Eumin Kang

I made a “Save My Home” poster instead of “Save Our Trees.” The squirrel is on a laptop, symbolizing that there is a no need to print paper out and waste trees. I first hand-drew a tree in the middle and added textures on top of it which are also hand-drawn. For different layers, such as leaves, squirrel, laptop, and a black hole, I drew each of them on separate layers then pasted on the final project. The difficult part while making this poster was drawing textures on the surface of the tree. I drew long and short lines but they distracted the carved letters, “Save My Home.” Thus, I undid the texture of the tree and left it with the quote on the top. My final draft is not as crafty as the first draft I drew on a piece of paper. I realized how difficult it is to execute every little details on Photoshop. The final draft is more cartoon-like and simple than the first draft. Lastly, I overall like the color scheme because blue and green go pretty well together.

Guthrie and Lindsay are keep having tensions. Guthrie tries to win everything, but for some reason, he can not beat Lindsay. Guthrie competes her over exam, basketball, running race, and arm wrestling but he never wins. When Lindsay is proud of herself for being a strong woman, she rolls over her sleeve and shows off her toughness. The picture we used at the end is called “We Can Do It” by J. Howard Miller. This story with Guthrie and Lindsay shows the strong side of female.

This is a clip of a phone advertisement. Although this clip is only five minutes long, it conveys its message that Vodafone Livel is a great device to send photos instantly. This advertisement uses a storytelling technique. The cross-cut technique was used. The guy in the airplane is trying to take a picture of himself with a beautiful girl sleeping next to him. This scene abruptly changes with a scene his friend receiving the photo message from the guy in the airplane. This change occurs twice throughout the video and we are able to tell that they are texting each other. We can also figure out that it is a picture message because it zooms in the photo his friend receives.

Drunken Tiger is a Korean hip-hop duo. The guy featuring in this particular video is named Tiger JK. I chose to review a music video of Tiger JK because he is the pioneer of hip-hop in Korea. This music video not only shows his musicality but also his visual creativity.

The title, “8:45 Heaven” is the time when his grandmother passed away. He is talking about how he should have done better to her when she was alive. He is pleading to her to stay for just a bit more.

This video is very simple but is edited well to make it intriguing enough. Not many prop is used. In the intro, many instruments come in such as air bass, drums, and piano. He then acts as if he is actually playing them. And these scenes changes as different instruments come in. These smooth transitions make it interesting to watch. I also find it very creative because although he may not be the greatest instrument player, he acts/plays it with his heart and his serious facial expressions.

It is filmed in black and white. The color composition shows that he still misses her grandmother. His grandmother meant life to him but since she passed away, there is no color in his life either.

I chose to review “Sleepless in Seattle.” It is a great movie not only to enjoy but to learn the various filming techniques, including techniques of basic cinematic, composition, crane, movement, perspective, editing, and miscellaneous.

The first scene of the movie involves with many different techniques. The scene begins with the protagonist, Sam Baldwin, and his son in the graveyard, using Photo to Scene which is an editing technique. Calm music is used in the background and there is not much movement in this scene. The director uses Master or Establishing Shot, a basic cinematic technique, where the viewers can see both the protagonists and the graveyard. Since there is more ground space than the head space, the viewers can assume the graveyard is the focus of the scene. Then the scene uses Crane Up Entrance technique to show Chicago buildings behind the graveyard.

A scene where there are more than three people in a table, Lead the Eye is used. For example, when Annie makes an announcement that she is engaged, the director uses this composition technique to focus on Annie among the guests. When Annie is at work, discussing with her coworkers, the director uses this technique to focus on the main object from other distracting objects.

When Annie is driving on a highway, different types of techniques are used to show the scene. The first technique is Pan, which is the horizontal axis of camera movement. This technique is used to follow Annie’s vehicle as it drives away from point A to the next. The other technique used is called Crane Up, Move Away. In this case, the camera starts at Annie’s car with a scene that contains other cars moving around. As Annie’s car drives away on a highway, the camera cranes up. This combination of movements gives viewers pleasure of watching even the mundane traffic scene.

Sam is on a date with another woman in a restaurant. The scene is filmed from a paparazzi’s point of view who takes pictures of Sam dating a woman. This technique is called Voyeur. This shot is framed through the paparazzi’s camera lens. This voyeuristic sequence is designed to make the viewers feel that we all are spying on Sam, rather than simply experiencing the story being told. On top of that, Camera Snap is used as the paparazzi takes pictures. At first, we see Sam’s table from upstairs through the camera lens. As the paparazzi presses a button, a snapping sound is played and the images freeze, as if they had just been captured on film. Shortly after, reality starts moving again and this process repeats enough so that the viewers get the feeling that Sam is being spyed.

At the end of the movie, Sam and Annie finally meets at the top of the empire building. Then they exit and a scene of Empire State Building appears. Since the building plays a great role in Sam and Annie to unite, the director uses Spin Around, a technique of movement, to have a playful feeling to the scene. Then Global Zoom, a miscellaneous technique, is used as the final scene of the movie. However, instead of beginning with an establishing shot of an entire planet, the scene began with a medium shot of the building. Then the camera zooms out to show the entire planet.

I chose to review a movie poster of Once because it shows the concept of symmetry and asymmetry, lighting, color, and juxtaposition, using props and people to create a metaphor.  

This poster is a good example of free-flowing symmetry. The buildings in the background and the characters in the foreground are asymmetry but they are symmetrically arranged, creating a harmonious image.

The contrast in lighting makes the poster intriguing. The natural backlighting is used to emphasize the main characters in the center. On the other hand, the bottom half of the image is dark, as if we are reaching a climax of the movie. 

The mixture of props and juxtaposition makes this poster aesthetically beautiful. The main characters and the guitar strings are juxtaposed, creating a metaphor that they are both musically inclined. The characters are walking in the same direction and the strings are also straight. However, string number one and six are curved outwards, which foreshadow their relationship, also activating viewer’s curiosity. The bottom half of the background is black. This choice in color also aids in making it an interesting poster.

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I do not recall any movie with a title sequence. Thus, I had to choose the title sequence of “I am Legend,” a movie I have not seen before. I also chose this clip because unlike the other title sequences I have searched on YouTube, “I am Legend” has the most simple but fluid and intriguing sequence.

Although I have never seen this movie, I was able to get a sense of its genre by observing the colors used in the sequence. The main colors used are black, white, and red. Red symbolizes violence, blood, and war, while  black and white were used as foreground and background. A racing car, a butterfly, and a lion are three objects that were colored in red. The three objects are always in motion, which imply that “I am Legend” is an action film. 

The first scene starts out with numerous hands trying to grab the antagonist of the clip, or it could be that the antagonist is in search of something else, which makes a parallel line with how red is used in the clip. 

At 0:10, white wheels symbolize the limited time. Then a red butterfly abruptly comes in, rather making a smooth transition to the next scene. Even the abrupt presence of the butterfly has a fluid transition because of not many color is used in this clip.

At 0:27 big white buildings sum up and become whole as a title of the movie. The texture of the title is intriguing because I was able to guess that it is an action film, taken place in the city. 

Although I have not even seen the trailer of “I am Legend,” I was able to get a sense of the movie solely by watching the title sequence. After I have seen the title sequence, I searched the summary of the movie; I was right that it is an action film and that Will Smith, the protagonist, is in search of something throughout the movie. Thus, this title sequence succeeds in visually giving out messages to the viewers, with its color choice, texture, and fluidity.

Robert Doisneau is a famous French photographer during the mid 1900′s. Most of his photos were taken on the streets of Paris. It may sound boring but he became well-known because he succeeded in capturing the happy and playful lives of Paris solely on the streets and cafes.  However, if you take a closer look at the images, you can figure out that they are taken from the distance; it shows that he is very modest, and he respects people’s privacy. The first photo on this post is called “Kiss by the Hotel de Ville” which is the photo that made Doisneau famous. The photo was beloved by millions of people. However, the couple in the picture was actor-models, and Doisneau took it because he was commisioned by Life to do a photo essay. However, in 1988, the models did not like the fact that the Kiss became a popular icon and sued Doisneau. Fortunately, the claims failed but his name became mud in his last years.

I took a series of photos of my journey to the Capitol Grill. The first photo is a blurry picture of the escalator at Tenleytown-AU station. The next three pictures are series of people passing by. Followings are a train arriving, changing lines, and arriving. The last one is a picture of my friend at the Capitol Grill.