1. What short film screened in class have you connected with the most? Why?
The short film that I connected to the most was not one that was screened in class but it is part of the course. The short film is “Until the Quiet Comes”. The movie has a very strange visual storytelling style that draws me constantly to the screen.
The visual organization of elements on screen are really iconic. The scene that impacts me the most are the dead child on the ground with lines of blood spread out like water color on canvas. Some of the shots portray the storyline not with elements but with color tone: some are warm, others cold. This make it real for the viewers. There is a shot of the children running and the sky is filled with redness. This gives out …show more content…
How has Spike Lee’s “Do the Right Thing” changed your perspective on visual storytelling? What were your favorite scenes? Were there any visual motifs or elements that stood out to you?
Spike Lee’s “Do the Right Thing” is probably one of the most interesting instances there is when it comes to visual storytelling. Originally, I have always thought that much of the storyline belongs to the dialogue. But “Do the Right Thing” has achieved storytelling in a lot of different visual elements.
One of my favorite scene is of the three old men sitting in front of the red wall staring at the police car as the people in there staring back at them. This scene is subtle but strongly conveys the tension between the police and the black neighborhood – a huge ongoing problem in the United States. A lot of elements play out nicely in this one scene, both of the sides staring in slow motion to show a lot of tension and the director intentionally takes time here to portray this tension at full scale. The red wall is painted to create fake temperature for the scene. It is really interesting though because in the “Behind the scenes” series, the movie was mostly shot on rainy days. The director, though, wants to create a sense of heat in the scene, that was why he came up with the idea of painting the wall
The short film that I connected to the most was not one that was screened in class but it is part of the course. The short film is “Until the Quiet Comes”. The movie has a very strange visual storytelling style that draws me constantly to the screen.
The visual organization of elements on screen are really iconic. The scene that impacts me the most are the dead child on the ground with lines of blood spread out like water color on canvas. Some of the shots portray the storyline not with elements but with color tone: some are warm, others cold. This make it real for the viewers. There is a shot of the children running and the sky is filled with redness. This gives out …show more content…
How has Spike Lee’s “Do the Right Thing” changed your perspective on visual storytelling? What were your favorite scenes? Were there any visual motifs or elements that stood out to you?
Spike Lee’s “Do the Right Thing” is probably one of the most interesting instances there is when it comes to visual storytelling. Originally, I have always thought that much of the storyline belongs to the dialogue. But “Do the Right Thing” has achieved storytelling in a lot of different visual elements.
One of my favorite scene is of the three old men sitting in front of the red wall staring at the police car as the people in there staring back at them. This scene is subtle but strongly conveys the tension between the police and the black neighborhood – a huge ongoing problem in the United States. A lot of elements play out nicely in this one scene, both of the sides staring in slow motion to show a lot of tension and the director intentionally takes time here to portray this tension at full scale. The red wall is painted to create fake temperature for the scene. It is really interesting though because in the “Behind the scenes” series, the movie was mostly shot on rainy days. The director, though, wants to create a sense of heat in the scene, that was why he came up with the idea of painting the wall