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Environment: Circus (Circ de Marvel)

Main Character: Geoffrey

Age: 49 (A veteran in the circus world)

 

From:  England

Build: Tall, skinny

Geoffrey, Is a specialist tightrope walker that specialises in the juggling swords whilst performing his tightrope walk act at death defying heights. He is a confident man however struggles to work with his partner, Patrice. Throughout their time together in the circus the tension between them has built as they each try to outdo one another. 

Rival Character: Patrice

Age: 28

From: France

Build: Short, stocky, French?

Patrice is a tightrope master that at a young age became recognised for walking across the Grand Canyon at the age of 7, he has grown to become a very forward person, with a large ego and seen by many as ignorant and a handful to deal with around the circus. His constant need to be the best means during the circus acts he is always trying to one up Geoffrey, with his bowling ball act. 

Plot:

Geoffrey and Patrice are the opening act for the circus company Circ de Marvel, they are both perform in unison, walking from opposite sides of the tent, each time doing something more creative above a large pool.

Patrice seems to be getting the bigger cheer from the crowd as he walks across on his own, spinning a bowling ball on his middle finger. Geoffrey then pulls out his swords and begins to juggle three at once whilst walking across the rope. The crowd get louder in response to Geoffrey, which angers Patrice, as he brings out two more bowling balls and begins to juggle them around his body as he walks across the tent.

As the rage between them increases, the crowd’s cheers increase each time. As they are walking across the rope Patrice throws a bowling ball to him to catch. The sheer weight of the bowling ball knocks Geoffrey completely off guard causing him to have to clutch onto the line with both his hands dropping his swords and the bowling ball to depths of the pool below. As Geoffrey pulls himself back up to his platform his takes his remaining sword and slices the rope supporting Patrice, causing him to swing around the tent in desperate attempts to get back to his own platform. 

Now there is only one line left for Patrice and Geoffrey to walk across, they run at each other meeting in the middle face to face, and in the final act for victory, Geoffrey bends over and slices the rope but at the same time Patrice places his final bowling ball in Geoffrey’s pants, causing them to both fall into pool below causing a huge splash!

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Story Idea #1

Character: Geoffrey

Occupation/ Lifestyle: Tight-rope walker

Age: 59

Hobbies: Swimming and Fishing

Geoffrey feels the sudden urge to go swimming to a new a leisure centre, he hops in his car and drives down the pool. 

He arrives at the pool, only to be told by the receptionist there is no swimming pool and that it hasn’t been there for 30 years. (The receptionist points to a sign saying bowling alley) Geoffrey had never been bowling before so the excitement to give it a go overwhelmed him. He walks through the doors behind reception.

(In front of him is an empty swimming pool with the bowling alley built in to it. His jaw drops with amazement. He sets down his towel, goggles and shampoo down in the middle alley, the only one that is lit up. There is only one bowling ball on the ball return system, he walks towards it and sets himself up for his shot)

(Cameras: moving slowing around him, building suspense, ending with a close up shot of his face)

 Geoffrey builds into a run, and throws the ball down the alley, (the camera follows the ball down the alley) as the ball gets near to the end, the ball begins to swerve to the side, and slowing down tittering on the edge of the gutter. Eventually falling into the gutter and remaining still near the end of the alley. Geoffrey falls onto his knees in disappointment clutching at is head.

He has an idea! He stands up, stretches a little then begins the walk along the tiny bar separating the lanes, balancing precariously placing one foot in front of another. He reaches the ball jammed in the gutter and jumps up celebrating, however due to his jump of celebration he falls into the lane setting off the REDLINE system! 

End of storm!

Film Review – Alfred Hitchcock’s - ROPE

Fig 1 -  Poster Art

Alfred Hitchcock’s Rope is a Thriller/ Mystery released in 1948 film that immerses the viewer from the very beginning. The film is famous for being one of the first films that has been created to give the illusion that there has been no editing, to give the viewer an experience that is not normal when in the cinema. “His obsession with telling a story without resorting to the usual methods of montage, and without cutting from one shot to another, results in a film of unusual, fascinating technical facility, whose chilliness almost perfectly suits the subject” (Vincent Canby, 1984) Many critiques agree with the statement of Canby, even though the film was seen as an experimental piece by Hitchcock rather than a ‘proper’ film.

Throughout the film there are hints of cold humour, which may or may not have been intended to make the film almost a comedy, one scene where Brandon (John Dall) offers champagne to his guests:

Fig 2 - What would you say to some champagne?

 

"What would you say to some champagne?" Brandon asks one of his guests at the post-murder cocktail party he's giving. "Hello, champagne," says the guest”

There are many other lines throughout the film that resemble the plain humour, which makes the characters that more interesting allowing you to connect with them as you can see what class their character is raised  in, and what kind of characteristics they have.

 “Rope is a picture in which material has been created definitely for camera movements. Scenes were planned for visual strength, which in turn was blended with movement. The continuous flow of action meant that the eye was occupied constantly. And the elimination of the conventional shifting camera excites the audience by making the picture flow smoother and faster.” (Hitchcock 284:1995) This statement from the director himself, fully explains the reasons for making the film in the style that he chose. The use of the camera angles helps to build the tension in the film making the film that much more interesting and intense. The scene where the maid (Edith Evanson, Mrs. Wilson) begins to move the books back to chest is one of the most famous scenes in the film, as it lets the viewer hear the guests talking about the whereabouts of ‘David’ whilst the camera is focused on Mrs. Wilson as she gradually gets closer and closer to unveiling the dead body.

Fig 3 - Maid and the Chest

The film seems to be one that has grown with time, as when it was first released in 1948 it was shunned by audiences and critiques; however it is now well respected as one of Hitchcock’s memorable films, “Rope is not merely a stunt that is justified by the extraordinary career that contains it, but one of the movies that makes that career extraordinary.”(Vincent Canby, 1984)

Release:

1948

Director:

Alfred Hitchcock

Screenplay by:

Arthur Laurents

Produced by:

Sidney Bernstein, Alfred Hitchcock

Genre/subgenre:

Thriller, Mystery

Country:

United States

Cast:

James Stewart, John Dall, Farley Granger, Joan Chandler, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Douglas Dick

Bibliography

http://www.nytimes.com/library/film/060384hitch-rope-reflection.html

www.imbd.com

Hitchcock, A (1995) Hitchcock on Hitchcock: Selected Writings and Interviews. USA:University of California Press

List of Illustrations

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Unit 4 - Character, Object and Environment

Environment

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Swimming Pool 

Object

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Bowling Ball

Character

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Tight-Rope Walker

 

All Fur Textures - Complete

 

 

Final Crit Presentation - Unit 3

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Blue Velvet - Film Review

Fig. 1 Poster Art

"Shocking, perverse, funny, unsettling, scathing, biting, and twisted, but undeniably original" (james kendrick, …) Blue Velvet is a film that makes one feel un-easy from the start, yet still wants to watch the full duration of the film. It pleases and disturbs the viewer at the same time which makes the film that more unique to watch. “..the last real earthquake to hit cinema...” (G. Maddin, 2006)

There is a certain horror aspect to the film however underneath there is a simple love story between Jeffrey (Kyle MacLachlan), a college student, and Sandy (Laura Dern) The story follows Jeffrey as he finds an ear lying in a field, as he begins to play detective and find out who the ear belongs to and why it is detached from the person. He traces the ear and finds out the location of a women Dorothy (Isabella Rossellini) who is connected with the people that took the ear.  Jeffrey becomes an excited voyeur who witnesses Dorothy being sexually brutalized by Frank (Dennis Hopper), a violent thug who has kidnapped her son and husband in order to have his way with her.

Fig. 2 Frank

Hopper's performance is so over-the-edge that I could enjoy Blue Velvet just by watching him. That and Lynch's camera work, which has images that are so strong that they remain ingrained within me long after seeing them(john Nesbit, 2001) The camera work especially strikes the viewer as it makes you feel as if you are in the scene with the actors. The suspense in the music also adds to make the movie experience that much better.


Bibliography


http://www.qnetwork.com/index.php?page=review&id=2664

http://www.villagevoice.com/film/velvet-underworld

http://oldschoolreviews.com/rev_80/blue_velvet.htm


List of Illustrations


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