Short Film About Fire: Life Of An American Fireman

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1: a. Name of the Short Film about fire we looked at in a clip, which was an early example of Parallel Editing. b. What events / stories were shown in Parallel?
Life of an American fireman.
_Firemen are putting of fire while the woman and little child struggle inside the building__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2: An elderly American woman was revealed as the voice of which beloved character?
Thelma__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3: What kind of edit separates Erin Brockovich’s car crash, and her meeting the lawyers?
__Cross cutting editing. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4: What film that we viewed a clip from had the sound of helicopters audible even though the image was showing us a character looking at a ceiling fan? What was happening in the scene?
__the film is apocalypse. Martin had passed out in his hotel room with a gun next to the pillow________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
5. What are the “parallel plots” in Thelma and Louise? Describe them.
___the parallel plots are represented by the actions of the two ladies as they try to help each other in different scenes. A good example is when Louise kills the man that tried to rape Thelma._______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
6: What are 3 Rules of Dogme 95 cinema? Give examples from Celebration.
One rule is that, the camera should be held by hand and the filming must be done on the location of the acting and not where the camera is being held. Therefore, any movement that can be attained by the hand is allowed in the set.
Another rule is that the music and images should be produced together, which, means that any music that does not occur during the filming process should not be used together with the images.
Finally, the film should be having color because special lighting is not allowed on set. However, if there is no sufficient light on set, then a lamp can be added.
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7: What does Peter Parker’s Flashback Edit show us in Spider-Man (2002)?
The flashback edit is a way of introducing dialogue in the movie which in turn aids in making it interesting to the reader and also enhancing the plot of the movie. It is made to break the monotony of the events that were taking place in the movie.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
8: What job does H.I McDunnough do as his day job? What does he prefer to do to make money?
He is a fictional character who robs a convenience store and does other wrong activities to make money. He prefers to live a good life by following the right path to make money and have a family. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
9. How does Michael appear “child-like” in shots or scenes from The Celebration? Outline one example.
Michael Appears ‘child-like’’ by picking up a character that contrasts his actions. A good example is the scene whereby he is dismissing his father so that theyu can have breakfast.
10: What kind of an Edit is the ape throwing the bone editing to a spaceship (in 2001: a space odyssey)? (two correct answers – list one)
The type of edit is a match cut /graphic match __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
11: What event in Harry’s past (in Washington, DC) makes him afraid of hurting his new targets—the San Francisco couple?
Harry married Billie to avoid being testified against. Therefore, this fear makes him afraid of hurting the San Francisco couple._________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
12: “I am awake! I don’t think I’ve ever felt this awake!”
This is a quote from Thelma and Louise, said by thelma._________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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