Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Chapter 2- Quotes

pg. 27
'"We're getting off,' he insisted. 'I want you to meet my girl.'"
What will we do with ourselves this afternoon?
Tom has a plan to meet up with Myrtle and Nick, but not sure yet what next..

Pg.28
'I want to see you,' said Tom intently. 'Get on the next rain.'
I do not want what i already have :
Tom got Daisy but wants more - therefore has his mistress Myrtle

pg. 31
' Meanwhile Tom brought out a bottle of whisky from a locked bureau door.'
What will we do with ourselves this afternoon?
Tom gets the whisky to loosen everything up and get drunk, and let the afternoon pass by.

pg. 33
'With the influence of the dress her personality had also undergone a change.'
Haves vs Havenots
Even though Myrtle doesn't have the personality she wants , she tries to change is with emphasising it though her dress

pg. 35
'...,but Mr McKee only nodded in a bored way, and turned his attention to Tom.'
I do not want what I already have
Mr McKee already had his photography model, his wife, so why would he bother to take picture and focus on Myrtle when there are better conversations going on

pg.35
'Neither of them can stand the person they are married to.'
I do not want what I already have
Both Tom and Myrtle both have affairs because they cant stand the person they are married too, and therefore dont want what they already have

pg. 36
'Said was not a Catholic, and I was a little shocked at the elaborateness of the lie.'
Haves and Havenots
Daisy lies to be Catholic so Tom wouldn't divorce her and she'd lose him, because she wants to have Tom but at the same time Gatsby falling for her

pg. 37
'Yet high over the city our line of yellow windows must have been contributed their share of human secrecy to the casual watcher in the darkening streets.. '
Can't live in the past? ... Of course you can!
Gatsby having his parties, to return back into the paaast- Reestablishing everything how it was with Daisy

pg. 38
'You can't live forever; you can't live forever.'
What do we do with ourselves this afternoon? Tomorrow ? and the next 30 years?
Myrtle talking about how she met Tom, and couldn't resist, especially because you only live once and not forever

pg. 39
'Daisy, Daisy! Daisy!..'
Haves and Havenots
Myrtle can't have Daisy's name in her mouth in Tom's opinion, since it would remind Tom that he still had his wife he is cheating on and actually loves

pg.39
'"Beauty and the Beast...Loneliness...Old Grocery Horse...Brook'n Bridge..."'


Saturday, December 3, 2011

Hero's Journey

Confession of a Shopaholic




ACT 1:
Main character (the shopaholic-Rebecca Bloomwood) had her normal world, shopping all day but having no money, before interview at he dream company- wants to buy scarf, yet credit card declined, at a hot dog stand tries to pay with a check to get cash, using a lie – it’s for her sick grandmother: someone offers her $20,  Position at Alette taken- “Successful saving”-daughter company

Call to adventure: enter Successful Saving
 Meeting the mentor: boss- who gave her $20
Refusal of the call: hides scarf- assistant comes and gives it to her- Rebecca leaves

Plot point #1:
Sending mails to Alette and Successful Saving but each to wrong magazine
ACT 2:
Crossing the first threshold: Boss of Successful likes it: hires Rebecca
Enemies: bank guy –wants Rebecca to pay bills


Pinch
-       Shopaholics Anonymous: Rebecca is forced to donate all her clothes she just bought, including her bridesmaid dress of her best friend- can’t afford to buy back both

Act 3:

-       Approaching the inner most cave: buys back new dress for interview
-       Ordeal: Rebecca loses her job for being accused not paying back her bills + best friend angry for loosing bridesmaids dress

Plot point # 2:
-       Seizing the sword: sells all her clothes- including gen scarf (most favorite)

A
    Act 4:  
Journey home: making money
-       Resurrection:  boss, who she fell in love with- returns with green scarf to Rebecca+ open up company


4 act structure applied to film

Confession of a shopaholic


ACT 1:
-       Introduction of the main character
-       Her relationships to her friends
-       How she lives together with them in an apartment
à her ordinary world


ACT 2:
-       Introducing her problem of having no money
-       Getting pay remembrances
-       Conflicts with her best friend
-       Gets a job-falls in love with boss

ACT 3:
-       Rebecca ( main character) trying to solve her problem
-       Making up excuses by the bank for not paying her bills
-       Loses best friend-for giving away bridesmaids dress
-       Loses job- getting accused for not paying her bills
-       And she keeps on shopping


ACT 4:
-       comes to a resolution – SELLING EVERYTHING through an auction
-       sells her favorite thing –the green scarf
-       gets sold – lost everything and her love
-       final: her boss/love comes with the green scarf –everything is fine

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Four act structure


ACT I – The Loner
Sequence #1 ( 01-10) Setup: Protagonist In The Ordinary World
Sequence #2 ( 11-20) Call to Adventure / Predicament / Inciting Incident
Sequence #3 (21-30) Turing Point: Change Of Plans / New Lower Obstacles
ACT II – The Wanderer
Sequence #4 ( 31-40) Elaborating on the Dilemma and The World of Story
Sequence #5 ( 41-50) Hero encounters TESTS, ALLIES, and ENEMIES.
Sequence #6 (51-60) Point Of No Return / Discovery Of False Goal
ACT III – Towards The True Goal: The Warrior Phase
Sequence #7 ( 61-70) Complications, Higher Stakes, And Subplots
Sequence #8 ( 71-80) Culmination Toward The Main Plot
Sequence #9 (81-90 ) All Hope Is Lost
ACT IV – Result Of The Action: The Martyr
Sequence #10 ( 91-95 ) Final Push Toward The Main Plot
Sequence #11 ( 96-100) False Resolution (The Twist)
Sequence #12 (101-105) Final Test of Character and True Resolution
Sequence #13 (106-110) Final Confrontation
Sequence #14 (111-115) Climax


http://mscherer.wordpress.com/2008/06/20/the-four-act-structure/

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Shots


Medium long shot
at the airport, waiting for her husband to come out of the plane after the Hiroshima attack
-main character on the right side& higher up than anyone else- indicates strong woman 
- even though being special, being behind the fence tells us there is something more special/important
-the pole of the fence also being the pole of the american flag, not interfering with each other


long shot
 Rafe coming out the plane 
-the contrast of light- dark coming out the plane--> something bad/sad happend
- center- weakness
medium close up from the side
-right side- still important and one of the main characters
- having sunglasses on shows her confidence/ coolness  --> taking the off the glasses - confusion

long shot-
 everyone coming out
- everyone very stiff and no motion - some secret hasnt been published
the military on the right -power
- but people out the plane- more important because top left corner

medium close up-
 Rafe out the plane
- top left corner- powerful & important
- more than the girl because the was always on the right side 
- lightning - happy and sad side - dark and light 

medium long-shot
Rafe getting the coffin out of the plane
-  dark and light, plane being the lightest- happy for revenue 
shadow of coffin and rafe getting out the coffin- dark- sadness 
everything happening on the left- important 
big close up
Evelyn being irritated where her husband is
contrast: everyone in the back happy, she being confused 
two shot
Evelyn walking towards Rave- understood what has happened
rafe in the middle, the weak one- but not in strength- but emotionally 
evelyn coming from the right 
medium close up 
from bottom
-left top side- looking down upon her husband
now she has to be the strong one 
extreme close up 
hand touching leather jacket of lost husband 
close up- showing connection between the two 
creating ethos within the audience


two shot
hugging for sorrow 
both in the middle- having their weak moment
but man is stronger in emotion that's why higher up 


dead persons shot
from top- meaning the view of the dead husband


the whole scene  happening  at the Golden times
-the hour before sun goes down 
-best lightning (goldish) 
- not creatable 
- makes the scene and framing looking prefect, such as the retruning
- but since is a sad ending, through the perfect setting , it builds a greater contrast and adds more emphasis on the returning with the sad message

Lighting

Rembrandt lighting 
is a lighting technique that is sometimes used in studio portrait photography. It can be achieved using one light and a reflector, or two lights, and is popular because it is capable of producing images which appear both natural and compelling with a minimum of equipment. Rembrandt lighting is characterized by an illuminated triangle under the eye of the subject, on the less illuminated side of the face. It is named for the Dutch painter Rembrandt, who often used this type of lighting.









The typical Rembrandt lighting setup

Monday, November 21, 2011

First Memory

It all started back in time, where memories began, revenge was her living and pain was a part of loving, all these emotion driven though rhetoric and put together in the poem "First Memories" by Louise Glück.


"For what I was"(V. 5). Being dissatisfied about herself, but not blaming her own. Revenge was he living. Partly of this idea leads back to the first line of the poem, when the narrator has been "wounded". As an outcome of being hurt the narrator wants "to revenge"(V.2). These emotions are rationalized through out the next verses three to five. The revenge is set against her father, but yet not for "what he was" (V.4), but - here is set a major break within a juxtaposition, which affects the whole idea and emphasizes the upcoming- the narrator searches revenge against her father for "what I [the narrator]was" (V.5) . THrough this, it breaks the rhythm and makes the audience think. Mainly the focus lys on emotion but is reasoned through rationality. 


Where does the pain come from? Going back to where remembrance started. Pain doesn't mean not being loved. The verses 5-8 begin "from the beginning of time" (V. 5),  within few words everything is linked back to memories, which ties to emotion and creates meaning within. In form of repetition this time period is specified as her "childhood" (V. 6), because beginning of time is childhood. It's the introduction to empathy on behalf of the audience. Again the narrator refers back to being "wounded" (V.1) through the word "pain" (V. 7), which she thought meant not being loved ( comp. V. 8). This is the first connection when love and pain are brought in context. 


Love is like a fairy tale, there are good and bad and doesn't always make up a Happy End.