I had my third film lesson today. As I said before, we watched the action movie Gladiator, directed by Ridley Scott.
Ms. Rosati taught us a lot of things, such as eye light, different shots from different angles and the magic hour. She told us that there is eye light in some characters' eye, to show that she or he is a good person with a kind heart. Their eyes look as if they were glowing. Compared to the character with no eye light, their eyes aren't as dark as them.
Then we also learnt about different shots. There are close-ups, medium shots and long shots in every movie. In Gladiator, Maximus, as a gladiator, won the people who fight with the other gladiators and himself. Next, he became the leader of the gladiators, and was surrounded by crowds of people. At this time, the camera gave a medium shot so we could see the people surrounding Maximus.
And finally the magic hour. The sun is the most beautiful at that time, and so when the sun shines on a person, it seems like the person has gold surrounding on their body. However, the magic hour is really short, so when they do the shooting they have to be fast.
The colour of the movie is sometimes warm (yellow), sometimes cold (blue). Ah, I forgot to mention one thing Ms. Rosati taught us. To show that Commodus was an evil person, in one scene, part of his face was bright, but the middle part was extremely dark. However, the emperor's face had no shadows. This shows that he was a fair person.
I have learnt a lot today!
Ms. Rosati taught us a lot of things, such as eye light, different shots from different angles and the magic hour. She told us that there is eye light in some characters' eye, to show that she or he is a good person with a kind heart. Their eyes look as if they were glowing. Compared to the character with no eye light, their eyes aren't as dark as them.
Then we also learnt about different shots. There are close-ups, medium shots and long shots in every movie. In Gladiator, Maximus, as a gladiator, won the people who fight with the other gladiators and himself. Next, he became the leader of the gladiators, and was surrounded by crowds of people. At this time, the camera gave a medium shot so we could see the people surrounding Maximus.
And finally the magic hour. The sun is the most beautiful at that time, and so when the sun shines on a person, it seems like the person has gold surrounding on their body. However, the magic hour is really short, so when they do the shooting they have to be fast.
The colour of the movie is sometimes warm (yellow), sometimes cold (blue). Ah, I forgot to mention one thing Ms. Rosati taught us. To show that Commodus was an evil person, in one scene, part of his face was bright, but the middle part was extremely dark. However, the emperor's face had no shadows. This shows that he was a fair person.
I have learnt a lot today!
4th September, 2013
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