Joe Leggett's Film Blog

One Week (1920) One Week was the first film that Buster Keaton released by himself. Keaton plays the everyman and the clown (the groom) in the film. Sybil Seely plays the bride. The film is based around Keaton and Seely trying to build a house from scratch. The film largely references the cubist movement of the early 20th century with the recurring gag of the spinning house. It was encouraged in the 20s to build your own home which is referenced throughout the course of the film. The camera work in One Week should also be highlighted. The High Sign (1921) The Scarecrow (1921) Cops (1922)

The genre of my film is a dramatic boxing film. A boy named Antony aspires to be a boxer and his dream quickly turns into a reality when he meets Mickie Walker, a boxing trainer. He begins to train him and before he knows it, Antony is 7-0 in the ring, knocking out everyone in his path. Eventually, the nerves kick in and Antony meets his match and gets knocked out. From there, it is Antony's path to redemption where he vows to win the welterweight championship of the world. I focused on the use of camera angles in this movie to illustrate certain impressions for different shots. For example, I use close ups in scenes which are emotional. I use a fair amount of dialogue (specifically in three out of ten scenes) but only when necessary because I believe that the mis en scene is more important for telling the story. I took inspiration from 'connect'. The film utilises camera angles well and does not rely on dialogue to tell the story. The mis en scene is very well thought of...

Ideas for film and poster 1 Plot-Boxing/mma movie. Teenager begins to train mma and gets good at it. He has some issues to do with depression but overcomes it and wins a boxing title at the climax of the movie.  Cast-Antony(boxer), me(opponents), mum(boxer's mum), ben(ref), nik(trainer), izzie, tyler Names: (Antony)Boxer-Antony 'razor' Blades (Mum)Boxer's mum-Lucy Blades (Ben)-'Ref' (Nik)-Steve Miller (Joe)-'opponents' (Grandad)-Antony’s grandfather (tyler)-background character (robbie)-supporting artist Locations-Boxing gym(rent), garden w heavy bag, woods Genre-Drama, sport Beginning-Boxer goes for a jog with music playing in the background and over lay of narration saying about how he will become the greatest boxer. Starts to have boxing fights and wins by knockout every time Middle-Tragic news, a death in the family, he begins to take drugs and then gets knocked out and fails a drug test. He becomes dep...

Timbuktu's representation of females can be perceived in different ways. The film directed by  Abderrahmane Sissako in 2014 deals with social issues in middle-eastern countries. The movie can be seen as in support for women as it is arguably raising awareness about the in-just that we see in the movie. That is definitely the consensus view. There are some very strong leading female characters in the movie. Kidane's daughter, Toya, is one of the most important characters in the movie. Women do not have many rights in Mali, but as a child she is probably exempt to these. She talks to the boy that she is not supposed to talk to, she shows no fear, and she is an icon for freedom. This is shown in the last scene as she runs away into the unknown. Out of all of the intimidating characters in the movie, it is still the little girl who runs away from it all and arguably wins at the end. Also, the crazy lady who is in a few scenes is a strong representation of women. She is very b...

Pan's Labyrinth, a film made in 2006 and directed by Guillermo Del Toro, explores many themes during it's story development. One of which is gender. The captain is the most stereotypical 'manly' man that you could create. He is arrogant, powerful, intimidating and brave. On multiple occasions, he shoots and kills people, some of which are not even his enemies. However, the film explores gender in a good way, as Pan is not a stereotypical female. She is strong-minded, witty and brave. This is shown numerous times throughout the movie. At the end of the movie, she sacrifices her own life to save her brother's. There are links between the patriarchal system and the way Spain's society was under the fascist government. This links to the theme of rules or rewards. The movie's plot arguably uses political influence in the form of the underworld. In the real world, Ofelia sees that things are unjust and horrible. However, in the underworld, there is a fair system i...

Character Krist Erwin is 23 year old guy who was born, raised and is living in Aberdeen, Washington. He has always been lazy and a bit of a douche. Despite his laid back attitude, he is nervous and very introverted, this shows when he is around people he is not familiar with. His family have disliked him from a young age, since he is rebellious and does not live by their 'standards'. His parents are annoyed at the fact that he drinks and experiments with marijuana to help combat his anxiety. He is skinny; scruffy; has un-ironed clothes; his hair is unwashed and a light brown colour, to the medium length; has a stubble; and has very bad posture. When his parents used to constantly kick him out, he used to go and stay with his uncle or aunt, or any friends or even random people he came across. He does not work because he gets fired from every job he tries to do. He enjoys sitting by his window playing guitar and listens to the popular grunge bands of the time (1993), such as Ni...