Brooke Duncan's Blog

 Welcome to the Blogging Brooke      This week in class, we that the pleasure of watching a film by one of the world's best directors, Wes Anderson. We watched the 2004 film, The Life Aquatic featuring Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, and Willem Defoe, I am a huge fan of Willem Defoe, and when I first watched this movie, I remember screaming with happiness when I saw him on the screen.  Here is a link below that will take you to the Trailor:      One of the main things that Wes Anderson incorporates in his films the importance of family and friends. This is what I would like to talk about in my blog today. In this film we are introduced to Ned (Owen Wilson), who is an airplane pilot. Ned tells Steve Zissou (Bill Murray) that he is his illegitimate son and that is when their father-son bond started to form, but like every family, they had their fights. Through all of the fights, Ned and Steve still found their way back to each other. One of my favorite fi...

 Welcome to the Blogging Brooke,      Today I will be talking about a 2006 film directed by Guillermo del Toro called Pan's Labyrinth. I enjoyed watching this film, however, the only critique I have is that we watched the Spanish Version with English subtitles, and I feel like the subtitles are a little distracting to the film. Pan's Labyrinth reminded me and my roommate both of the film Spirited Away.      It reminded me of Spirited Away because in this film, Chihiro (Rumi Hiiragi), leaves her hometown and ends up in a world totally unfamiliar with the one she has known. This ties into the film Pans' Labyrinth because Ofelia (Ivana Baquero), ends up in the Labyrinth world. In this world, she is a completely different person who faces obstacles and lives a different life.  Side note: thing that is interesting to me is the movie covers. They look very similar, and they have a similar story line. It makes me wonder if Guillermo h...

 Welcome to the  Blogging Brooke      I have a special place in my hearts for Blum House Productions films, and Get Out is one of the best.  When we were told to watch this film for class I got excited. I have not seen this film for a couple of years, so I was able to refresh my memory.      I wanted to start off by talking about some suspenseful scenes that occurred at the beginning of the film. For example, t he opening scene starts off with an African-American male on the phone with his girlfriend in search of her house. Suspense builds when a car slowly and suspiciously drives by playing the "run rabbit' song. The car suddenly stopped and the African-American man gets attacked.      Emotion is a key point in this particular film. The emotion aspect of the film is what I will be focusing on during this blog. The movie builds emotion when  Chris and Rose are talking and getting ready to go visits Rose's family. She keep...

 The Blogging Brooke      Last week in class we watched the Alfred Hitchcock movie, Rear Window. I enjoyed this film. I had high expectations prior to watching it because my roommate has always talked so highly about it. She says that it is one of her favorite films of all time, and I can see why. I loved the entire movie from the start. It had lots of suspenseful scenes, that kept me intrigued.       I think that this film was extremally advanced for its time. The entirety of the film is based in the apartment of L.B Jeffries. L.B stares and watches bis neighbors live their life. He understands their joyous moments, but also moments of sadness or anger. As he studies them, he becomes obsessed.       My favorite scenes from the film were when L.B knew something was wrong when Mr. Thorwald was sneaking out at night and he has not seen Mrs. Thorwald. You, the viewer could feel the intensity of the scene. The music was a key compo...

 Welcome to the Blogging Brooke      Today I would like to share with you how my interest in film came to be. My first experiences with film began at a young age. I was always sitting by the television mesmerized by all of the colors on the screen. As I got older and learned to understand the storylines, my interest in film sky-rocketed.       The first film that I can recall watching and understanding is The Little Mermaid. I remember this because I had an obsession with mermaids and the ocean. I loved going to the beach with my family and pretending that I was a mermaid, so this is the movie that really stuck out to me. Additionally, my favorite show at the time was H2O, and to no surprise, it is a show about girls who grow mermaid tails when they touch water.     The Little Mermaid is making a live-action film, the trailer for it was just released a couple of days ago. I was ecstatic after I watched it and cannot wait for the fil...

The Blogging Brooke The two forms of narrative film that interest me most are quest and bildungsroman (coming of age). A narrative film can be either fiction or nonfiction that focuses on an individual. The plot is built around their conflicts internally or in the environment around them.  Examples for coming of age would be Call Me By Your Name and Little Women. In Call Me By Your Name, the story revolves around a teenage boy named Elio (Timotee Chalomet)  who questions his sexuality when a professor named Oliver (Armie Hammer) visits their home for the summer to work for Elio's father (Michael Stuhlbarg). In Little Women, you follow the lives of four sisters named Jo (Saoirse Ronan), Amy (Florence Pugh), Meg (Emma Watson), and Beth (Eliza Scanlen) over a span of fifteen years. In this time, you see how each sister becomes independent and follows their dreams in life. You watch as they overcome love and loss and the changes each sister individually faces.   Quest fo...

Welcome to The Blogging Brooke       I believe that the 1920's horror film, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is a cinematic masterpiece for its time. Although, there was not many cinematography aspects that stood out to me, one thing that caught my attention throughout the film was its use of music to enhance its story telling.     In the beginning of the film, when the two men were seeing Jane walk by them, the music was subtle and soft. However, during Alan's murder scene, the music was higher pitched and had a quicker tempo to build suspense and draw the viewers attention towards the screen.      When Francis, Alan's friend, found out that he was murdered, he leaves the vicinity and walks down a flight of stairs. As he is walking, his footsteps match the non-diegetic (sound in films that the character can not hear) and whilst in his somber state, the music turns quiet, representing his grieving.      Whe...