best actor: (leading) Denzel Washington (supporting) Robert De Niro
    best actress: Emmanuelle Riva (supporting) Amy Adams
    best animated movie: Brave
    best cinematography: Life of Pi
    best costume design: Les Misérables
    best directing: Silver Linings Playbook
    best documentary feature: The Gatekeepers
    best documentary short: Inocente
    best film editing: Life of Pi
    best foreign language films: Amour
    best make up and hair style: Les Misérables
    best music: (score) Skyfall (song) "Pi's Lullaby" from Life of Pi
    best production design: Life of Pi
    best short film (animated) Head over Heels (action live)Curfew
    best sound mixing: Les Misérables
    best visual effects: Life of Pi
    best writing: (adopted screenplay) Silver Linings Playbook (original screenplay) Amour

    best film categories of all time

    BEST FILM IN CATEGORIES 

    1. Cinematography: Skyfall
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kw1UVovByw
    -I chose this movie because it portrays the art or technique of movie photography, including both the shooting and development of the film greatly, the way they filmed it shows great reflection of all the bond movies

    2.Film Editing: Breaking Dawn 2 
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DYH2t8fCqo
    -I chose this movie because the editing of the movie is really good and it hooks the watcher

    3. Film Director: 127 hours
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJklZ1XIcvc
    -I chose this movie because the way that the director directs the movie in a very unique way that is not the typical way of directing 

    4. Visual effect: Avatar
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQ2qKx9VmBQ
    -I chose this movie because the way they filmed the movie to portray it is very complicated which led to  the final cut being created, whilst aiming for the visual effects prior to officially showcasing it.

    5. Production Designer: The king's speech 
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLdQOwNVjT8
    -I chose this movie because the production looks extremely polished which shows that the movie is being greatly produced and very unique which differs from other movies and that puts it as one of the tope movies in that category.

    6. Sound editing: les miserable 
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuEFm84s4oI
    -The songs in that movie are very entertaining and the sound editing is greatly shown to be one of the best musical so far





    Wednesday, February 6, 2013

    Superbowl commercial

    Audi 2013 Big Game Commercial - "Prom"

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ANhmS6QLd5Q




    Describe the ad (company, product, message, etc.)
    The ad is by Audi and it describes their motto which is "Bravery" its what defines us.


    Describe the demographic characteristics you think the ad targets.  Explain why do you think this.

    The demographic characteristics show that they are talking to the people that are buying the car, which would be targeting  16-18year old people because they are the ones that look for nice cars to buy in order to look "cool"



    Describe the psychographic characteristics you think the ad targets.  Explain why you think this.

    The commercial shows that they are brave, and it is showing that they are brave, and only brave people will do that, therefore they are brave for buying the car, and that makes them look confident



    What was the main appeal of the ad? (rational, emotive)  Identify what concept was emphasized in the ad that accomplished this appeal (i.e., luxury, value, safety, loved ones, quality, etc.).

    Emotive, it accomplishes luxury, value and quality


    What was the length of the ad?

    1:03mins


    Did the ad present a call to action by the consumer or merely try to present the brand?  In other words was the ad trying to make you do something or was it just trying to let you know a brand was there?
    i think it is presenting an action to go buy the car; the ad is showing that no matter how the boy thought that he was a loser for not having a date, he was confident with his car and that made him confident.
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    Best Buy - Asking Amy: Official 2013 Best Buy Game Day Commercial

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=KgmhhVCLgM8


    Describe the ad (company, product, message, etc.)
    This ad is about the company "samsung" and describing their products, and showing the pros of the items that Samsung is selling by having Amy ask all these questions in a humorous way.


    Describe the demographic characteristics you think the ad targets.  Explain why do you think this.
    The demographic characteristics target the older generations, due to the fact that they advertise home appliances and that makes the ad targeted for people owning houses or having houses



    Describe the psychographic characteristics you think the ad targets.  Explain why you think this.
    The psychographics characteristics that the ad targets are presented to show that Samsung appliances are helpful and that Samsung is helpful in every aspect of everyday life 


    What was the main appeal of the ad? (rational, emotive)  Identify what concept was emphasized in the ad that accomplished this appeal (i.e., luxury, value, safety, loved ones, quality, etc.).
    The main appeal of the ad is rational, it is describing the pros of several technology appliances provided by Samsung and that attracts the buyer.


    What was the length of the ad?
    0:33mins


    Did the ad present a call to action by the consumer or merely try to present the brand?  In other words was the ad trying to make you do something or was it just trying to let you know a brand was there?
    I believe that the ad was a call to take action by the consumer because people already know what Samsung is, therefore i believe that they are asking for action due to the fact that they are showing you the different things Samsung created in order for them to buy it

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    Volkswagen Game Day 2013 Commercial | Get In. Get Happy.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=9H0xPWAtaa8

     Describe the ad (company, product, message, etc.)
    The main message of this ad is to let the consumer know that volkswagen makes the consumer happy, therefore its a sending a message o the buyer.


     Describe the demographic characteristics you think the ad targets.  Explain why do you think this.
    The demographic of this video targets everybody above 18 that wants to buy a car, due to the fact that everybody buys cars and they would be looking for the care that makes them comfortable, which is the one that is going to make them happy

    Describe the psychographic characteristics you think the ad targets.  Explain why you think this.
    The psychographic characteristics that the ad targets is to show that volkswagen is the ideal car because it makes you happy, and happy people are comfortable, therefore the car is comfortable and people should buy it

    What was the main appeal of the ad? (rational, emotive)  Identify what concept was emphasized in the ad that accomplished this appeal (i.e., luxury, value, safety, loved ones, quality, etc.).
    The main appeal of this ad is emotive, which tells you reasons to why  buy the product, this ad is accomplished by ethos in order to get the audience to feel

    What was the length of the ad?
    1:03mins


    Did the ad present a call to action by the consumer or merely try to present the brand?  In other words was the ad trying to make you do something or was it just trying to let you know a brand was there?
    The ad was merely to present the newest invention from volksvagen,  this ad is trying to let us be aware that the new car is there. 

    video shots