THE COOL ELEVATOR SHOT
Emma Rees HONR101 Prof. Sinowitz December 15 th , 2017 The Elevator Shot For a moment, assuming you watched the film before reading this, think back to our old seminar classroom in Peeler. The fluorescent white lights with a small, oval table that was filled with books, notes, and bagels. Sitting around in our usual seating arrangements with a couple of variations from time to time. Talking over one another with laughter and long tangents. Those were the days. The days of naïveté for young Emma Rees who did not fully understand that making a film is actually, quite difficult. Even though the prompt did mention the difficulty of coming up with an original plot for a neo-noir film with the limited amount of time, Emma thought nothing of it, I thought nothing of it. My roommate enjoys films and the making of them, I enjoy acting, WE CAN DO THIS. And we sure did! Sure, there were several instances when we thought ...
DREW!
ReplyDeleteI thought you did a really nice job with this video essay. I like how you started it off with the movie trailer because i was able to envision the movie. It was also smart how you used scenes from the movie as examples in parts of your essay. You touched a little bit on the psychology behind the protagonist's actions, including that he is a sociopath, and I think it would have been interesting if you would have dived a tad deeper into that discussion. I also thought the discussion of the Nina trying to live the American Dream was interesting and wish you would have elaborated a bit more on that. I thought you did a really great job with this and made a good case for us to watch Nightcrawler!
Drew,
ReplyDeleteWow. Your video essay was amazing. I literally could not stop watching it. I loved how you incorporated clips from this movie while you were talking to prove your point, while also adding pictures from other noirs that we have seen to really drive your point home. I have never seen Nightcrawler, but after this I am more than interested in watching it. Like Mallory said, I also wished you talked a bit more about how Lou is a sociopath because you seemed to have breezed by it instead of giving evidence to prove your point. I thought talking about how Nina is a femme fatale was interesting, and I would have to see the movie to fully agree or disagree with you, but with the evidence you gave it seemed as if she could possibly be considered a femme fatale, I wasn't completely sold that she was. Other than that, I loved the uniqueness of this essay and was interested all the way through it. Well done!