The 400 Blows and Hoodwinked

The 400 Blows and Hoodwinked are similar in certain ways. Antoine has only been around his house or he's at school. Red has only been inside the forest her whole life. They both want to be able to explore and see what else is going on around them by venturing out. Along the way, they both get into a little bit of mischief with some communication problems with people close to them.They both begin to feel alone, but end up running into people who don't necessarily bring out the best side of them.

Cultural Perspective: Water

In the film, Water, it was difficult for the women to feel like everyone else while they were cooped up in one place. Since they were all widows, they weren't allowed to remarry or be with anyone else. You could tell some of the women wanted to remarry. They wanted to move on from feeling like they meant nothing. Especially the women who became a widow at a very young age. Men knew they couldn't marry the women who were a widow because it was a sin. If someone remarried, they would be cursed by doing so. The women would clean themselves with water to take away evil. They also used water as holy water to heal the sick. The water took away pain from people whether it was mentally or physically.

Music: The Great Gatsby

Time: :20-:48

The music is upbeat and fast. Daisy is dancing with Tom, who's her cousin, and is having the time of her life. They're both smiling and laughing, as Gatsby is watching them while sitting in a chair. The music dramatically changes from happy to a more depressing sound. The music transitions to slower music where Gatsby is remembering the days he had with Daisy kissing/dancing with her and also the war he was in. The war separated Gatsby and Daisy because he was gone so long, she didn't wait for him. Gatsby zones out while picturing these memories again.

Sound and Music: Tsotsi

The scene I thought the sound and music worked out perfect was the end scene where Tsotsi is holding the baby. The father of the baby is waiting for Tsotsi to give the baby back. You hear and see Tsotsi crying because he knows he did wrong. The music begins as the father of the baby is staring at Tsotsi then Tsotsi starts handing him the baby and then the music rises after that.

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Special Effect: Alice in Wonderland

These two pictures are showing Alice, Tweedle Dee, and Tweedle Dum. The green screen provides the special effect of Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum being a lot bigger than Alice in the bottom picture. The bottom picture also shows what Wonderland looks like compared to the top picture only showing the green screen. The top picture shows that Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum were on stilts in order to get their height to be taller than Alice. 

Historical Framework

A historical framework from, Whale Rider, is the youth and old age. The youth had to listen to the adults. Pai on the other hand, didn't want to engage herself with what the adults said. She wanted to do the stuff she couldn't do. One was she tried sitting in the front row, but boys sit in the front and girls sit in the back. She got kicked out by her grandfather. The second was she retrieved the whale tooth without anyones permission. The last one was she tried the stick fighting. What was holding her back was that she was a girl. She tried so hard to do what the boys would do, but her grandfather wasn't going to let her. Her grandfather wanted to teach Pai what she could learn for girls. The youth were expected to repeat and observe what their elders do. Pai would watch her grandfather and wish she could do exactly what he would. Her grandfather couldn't get out of the past by letting the new generation, such as Pai, to go out and venture in whatever area she felt like learning.

Transition: The Great Gatsby

Time: 2:00-2:30

In this scene, Daisy and Gatsby are seeing each other for the first time in 5 years. Nick Carraway invites Daisy over for tea, so Gatsby can see her again. I chose, The Great Gatsby, for transitions because the film uses straight cut editing from one shot to another. Straight cut is where there's a shot and it's suddenly cut off with another shot appearing right away.