{Concepts of Continuity}

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Location is Character

Commentary!

Realism, Formalism, and Classicism...

The film Titanic is a great example of classicism. The scene in which Jack Dawson dies, specifically, has many factors that relate back to this specific editing genre. This scene uses many close ups to display the emotions of Rose throughout the course of Jack's dying. Dramatic emotions are easily made apparent and evoked within the view through the repetition of the shots being shown at different angles, close ups, and cuts. The blue tint given over the course of the film was an idealistic choice on the director's part to probably convey grief, melancholy, but also heaviness to the entirety of the films romance to sadness vibes. As the realization of Jack's death occurs to Rose, the cuts become even more dramatic and close. This method is applied here to almost give the viewer a feeling of overwhelming emotion, just as the main character is feeling herself. Titanic itself does a well job forming the story and events that lead to the sinking of the ship in an easy understood manner. Even though the sinking (to anyone who lives under a rock and doesn't know the story of Titanic) is a shocking surprise of climax, the way the film progresses after that is also very well sequenced. It courses us to Rose's old age, her main decisions after exiting the ship, her death, and even her spirit reuniting with those she had met in the sunken ship. It's depicted from Rose's point of view completely, considering we follow her mainly throughout the whole piece.

Bridge to Terabithia falls under the category of formalism due to the director depicting it through an otherworldly spectrum as decided in he/she's own eyes. Because this movie is based off a novel, it makes the film all the more applicable to this category because of everyone's different views of the children's world and the creatures that are supposed to come to life from the trees and rocks. The ending scene where Jess recreates a bridge to enter into his imaginary world of Terabithia with his younger sister is the best exemplification of this type of film. It gives dimension to how the world looks to everyone who does not have the child's imagination to a spectacular Kingdom where they are kings and queens with thrones as seen by the kids. This particular scene uses panoramic views of the whole area to display the transformation slowly. It allows the viewer to gander at everything and take it in with a mystic, grandeur feeling. Even though this scene of the movie is supposed to convey a liberating feel from the previous grievance (a means of moving on and continuing life after his best friend died) it still has a sense of interpretation for the way each of the creatures are come to life. There are close ups to give a better feel of what each thing is, and the director did not alter everything to be changed through the effects. Simply, one is left to interpret what other things the children may see if they envision the world even further detailed once they leave they finish the film.




Grease is an example of a film that depicts realism for its 'slice of life' genre. Grease used a variety of panning shots, quick cut shots, and close ups to keep a connotation of everyday life fluid. The main plot of Sandy and Danny's relationship is paired with several subplots (the dance, the race, and impressing Danny to win him back) all to display how, just in like life itself, there is no main 'plot' we are conducting. There is a sort of stroyline foreshadowing in the beginning of the movie where Danny relays to Sandy that he believes they will see each other soon enough; Even though neither of them could have known they'd attend the same high school. It's simply a film that conducts the director's idea of what school and relationships were in his opinion, creating a romance suited for most people to wish they had for themselves despite the conflicts Sandy and Danny pass through during their meeting, dating, and school life. The film includes very little special effects or video filters on any of the clips because they aren't necessary to get his/her point across. There is no sense of surrealism either, making it easy to be transported back to this time period and envision it being reality without the aid of any special editing or costume. The sequence of the film is also easy to follow due to this steady chain of events that lead us from start to end. The entire movie flows in a chronological format, no detours to the past. It begins in the past and ends without returning to past events. Yet, with a film that's under this category, it is hard to see where the actual storyline is going due to it being a seemingly open plot just like life itself is. However, Grease's romance additive makes this plot easier to find through the challenges and the small struggles they encounter. The film is basically shown from a third person's onlooking view into the life of these teenagers and the events important to them and how they skid on by.