Thursday, May 27, 2010
Chroma key.
The Chroma key compositing or chroma keying is a technique that is used for compositing two images or frames together in which a color or a small color range from one image is removed, revealing another image behind it. This technique is also referred to as color keying, colour-separation overlay greenscreen, and bluescreen.This technique is very common for being used for weather forecast broadcasts, to the presenter appears to be standing in front of a large map, but in the studio it is actually a large blue or green background. The meteorologist stands in front of a bluescreen, and then different weather maps are added on those parts in the image where the color is blue. If the meteorologist himself wears blue clothes, his clothes will become replaced with the background video.
Forrest Gump

This movie was created in 1994, by Robert Zemeckis. I really liked this film, because we could see that it has some montages like the meetings with Elvis Presley, JFK, Richard Nixon, Lyndon Johnson, John Lenon, and some other scenarios like Vietnam, Savannah etc. I also liked this movie, because we can see how Forrest mom tell him that he is like everyone, he is the same, he is not less than other. We can noticed how his mom gave him support , how proud she was of Forrest. I also liked because we can see how this character played in this movie, he was a good husband, a good friend, by saving his friends life from death, also how healthy he was by making some sports. He was a good father, a good shrimper, a good son. This character was simple, humble, and honest. He show us a lot of values. This movie show us values, and equality for everyone, because it doesn't matter what color we are, what religion we practice, how we talk or how we act, because for God eyes we are the same. This movie has a lot of visual effects that were difficult to make, because the responsible for visual effects had to use some techniques at the time to shake the hand of Forrest to JFK, or in the moment where Forrest was with John Lenon etc. Also how voices were amended. Also they used techniques like chroma key warping, morphing, and rotoscoping. How they made Hurricane scene, and Vietnam war scene. Also how they created visual effects to make million of people when Forrest spots Jenny at a peace rally at Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. This movie started with flashbacks and many scenarios, many changes, that can let us notice how years were passing by.
Thursday, May 20, 2010
The bird of nation.
This movie from 1915, caused controversial problems, because of its racist portrayal of the period after US civil war.
In thisMovie there are some technical aspects, D.W. Griffith, is a crucial figure in the history of American cinema. In movies such as Intolerance and Broken Blossoms, and especially in The Birth of a Nation, he introduced a number of new techniques and styles, like, the long, narrative movie, the close-up, the wide angle shot. He also helped encourage the careers of some of Hollywood's first movie stars, especially the Gish sisters (Lillian Gish plays the main female character in Birth of A Nation) and Mary Pickford. Both the Gishes and Pickford became famous actresses and influential Hollywood figures who produced movies of their own.
The Civil War saw Americans take arms against each other over issues such as slavery and federal versus state power that had existed since the founding of the United States. The period after the war, known as Reconstruction, was just as tense and controversial. After the South lost the war, both northern and southern whites, and African-Americans, struggled to reconstruct the region and the nation.
In thisMovie there are some technical aspects, D.W. Griffith, is a crucial figure in the history of American cinema. In movies such as Intolerance and Broken Blossoms, and especially in The Birth of a Nation, he introduced a number of new techniques and styles, like, the long, narrative movie, the close-up, the wide angle shot. He also helped encourage the careers of some of Hollywood's first movie stars, especially the Gish sisters (Lillian Gish plays the main female character in Birth of A Nation) and Mary Pickford. Both the Gishes and Pickford became famous actresses and influential Hollywood figures who produced movies of their own.
The Civil War saw Americans take arms against each other over issues such as slavery and federal versus state power that had existed since the founding of the United States. The period after the war, known as Reconstruction, was just as tense and controversial. After the South lost the war, both northern and southern whites, and African-Americans, struggled to reconstruct the region and the nation.
The last song.

Hi guys, this week I would like to talk about a drama, romance movie call The last song, that was released in 2010, the director is Julie Anne Robison. A seventeen yeas old Veronica got upset when her parents got divorced, and her father moved to Tybee Island. She remained angry with her parent, until her mother sended her and his brother to spend the summer with their parent. Her father was a former concert pianist and teacher, where he will become the centerpiece of the local church. She found a cute guy in the beach, with the one she started getting in love.
They pass all summer in the beach, knowing from each other. Veronica's father died after been detected of cancer. I think that most of teenagers have problems with their parents, but God knows why things happen and how it used to happen, we only have to accept it, the way they are, and we should put a good face to that problems so we could grow up as mature human being. I think that the most important in the world is our parents, because they are the ones who give us support and ideas, the one who care about us, so we should be glad of having them alive.!
Thursday, May 13, 2010

Hi guys this week. I'm going to talk about a Adventure, Drama film that was released in 2009 and directed by Mira Nair.
Amelia Earhart discovers the thrill of aviation when she was already 23 years old. During 12 years she was winning The Distinguished Flying Cross for being the first woman pilot around the world to across the Atlantic Ocean. During this movie we can see her adventures from winning many prices, from being sad, from getting married and from flying around many parts with good and bad wether conditions. George Palmer Putnam, a NY publisher founded a woman to make a transatlantic flight, and Amelia accepted the risky adventure. Amelia told a quote that says: Defying The Impossible. Living The Dream. I think that when we have a dream, we should make it become true, if we fight for it and we trust that it is going to happen, it wont be difficult to make it happen. We should fight for our wishes and desires. If we do things with a good mood, things would become easy and very good as we expected.
Hayes code.

The Hayes code was made to the production of films, that determined some restrictions to U.S productions. Will H. hayes was the producer of this code, It was released by major studios from 1934 until 1968. MPAA adopted this code in 1930, but it was enforced in 1934. This code had some provisions:
1. Any film could lower the moral of the spectators, never make the viewer to take a stand for crime, sin or evil.
2. Correct standard of life, requirements in drama and comedy films.
3. Law, natural or human, shall not be ridiculed.
some other laws were put:
-nakedness and suggestive dances prohibited.
-The ridicule of religion was forbidden.
-Flag of U.S should be treated successfully.
-Scenes of passion should not be introduce.
-The language words or phrases that could be offensive should be banned.
-Murder and brutal killings could not be seen in details.
-Were forbidden all sex scenes, also sex perversion.
-Depiction of illegal drugs were forbidden etc.
a code of self-censorship in order to safeguard the zecency and values, code approved by the Association Producers and filmmakers who had formed precisely for this purpose and was chaired by William Hayes.
Thursday, May 6, 2010
WARNER BROS.

The name Warner Bros, come from the four brothers, Harry ,Albert, Sam, and Jack. In 1903 Harry Warner started the business, with a small movie theater to present the movies in the small towns of Ohio and Pennsylvania. Then his brother got together in this job where later on they opened their first movie theater called New Castle. In 1918 the Warners brothers started with the productions of their movies, and they founded their own studio in Hollywood. In 1923 was incorporated the Warner Bros pictures, Inc. During the silent are, they hired a pianist during the presentation of the movies. In 1925 Sam Warner wanted to know a way to save money, instead of wasting it with the pianist, so the Vitaphone was created, there was sound in the movies. In 1927 Warner Bros had a huge profit with the first talkie movie called The jazz singer. After the dead of Sam, the Warner Bros showed people the two latest color movies, The show of shows, and Sally. They started with this color movies from 1929. In 1931 The States was tired of musicals, so they had to reduced their productions and publicity, in that time they were near bankrupt, but with a film called 42th street they were saved.
STEPFATHER.

Hi guys, during this week, I saw a suspense film, this movie was released in 2009 and directed by Nelson McCormick. Michael, a young guy returns home from a military school to find his mother Susan, when he arrives home, he noticed that his mother was in love with David, a clever killer. David seems to be the perfect father and husband at the same time, but they don't know that this man is a killer, that ends with the life of all the families. Michael knows that something wrong is happening, he suspects that this man wasn't quiet and calm he seems to be. Michael, his girlfriend and Michael's biological father are searching of this mystery, to know who was this guy. He started killing his neighbor, that was an old woman who already knew that was a killer. The family noticed late that this guy was not what they expected, Michael during this mystery founded out that his biological father was dead, and was killed by David, during this time Michael already knew that David notice it, so they start fighting where both fall off from the roof of the house, his family were in danger, but at the end Michael stays in coma, and David escaped from the house, where he didn't end with his purpose. I think that most of the stepparents have a bad purpose or they pretend to be the perfect parents, but I think that during the time you will notice it. I think that the communication is the most important think between you and the "stranger", because in that way you will notice their feelings and behavior, so you can be aware of any problem. In that way you will avoid problems and misunderstandings. I think that for a mother or father the most important of being in a relationship is that this person love her children, because if this person do not care about them that show you that he/she doesn't love you or care you.
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