What I See

What I saw was paranormal activities. The overall theme of this movie was simply haunting and disturbing. Camera movement of the film was taken from an amateur as the frame appears to be jerky. This gave the film a documentary type feels much like The Blair Witch Project. The amateur camera movement gave it a realistic look as it was actually happening. The audience gets a sense of terror from the creepy noises that lurks into the home of Micah and Katie while they sleep at night. Handheld movement does not remain consistence as we see tripod is used to stabilize the frame in the bedroom. A sense of depth is added through the open door in the repetitive bedroom scene. The empty hallway As our eyes tend to wander around from the couple, time code, and the open door to see what activities are going around in the bedroom. What I find quite interesting is the used of time code on the film. The director’s use of time code gave audience real time terror that unfolds in the film as the characters in the movie are sleeping at night. What made the movie truly disturbing was the open door. An open door is a sign of invitation as it remain constant throughout the film. Combine with a low light setting it creates an element that induces fear. The feel of the movie was quite authentic as we see a door closing on it own give as a startling feeling; Simple yet powerful enough to keep us in fear.

"Fear is constantly hidden"

The museum trip

As we began our tour to the Museum of The Moving Image I saw the old television set back in the days where Television burgeoned into HDTV. I saw the filming equipment back in the days. They were bulky and primordial. As we continue our tour, I saw an interesting concept of motion. The lights flicker as I saw water being transformed into small bombs then into paper planes. There were old fashioned arcade games. We then made our way to saw some famous pictures from some actors. What really caught my eyes was the green screen tour. It is fascinating how the background can be manipulated. I learned how sound can effect how the audience perceives of a movie. Where I walked into a room, I saw a demonstration of sound being editing to fit a particular scene in a movie. Each sound creates a different experience for the audience where a particular scene is being played. I saw a lot of antique while we moved into the second floor. The advertisements back in the past were intriguing. The advancement in technology has change a lot on how we view moving images. For example, television in the past used analogue, while we are heading into the digital era. Movies back then were black and white until color came along and displaced it. Arcade games back in the past were not focus with graphics. How they looked and how we experience them will differ when we are introduce with better graphics in the game.