A Very Biased Opinion

Fun Fact: Jenna Ortega and I used to be instagram friends. I love Jenna Ortega and I think she is such a talented actress. When I saw the previews for Wednesday I was so excited to see her take on it, and I think she totally nailed it. From episode one, Wednesday is extremely cold, harsh spoken, irrational and monotone. She is forced to attend Nevermore Academy with other creatures and personalities who dont normally fit in with the "normies" (people with no powers).  From meeting her roommate, Wednesday has no interest in any of it, and plans to escape. As Enid, her roommate and her begin to get closer, Wednesday begins to discover the schools secrets and overall shows more emotion. Her romantic chemistry begins to blossom, and as the viewer I was able to feel what her emotions were from her eyes, even when she was monotone.  I wanted to pull a quote she said in an interview about her character------ “Adding those layers of insecurity and [other] lived-in qualities that make...

How does cinema reinforce the dominant ideology? What are the most important theoretical tools for analyzing cinema’s ideological function?  The dominant ideology in cinema is related to the male gaze, and the male dominated field on what will be watched and sold. Using nudity, language, fear, and more are all qualities of what gets the revenue in. With that, the most important tools are what the people want to see.  The tools of placement, lighting, actors, storyline etc., is what makes a cinema something worthwhile. Why do so many theorists stress the importance of developing a counter-cinema? What are some examples of counter-cinema and how does it engage viewers differently?  I think theorists stress the importance of developing counter-cinema for the sole reason of the use of art rather than what sells. We have seen throughout the semester movies and films that have shaped the way for others to succeed, and without counter-cinema, others can’t thrive. Examples of cou...

“The Keepers!" is the mystery of the murder of Sister Cathy. Sister Cathy was a well-loved, 26-year-old nun who was murdered in Baltimore. This docuseries interviews people close to Cathy, who also wonders why she was murdered in the first place. As this is a docu-series, the camera angles are all over. Whether the interviews are close-ups, and the reenactments of the crimes are wide far shots, the first episode is filled with gut-wrenching scenes making the viewer want to watch more. Following the journalist Tom Nugent, there is a lot of casual filming of individuals walking around and casually talking about this insane story. The story started with a former student on Facebook, and a lot of shots are a vlog. The videos seem homemade and are more personal making it a classic docuseries. I would put this series in more of the montage category overall, as there is so much information that needs to be shown, not leaving time for a lot of long shots.  The filming is very average when...

  “The Shower Scene '' from the film Psycho premiered in 1960 starring Janet Leigh as Marion Crane and Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates. This particular scene is one of the most famous scenes in cinema history. Filled with jump cuts, this black and white film has the most intense point of view, and pretty bad acting but is curated super artistically. To start, the shot opens up with the toilet flushing and Marion has her back to the door while the camera moves with her to close it. She takes off her robe and walks into the shower as this is the first jump cut. She closes the shower curtain with just her silhouette showing as a foreshadowing for later in the scene. The next shot is a connecting jump cut that starts on one end and ends with her standing up to turn the shower head on. Continuing the rest of the scene is a long montage of different angles with the music intensive for when she gets stabbed. The rhythmic flow of the video has a light feeling without any suspicion unti...

Lindsey miss Lohan. Falling for Christmas has premiered on Netflix this past week starring Lindsey Lohan and Chord Overstreet. Already, this film has received an 80% on Rotten Tomatoes and a 5.5/10 on IMBD. Lindsey Lohan has been on a hiatus for almost 10 years now making this her debut back to the big screen and I am SO excited to her in more things. Falling for Christmas is about a newly engaged heiress who gets in a horrible ski accident and develops amnesia. She ends up in a secluded lodge where she meets the new love interest. Horrible plot, but its Lindsey!!!!! The acting is bad, the graphics and movie is not great, but it is a great, classic Hallmark film to watch on a snowy day.  I remember being little and obsessed with Lindsey Lohan and everything sh was in so this is such a huge moment for me to see her again on my TV, even with her lip injections. Netflix has continued to premier endless Christmas movies every year with their collection getting bigger each season of rea...

Why wouldn't you want a women directing? We are emotional are we not?  So men have no emotion. All movies in that case directed by men are emotionless with no connection. We clean up after you, do we not?  The mistakes of directing that men have made of the harassment, abuse and inappropriate behavior in the directing atmosphere. We are used for sex are we not? If this is the case, sex scenes are going to be based on us and objectified on what we do to you, the men. Your bodies subjected, and the revenue bringing in from 15 minute long segments of your bareness. Is that what you want? Do you like to be subjected to the audience? Do you think we can't take but what you have done because we are just 'women.' Why wouldn't you want a women directing? *Based on in-class of the male-gaze*