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Hitchcock takeaway from Picture Perfect in class- Noah Huerta

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Hitchcock's lessons: What we learn from what Hitchcock demonstrates, is this extended look at concepts we're familiar with, taken to places we've never seen before. I've seen that Hitchcock can see a method of showing the audience what is important and following along with concepts in the movie, that advance the story. Learning more about what he did, we also saw an example of a One-take shot stretched throughout the entire course of the movie. Usually we understand the practice of basic editing in class, but we can at least see what worked in the 40's, for innovation in film. This was exciting to try out for Hitchcock, an entire movie made with the stakes being clear to the actors as they're rolling. I thought that was at least a takeaway we can have about this experiment. We also took a look at the camera angles in Hitchcock's films, that go noticed when you're watching, but almost looked over with the rest of the movie. He had a way of directi...

Neo Italian revolution- Noah Huerta

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God damn. Is the theme of what the Italian film translated to "Bicycle thieves" eventually sees in a real situation. The Bicycle Thieves movie tries to show people as they are and in turn how'd they act outside of the limitations of what we want in movies. The main character sees his bike getting stolen, and he's forced to see the bike as a necessity in his life. The bike being stolen is treated with sincerity, he can't get it back and he'll lose his job without it. He sees this and we in turn see a new standard for a very human reaction, and even what you'll be willing to do to get it back.