tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54716441665619417692024-03-13T22:05:53.817-07:00Film blogBobbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06271986726554442058noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471644166561941769.post-8475871306439281902009-03-25T10:22:00.000-07:002009-03-25T10:57:29.977-07:00Thelma's Map<a href="http://whatsontv.co.uk/blogs/movietalk/files/2009/03/thelma-andmgm_1.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 295px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 192px" alt="" src="http://whatsontv.co.uk/blogs/movietalk/files/2009/03/thelma-andmgm_1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Being an unappreciated housewife - <strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">Bad Times</span></strong></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Going on a secret trip with Louise - <strong><span style="color:#33cc00;">Good Times</span></strong></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Going to a bar with Louise,dancing with a stranger - <span style="color:#33cc00;"><strong>Good Times</strong></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Being raped in the car park - <span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong>Bad Times</strong></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Louise saving her - <span style="color:#33cc00;"><strong>Good Times</strong></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Louise shooting the rapists - <span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong>Bad Times</strong></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:85%;color:#cc0000;"><span style="color:#000000;">Going on the run <strong>-</strong></span><strong> Bad Times</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:85%;color:#000000;">standing up to her husband - <span style="color:#33cc00;"><strong>Good Times</strong></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:85%;">Saving her and Louise from being arrested - <span style="color:#33cc00;"><strong>Good Times</strong></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:85%;">Meeting Brad Pitt - <span style="color:#33cc00;"><strong>Good Times</strong></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:85%;">Sleeping with Brad Pitt - <span style="color:#33cc00;"><strong>Good Times</strong></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:85%;">Being robbed - <span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong>Bad Times</strong></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:85%;">Robbing a local Store - <span style="color:#33cc00;"><strong>Good Times</strong></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:85%;">Becoming more mature by the experience - <span style="color:#33cc00;"><strong>Good Times</strong></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:85%;">Shooting Earl's lorry till it explodes - <span style="color:#33cc00;"><strong>Good Times</strong></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:85%;">Being pursuited by police - <span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong>Bad Times</strong></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:85%;">Trapped on a cliff edge - <span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong>Bad Times</strong></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:85%;">Keeping their freedom by dying - <span style="color:#33cc00;"><strong>Good Times</strong></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"> <br />I can't remember if thats the order exactly in some places but these I think are the main points in Thelma's Journey.</span>Bobbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06271986726554442058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471644166561941769.post-83853131683425061232009-01-18T10:53:00.000-08:002009-01-18T10:56:00.885-08:00annotated catalogue continued....againjust found this really good website which must go in my annotated catalogue =]<br /><br />Item 18<br /><a href="http://www.theraider.net/">http://www.theraider.net/</a><br />A website which has allowed me access to screenshots, info and guotes that has been a real life saver whilst wrtiing my scriptBobbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06271986726554442058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471644166561941769.post-27090718353433915262008-12-15T03:52:00.000-08:002008-12-15T04:11:01.138-08:00Jesus Christ!!<a href="http://angelingo.usc.edu/vol03issue01/culture/graphics/g_joke1.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 263px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 188px" alt="" src="http://angelingo.usc.edu/vol03issue01/culture/graphics/g_joke1.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><em>The Life Of Brian</em> : Directed by Terry Jones</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">As one of those rare productions aimed squarely enough at a belief system to generate instant controversy, Life of Brian has a reputation. Around it, undimmed by the passage of decades, swarms an angry halo of fear, hatred and intolerance. Even now it stands apart from anything else Monty Python, an evil example to clean-living folk wherever they reside. And yet it's just a film, a mere comedy with the temerity to think naughty thoughts about a sacred subject. In essence it encapsulates the existence of Brian (Graham Chapman), a contemporary of Jesus, from his birth just a few mangers away. Through cruel circumstance Brian becomes the most successful comrade in the People's Front of Judea, as led by Reg (John <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Cleese</span>), before being captured and executed by the occupying Romans.</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">The film has been seen as a </span><a title="Critique" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critique"><span style="font-family:courier new;">critique</span></a><span style="font-family:courier new;"> of excessive </span><a title="Religiosity" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religiosity"><span style="font-family:courier new;">religiosity</span></a><span style="font-family:courier new;">, depicting organised and popular </span><a title="Religion" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion"><span style="font-family:courier new;">religion</span></a><span style="font-family:courier new;"> as </span><a title="Hypocrisy" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypocrisy"><span style="font-family:courier new;">hypocritical</span></a><span style="font-family:courier new;"> and </span><a class="mw-redirect" title="Fanatic" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanatic"><span style="font-family:courier new;">fanatical</span></a><span style="font-family:courier new;">. The film's satire on unthinking religious devotion is epitomised by Brian's attempt to persuade an enormous crowd of his followers to think for themselves:<br />Brian: Look, you've got it all wrong! You don't need to follow me, you don't need to follow anybody! You've got to think for yourselves! You're all individuals!<br />The Crowd (in unison): Yes! We're all individuals!<br />Brian: You're all different!<br />The Crowd (in unison): Yes, we are all different!<br />Man in Crowd: I'm not...<br />The Crowd: <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Shhh</span>!<br />The film also satirises both the tendency to interpret banal incidents as "signs from God" and the </span><a title="Sectarianism" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sectarianism"><span style="font-family:courier new;">factions and infighting</span></a><span style="font-family:courier new;"> that can emerge from this. For example, when Brian loses his shoe, some of his over-zealous followers declare it to be a sign but they can't agree on what it means, while one other instructs them to "Cast off the shoe. Follow the gourd!" (which is viewed by some as being significant owing to Brian's seemingly charitable refusal to accept a price for it - and not even haggle over what it is worth - the truth actually being that it was a cheap, unwanted gift).<br />The (alleged) representation of Christ proved controversial. Protests against the film were organised based on its perceived </span><a title="Blasphemy" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blasphemy"><span style="font-family:courier new;">blasphemy</span></a><span style="font-family:courier new;">. On its initial release in the UK, the film was banned by several </span><a title="Town council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_council"><span style="font-family:courier new;">town councils</span></a><span style="font-family:courier new;"> – some of which had no cinemas within their boundaries, or had not even seen the film for themselves. A member of </span><a title="Harrogate and Knaresborough (UK Parliament constituency)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrogate_and_Knaresborough_(UK_Parliament_constituency)"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Harrogate</span> council</span></a><span style="font-family:courier new;">, one of those that banned the film, revealed during a television interview that the council had not seen the film, and had based their opinion on what they had been told by the </span><a title="Nationwide Festival of Light" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationwide_Festival_of_Light"><span style="font-family:courier new;">Nationwide Festival of Light</span></a><span style="font-family:courier new;">, of which they knew nothing. </span><span style="font-family:courier new;">Some bans continued into the 21st century. In 2008, </span><a title="Torbay" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torbay"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Torbay</span></span></a><span style="font-family:courier new;"> Council finally permitted the film to be shown after it won an online vote for the English Riviera International Comedy Film Festival,</span><span style="font-family:courier new;">while the mayor of the Welsh town of </span><a title="Aberystwyth" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberystwyth"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Aberystwyth</span></span></a><span style="font-family:courier new;"> (Sue Jones-Davies, who played Judith Iscariot in the film) was still trying to remove the local council's long ban of the film.</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">In New York, screenings were </span><a class="mw-redirect" title="Picketing" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picketing"><span style="font-family:courier new;">picketed</span></a><span style="font-family:courier new;"> by both rabbis and nuns ("Nuns with banners!" observed Michael <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Palin</span>)</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> while the film was banned outright in some American states.</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> It was also banned for eight years in the </span><a title="Republic of Ireland" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland"><span style="font-family:courier new;">Republic of Ireland</span></a><span style="font-family:courier new;"> and for a year in Norway (it was marketed in Sweden as '"The film so funny that it was banned in Norway"). Occasionally forgotten amongst the blasphemy accusations, the film also significantly pokes fun at politically revolutionary groups, who seem to share a common cause (in the film, they are all opposing the Roman occupation of <a title="Judea" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judea">Judea</a>) but are in fact more interested in the easier task of being at odds with one another, constantly engaged in futile disputes about which group has the most charisma, infamy and "ideological purity", as <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Cleese</span> once referred to it. The Peoples' Front of Judea harangue their 'rivals' with cries of "splitters"; their rivals being The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Judean</span> People's Front, the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Judean</span> Popular People's Front and the Popular Front of Judea ("He's over there"). Other scenes have the freedom fighters wasting time in debate, with one of the debated items being that they should not waste their time debating so much, as well as the famous scene where Reg gives his "What have the Romans ever done for us?" speech. Originally intending for everyone to agree that the question is <a title="Rhetorical question" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhetorical_question">rhetorical</a>, it eventually ends up as: "Alright, but apart from the <a title="Sanitation" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanitation">sanitation</a>, the <a title="Medicine" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicine">medicine</a>, <a title="Education" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education">education</a>, <a title="Wine" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine">wine</a>, <a title="Public order" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_order">public order</a>, <a title="Irrigation" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irrigation">irrigation</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" title="Roads" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roads">roads</a>, a <a title="Freshwater" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freshwater">freshwater</a> system, and <a title="Public health" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_health">public health</a>, what have the <a title="Roman Empire" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire">Romans</a> ever done for us?", "Brought <a title="Peace" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace">peace</a>?", "Shut up!"<br />This element (which is not dissimilar to the film's comments on religious sectarianism) furthers <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Cleese's</span> claim from the Aspen stage interview that there is a more general social message in the film regarding belief systems and group thinking, beyond only heretical satire of religious faiths. According to the DVD commentary, this part of the story was inspired mainly by the <a title="New Left" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Left">multiplication of ineffectual left-wing parties</a> in Britain during the 1970s. These revolutionary groups would splinter every few weeks, and be angrier at each other than they were at the government.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;">In my opinion the only scene I could see myself shocked at was the crucifix scene at the end. I don't find the fact that Brian is a fictional representation of Jesus shocking not when there are videos on youtube of people dressed as Jesus singing songs as they walk down the street. I think The film although shocking is at the end of the day a comedy. You have to watch it with that set in your mind. I think that the hype that this film has caused has ruined it's effect especially as religion has become so much weaker in society. It's so much easier to laugh about religion than it is to actually believe in it. I think the film raises some valuable points about organised religion and the speech in which Brian says <strong><em>"We are all individual" </em></strong>Is so true. I remember during that R.E day we had a certain someone tried to convert the whole room into Christianity. As a piece of cinema I found it quite funny but it's one of those films in which I think has been spoiled because of the controversy that surrounds it. Plus I'm not overally religious anyway so I am in a much easier position to find the jokes funny rather than shocking.</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br /></span>Bobbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06271986726554442058noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471644166561941769.post-44736037696880210402008-12-14T06:16:00.000-08:002008-12-14T06:17:32.571-08:00Annotated catalogue<span style="font-family:courier new;">oops forgot my focus g<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">roup</span> </span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">item 17</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">My focus group, found some really interesting points that I actually hadn't given any thought.</span>Bobbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06271986726554442058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471644166561941769.post-82869673221849034652008-12-10T11:32:00.000-08:002008-12-10T13:14:53.080-08:00Annotated catalogue continued<div><span style="font-family:courier new;">Item 9</span></div><br /><div><a href="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=zbyuzAHhPpU"><span style="font-family:courier new;">http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=zbyuzAHhPpU</span></a></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:courier new;">Steven Spielberg on why he chose Shia Le Bouf for Mutt. Allows me to see the personal opinion of the director and how he imagined Indy's son would be like.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Courier New;">Item 10</span></div><br /><div><a href="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=zbyuzAHhPpU">http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=zbyuzAHhPpU</a></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:courier new;">Siskel and Elbert review on The Last Crusade</span><span style="font-family:courier new;">. Interesting to see their opinions because they were influencial reviewers...Also the fact that Siskel decided to have a go at the film is interesting aswell.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Courier New;">Item 11</span></div><br /><div><a href="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=X-MiFOPscWU&feature=related">http:/</a><a href="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=X-MiFOPscWU&feature=related">/uk.youtube.com/watch?v=X-MiFOPscWU&feature=related</a></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:courier new;">Siskel and Elbert review The Empire Strikes Back.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Courier New;">Magazines</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Courier New;">Item 12</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Courier New;">Empire Magazine the Direstors collection - Steven Spielberg</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Courier New;">Books</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Courier New;">Item 13</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Courier New;">The Men They Will Become- Eli H. Newberger M.D</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Courier New;">A really useful chapter on how typical aspects of father son relationships</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Courier New;">Item 14</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Courier New;">Steven Spielberg Father To The Man - Andrew Yule</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Courier New;">Documenting Spielberg's life through the beginnings of Indiana Jones 3</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Courier New;">Item 15 </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Courier New;">Empire Building The remarkable real life story of Star Wars <strong>(Thank you Nina)</strong></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Courier New;">Really interesting book that gives a close documentation of Luca's childhood (similar to Mutt) His realtionship with his father and the creation of The Empire Strikes Back</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Courier New;">DVD Extras</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Courier New;">Item 16</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Courier New;">The Last Crusade DVD Extra</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Courier New;">I learnt so much about Indy and Henry's relationship from this DVD Extra.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Courier New;">(Star Wars doesn't have any =[ and I have yet to watch the full special features of Indy 4)</span></div><a href="http://www.worldofstock.com/thumbs/MES3604.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 123px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 93px" alt="" src="http://www.worldofstock.com/thumbs/MES3604.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:Courier New;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Courier New;">Rejected Items</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Courier New;"><strong>Star wars 6 Return of the Jedi</strong> - relationship between Luke and Vader too similar to the the relationship if Indiana and Henry in Indy 3.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Courier New;"><strong>Rotten Tomato Forum thread</strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Courier New;">nothing good came out of it</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Courier New;"><strong>Cast Interviews</strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Courier New;">None of them really mention the father son relationship in Indy 4</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Courier New;"><strong>Mark Kermode Review Indy 4</strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Courier New;">No mention of their relationship because he couldn't give away the plot.</span></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-family:Courier New;"></span> </div><br /><div></div>Bobbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06271986726554442058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471644166561941769.post-60521485828773602842008-12-10T11:28:00.000-08:002008-12-10T11:32:33.470-08:001st script<span style="font-family:courier new;">This was my script for that 5 min presentation we had to do, Just putting it up here for reminders when I begin writing my new script</span>.<br /><br /><em><br /></em><span style="font-family:courier new;"><em>“What you taught me was that I wasn’t as important as people who had been dead for 500 years in another country.”</em><br />Indiana Jones - The Last Crusade.<br />This quote demonstrates the core of the conflict between Indiana Jones and his father Henry Jones. For my small scale research project I am analysing the relationships between Fathers and their sons in films within the Lucasfilm institution. It is argued that the relationship and chemistry between Indianna (Harrison Ford) and Henry (Sean Connery) makes The Last Crusade the most successful of the Indiana Jones series. The film focuses on the search for the Holy Grail. It was Lucas who wanted the grail to be used in the film, however Spielberg saw no potential in the grail alone and decided that it would be far more powerful as a metaphor for their relationship. The grail represents the abyss that has to be closed in order to repair the character’s bond. By Henry Jones devoting his life to finding the grail and Indiana going on a quest to find the grail in order to save his father it creates a parallel between the two characters. At the beginning of the film the viewer sees Indiana as a young boy stealing an artefact from grave robbers. There is then a transition to Indiana as a man fighting the same grave robbers for the same artefact as a grown man. The fact that Indy still has the same beliefs as he did when he was a boy makes it very easy to understand how his father has such authority over him, There are several moments in the film in which Henry proves this either by giving Indy a certain disapproving look or taking a more physical approach for instance slapping him across the face. It is apparent that Indy constantly tries to impress his father throughout the film through both brain and brawn however his attempts usually fail and infact having the complete opposite effect. He even wears a tie throughout most of the film which suggests an idea that he is trying to look more intellectual in order to get what he truly desires, his fathers approval.<br />This constant conflict between the pair relates strongly to that between Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader and that of Indiana and his own son Mutt. It creates an idea of polar opposites, in The Last Crusade the polar opposite is the Hero versus the useless Librarian, In The Crystal Skull it is old age versus youth and in the case of Star Wars, it’s good versus evil. The theme of tension between fathers and their children runs throughout many of Lucas’s projects<em> “Deeply ingrained in our reality is our relationships to our parents and our relationship to our kids”</em> a quote from Lucas himself which suggests that the chemistry between fathers and their children within his films makes them feel more human. In Star Wars Darth Vader is almost a representation of Lucas’s own father wanting him to go into the family business of selling office supplies. This link between Lucas’s own experience allowed him to create a more realistic approach to the situation when Darth Vader reveals he is Luke’s father. This also comes into the 4TH Indiana film where Mutt says he wants to be a mechanic, at this point Indy replies <em>“If that’s what you love doing don’t let anyone tell you different.”</em> However Indiana goes back on his word when he finds out Mutt is his son and becomes very disapproving of the idea, infact Indy acts very similar to his own father at this stage. This again is another connection to George Lucas branching out into film making rather than the family business.<br />There are two key moments in Henry and Indiana’s relationship during the last crusade. The is an action sequence in which a tank that Henry believe Indy is on falls down a gorge and explodes. Thinking that his son is dead Henry realises that he has wasted their potential relationship. He states. <em>“I never told him anything, I just wasn’t ready Marcus. 5 Minutes would have been enough.”</em> This moment really contrasts a scene earlier in the film where Indy wants to have a conversation with his father but they have nothing to talk about.<br /><strong>Show Clip<br /></strong>This is the real pivotal moment in their relationship where Henry for the first time addresses his son by his name. Throughout the film he refers to Indy as “Junior” this again shows his authority, by calling Indy by his name shows that he sees him as a man, and by calling him Indiana gets his attention from the grail and that one word tells Indy that life is worth far more than the grail ever could.</span>Bobbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06271986726554442058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471644166561941769.post-55415080834207817422008-12-10T10:39:00.000-08:002008-12-10T11:23:22.013-08:00Focus Group<span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"><strong>I finally did it =]</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;">I decided to use my parents because I wanted to have the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">opinion</span> of someone who was both a father and a son, I also wanted to see how the relationships in the film effect a female audience simply to add a new dimension to my research.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;">(Shows a clip of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">indy</span> and his father in the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">zeppelin)</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;"><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Do you think that this conversation effects the audience more than it does the characters within the scene?</span></span><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected"><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">Dad: <em>yeah I guess so because they argue a bit and then it just ends theres no....</em></span></strong></span><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected"><span style="font-family:arial;">Mum: <em>Resolution, I also think that it helps the audience out because it sets everything out for them so they know exactly what happened...It shows a more vulnerable side to Indy aswell, and could be a way of making him appear more appealing to a female audience because he seems so weak in front of his dad here.</em></span></span><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong>Dad: <em>I don't think so, he's the one that brigns the conversation to the table, if any thing Connery looks weaker than Indiana Jones. I think this is more for the audience than the characters.</em></strong></span></span><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected"><span style="font-family:courier new;">(Shows "Luke I am your Father scene)</span></span><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected"><span style="font-family:Courier New;">How does you perception of Luke and Vader change after this scene?</span></span><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected"><span style="font-family:arial;">Mum: I think it makes Luke more questionable as a Hero because he is so weak at this stage of the film and I personally felt that it might be setting up Luke to join the Dark side in the next film.</span></span><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong>Dad:</strong> <strong><em>I think that it makes Vader more deeper as a character, like it reminds us he is a human...or living thin g and not just a black metal suit.</em></strong></span></span><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected"><span style="font-family:courier new;">So do you think Vader actually benefits from this scene?</span></span><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected"><span style="font-family:arial;">Mum: <em>Yes, because it's not exactly a highlight in the film for Luke</em>.</span></span><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong>Dad:</strong> <strong><em>Yeah, I'd go along with that</em></strong>.</span></span><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected"><span style="font-family:courier new;">(shows clip from indy 4 where Marion, Mutt and Indy fight in back of a truck)</span></span><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected"><span style="font-family:courier new;">How does Indy's behaviour and attitude towards Mutt change when he learns the truth?</span></span><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected"><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Dad: <em>He becomes protective, and tries to immadiately take control over him</em>.</strong></span></span><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Mum:<em>Yes he does but I think this is the moment when Indy see himself in the boy, theres that shot of him when Mutt gets the knife out and he has that proud parent look, although he doesn't approve of the boy not going to school I think he admires the way the boy acts to the situation.</em></span></span><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><em>Dad: You know it's going to end up as a strong relationship because of that and it's a bit like Ford and Connery in the third film and that turned out ok in the end.</em></span></span><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected"><span style="font-family:courier new;">Ok thank you.</span></span><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected"><span style="font-family:courier new;"></span></span><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected"></span><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected"><span style="font-family:courier new;"></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;"><strong></strong></span>Bobbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06271986726554442058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471644166561941769.post-32708697789173913982008-12-10T10:28:00.000-08:002008-12-10T10:37:49.406-08:00Shocker!!<span style="font-family:courier new;">Here are the two clips I was contemplating about showing on Monday.</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">1. Is a scene from Saw 3 that involves a judge being covered in rotting pig guts...Yes it's badly acted, yes the pigs are made of rubber and yes it's a bit crappy but I actually felt sick when watching it.</span><br /><a href="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=iBpEbDn5vOk">http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=iBpEbDn5vOk</a><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">2. The end scene from Cannibal Halocaust, The <em>documentary</em> that is said to have been the inspiration for the Blair Witch project. You will need to know some sort of plotline so this scene makes sense. Basically a group of 3 film makers go to the jungle to document the lives of 2 cannibal tribes, they never return. A professor goes out after them to see what happened, he befirends a tribe and finds reels of film which he takes back and shows to the organisation that supported his trip.</span><br /><a href="http://video.google.co.uk/videosearch?q=cannibal+halocaust+ending&hl=en&emb=0&aq=f">http://video.google.co.uk/videosearch?q=cannibal+halocaust+ending&hl=en&emb=0&aq=f</a>#<br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">I have not seen either of these films in full and although I wanted to show the C.H scene I wasn't actually comfortale with how I would have looked showing a scene like this first thing on a Monday morning, so I stupidly went for the <strong><em>"safe" </em></strong>mainstream Horror franchise Saw because everyone knows what to expect....This was a BAD move on my part because no-one liked it =[ Oh well I guess as long as I found it shocking then thats all that really mattered.</span>Bobbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06271986726554442058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471644166561941769.post-5894945425013502422008-11-26T10:00:00.000-08:002008-11-26T10:40:48.550-08:00Annotated Catalogue<span style="font-family:courier new;">Item 1</span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;"><strong><em>Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade</em></strong> (1989 dir Steven Spielberg)</span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;">My central focus film, it centres on the father son relationship between Indiana and his father. This film not only questions the role of fathers and how the chioces they make effect their sons, it also portrays the significance of a father figure in a young boy/man's life. This film documents the way in which long suffering relationships can heal. It is considered the most successful Indiana Jones film because of the chemistry between Harrison Ford and Sean Connery.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;">Item 2</span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;"><strong><em>Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back</em></strong>(1980 dir George Lucas)</span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;">This film looks at the relationship between father and son in the opposite way to the last crusade. It is the most famous and celebrated Star Wars film because of that infamous line. Rather than have the tension between a father and son close this film establishes it.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;">Item 3 </span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;"><strong><em>Indiana Jones and The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull</em></strong>(2008 dir Steven Spielberg)</span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;">This is the fourth installment of the action packed Indiana series. This film foolows the conflict between old vs youth with Indiana's own son mutt introduced. What is interesting about this concept is that Indy didn't know he had a son therefore Mutt grew up with only a mother to look up to. As the link between them develops it is interesting to see how Indy acts towards Mutt like his own father did towards him.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;">Web based research</span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;">Item 4: <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2008-05-20-lucas-father-issues_n.htm">http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2008-05-20-lucas-father-issues_n.htm</a></span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;">A blog entry exploring the link between George Lucas's own upbringing to the lastest Indiana Jones film. Exploring how the director uses his own experience to influence the characters in his films.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;">Item 5: <a href="http://stlouisfanforce.net/?tag=george-lucas">http://stlouisfanforce.net/?tag=george-lucas</a></span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;">An interesting article showing evidence that Darth Vader's name provides a clue as to who he really is through the resmeblance Vader has to Vater (German for Father). Also comments on how their relationship links to a German poet Albrecht and his relationship with his father.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;">Item6:<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097576/board/thread/115569746?d=115673326&p=1#115673326">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097576/board/thread/115569746?d=115673326&p=1#115673326</a></span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;">A IMDB forum entry in which I thought showed a very interesting concept in which throughout most of The Last Crusade Indy is wearing a tie, representing his longing to impress his Dad. </span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;">Item 7:<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097576/board/thread/115734588?d=115755607&p=1#115755607">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097576/board/thread/115734588?d=115755607&p=1#115755607</a></span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;">Another IMDB forum entry which I felt raised a valid point as to who is Indiana's inspiration as a young boy. I find it interesting that if Indy had never met this man would he be doing what he does? Would he have gone on to become a librarian like his father in order to impress him? It's a question i'll never know the answer still makes a very interesting point.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;">Item 8:</span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080684/board/thread/117434130?d=117452244&p=1#117452244">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080684/board/thread/117434130?d=117452244&p=1#117452244</a></span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;">Vaild points and opinions made about the closely linked Vader and Vater.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;"> <br /></span><span style="font-family:Courier New;"></span><span style="font-family:Courier New;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;"></span>Bobbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06271986726554442058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471644166561941769.post-28050570457861183632008-11-20T09:11:00.000-08:002008-11-20T09:14:10.494-08:00Grrr IMDB >.<<span style="font-family:courier new;">Well <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">IMDB</span> is determined not to let me become a member so <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">I've</span> posted a thread on the rotten tomato forum.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;"></span><br /><a href="http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/vine/showthread.php?p=14516430#post14516430">http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/vine/showthread.php?p=14516430#post14516430</a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">I'd love some feedback <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">pleeeease</span> =]</span>Bobbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06271986726554442058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471644166561941769.post-34499725836158845172008-11-19T12:07:00.000-08:002008-11-19T12:46:08.894-08:00Indy vs Luke<a href="http://ripleyhs.jack.k12.wv.us/studentweb/spring05/Zach/My%20Web%20Sites/Starwars/images/Luke%20Skywalker.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 168px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 155px" alt="" src="http://ripleyhs.jack.k12.wv.us/studentweb/spring05/Zach/My%20Web%20Sites/Starwars/images/Luke%20Skywalker.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2008/05/14/indiana_wideweb__470x315,0.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 204px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 154px" alt="" src="http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2008/05/14/indiana_wideweb__470x315,0.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">The Last crusade is arguably about the coming together of the all American Hero who's action packed lifestyle entertains with the boring old librarian. Indy <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">continuously shocks his father by his actions:</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQCCQEeZJ7M&feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQCCQEeZJ7M&feature=related</a></span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSGnXwh6W1A&feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSGnXwh6W1A&feature=related</a></span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">Indy is a representation of who everyman wants to become. The ultimate American hero, a ladies man, good fighter, interlectual etc What makes comparing these two heroes together is how differently the films represent them. The last crusade is a celebration. The tension between a father and son is destroyed along with the grail and this creates a new beginning in Indy and Henry's relationship.</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">The empire Strikes Back on the otherhand is about a hero finding himself, throughout the film Luke fails a lot.</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCSVfTL784Q">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCSVfTL784Q</a> Infact this film seems to centre on the downfall of our hero.</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frX00n3gngU&feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frX00n3gngU&feature=related</a></span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">The infamous line <em>"Luke, I am your father."</em> one of the most famous line in history proves these. Greatly contrasting the theme in the last crusade The Empire Strikes Back documents the beginning of the tension between a father and son. A new bond is formed and barriers put up. Luke is shown as a hero in progress he is vulnerable and prone to mistakes which adds to his innocent look. Luke as a character is so much younger and inncoent than Indy although both share the same determination. In Indiana Jones's case he will never be destroyed or seen as weak (although Indiana is at his weakest when his father is dying but that is not physical weakness it's emotional) however Luke Skywalker is prone to weakness just as his father was. In the battle he is badly hurt (one hand cut off) and the fact that Vader is his father again adds to his vulnerablitlity as there is a great increase in expecting Luke to become evil as Vader did.</span><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8B6OBLcs7U">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8B6OBLcs7U</a><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">Luke hanging from the bottom of the city just shows that he is a beaten hero..I don't think I have ever seen a hero look so weak within a scene. He is badly hurt after the fight with vader in which 1. he was defeated. 2. he found out that the most evil being in space is his father. He is dangling on some thin pipes, if they break or he slips he will fall to his death. <br /></span><span style="font-family:courier new;"></span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmW1Hnh-xdo">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmW1Hnh-xdo</a> <span style="font-family:courier new;">Now compare this to the ending of the last crusade. Indy and his father's relatioship reaches a new height when his father addresses him as Indiana and not Juniour showing that he finally sees him as a man and not a young boy. It also shows Henry throw away his whole lifes research in order to keep his son showing that his priorities are where they should be. Although the grail is destroyed, it allows their relationship to recover and creates a closure for the both of them. Here Indy looks strong, he is amongst friends and family who he can trust. On horseback his strengthg is emphasised as he is controlling an animal but also the horse acts as a kind of plimph making the audience literally look up to him. The conventional riding into the sunset scene creates a feeling of endless possibilities and creates a feeling that what Indiana and Henry have got ahead of them (relationship wise) is going to be far greater. It's a very posisitve ending to a film which is full of conflict. Unlike the star wars film it gives the audience and characters closure making it a far more comfortable ending. <br /></span><br /><div></div>Bobbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06271986726554442058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471644166561941769.post-81052795141133980412008-11-17T12:13:00.000-08:002008-11-17T12:15:51.941-08:00FAO film studies people<span style="font-family:courier new;">Heres a link to watch the entire film A bout de souffle</span><br /><a href="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=154265816642125228&hl=en&fs=true%20rottendevice">http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=154265816642125228&hl=en&fs=true%20rottendevice</a>:<br /><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;">Just thought it would be handy especially for all the essays we have on it =[</span>Bobbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06271986726554442058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471644166561941769.post-43221556498248558412008-11-16T10:19:00.000-08:002008-11-16T11:33:31.922-08:00More Research<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6sj89xgnl4&feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6sj89xgnl4&feature=related</a><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">"I am Your Father"</span><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSGnXwh6W1A&feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSGnXwh6W1A&feature=related</a><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">Tense scene between Indy and his Dad while on the Zeppelin</span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;">Siskel and Ebert review Indiana and the last crusade + Star Wars The Empire strikes back</span><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3VpAjQspOY">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3VpAjQspOY</a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-MiFOPscWU&feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-MiFOPscWU&feature=related</a><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">Interview with indiana Jones and the kingdom of the crystal skul cast etc</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">Harrison Ford</span><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3c7lOuYpzs">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3c7lOuYpzs</a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHB9qJyhQtA&feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHB9qJyhQtA&feature=related</a><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">Steven Spielberg</span><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbyuzAHhPpU&feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbyuzAHhPpU&feature=related</a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdH3K2PbN4I&feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdH3K2PbN4I&feature=related</a><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">John Williams talking about how he made the theme for Mutt (indy's son) </span><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5atseGwKis&feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5atseGwKis&feature=related</a><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">Shia Lebeouf</span><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxT6tMStpoQ">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxT6tMStpoQ</a>Bobbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06271986726554442058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471644166561941769.post-7209418698167473852008-11-16T09:18:00.000-08:002008-11-16T10:17:00.246-08:00Research<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0bA_LMZAHA">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0bA_LMZAHA</a><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">The wondefully natured film critic Mark Kermode reviews one of my focus films.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;">Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull</span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;"></span><br /><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2008-05-20-lucas-father-issues_n.htm">http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2008-05-20-lucas-father-issues_n.htm</a><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">A great article I found all about the father - son relationships that Lucas and Spielberg reflect in the new Indy film and how it is relevant to their own experiences.</span><br /><a href="http://www.lucasfilm.com/">http://www.lucasfilm.com/</a><br /><a href="http://www.starwars.com/movies/episode-v/">http://www.starwars.com/movies/episode-v/</a><br /><a href="http://www.indianajones.com/site/index.html">http://www.indianajones.com/site/index.html</a><br /><a href="http://www.indianajones.com/site/index.html">http://www.indianajones.com/site/index.html</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097576/board/thread/111339303?d=111339303&p=1#111339303">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097576/board/thread/111339303?d=111339303&p=1#111339303</a><br /><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097576/board/thread/115569746?d=115673326&p=1#115673326">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097576/board/thread/115569746?d=115673326&p=1#115673326</a><br /><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097576/board/thread/115734588?d=115755607&p=1#115755607">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097576/board/thread/115734588?d=115755607&p=1#115755607</a><br /><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097576/board/thread/115734588?d=115755607&p=1#115755607">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097576/board/thread/115734588?d=115755607&p=1#115755607</a><br /><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080684/board/thread/117434130">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080684/board/thread/117434130</a><br /><a href="http://stlouisfanforce.net/?tag=george-lucas">http://stlouisfanforce.net/?tag=george-lucas</a><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">Some evidence that there is a uncanny resemblence in Darth Vader to the German word for father....Was Lucas sending a clue to the audience? Was their relationship a reference to a poem about Albrecht?</span><br /><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080684/board/thread/120554431?d=120554431&p=1#120554431">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080684/board/thread/120554431?d=120554431&p=1#120554431</a>Bobbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06271986726554442058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471644166561941769.post-22151602970360436632008-10-10T12:47:00.000-07:002008-10-10T13:51:41.393-07:00Welcome =]<span style="font-family:Courier New;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"><strong><span style="color:#6600cc;">Welcome to my blog</span> <span style="color:#6600cc;">:D</span></strong></span> <div><span style="font-family:courier new;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:courier new;">This blog is for <strong>my small scale research</strong> for my <strong>film studies</strong> project in which I am making a <strong>critical analysis of the father - son relationships in films within the Lucas film institution.</strong></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:courier new;">I am looking at 3 film texts which are</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"><strong><em>Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade</em></strong></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"><strong><em>Star Wars The Emperor Strikes Back</em></strong></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"><strong><em>Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull</em></strong></span></div><br /><div></div><div><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"><a href="http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/i/bcst/yp/ygmovies/2284/61090404.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 147px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 99px" height="99" alt="" src="http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/i/bcst/yp/ygmovies/2284/61090404.jpg" border="0" /></a></span></div><div><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.geocities.com/jedi_vega/empire_files/image006.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 163px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 101px" height="100" alt="" src="http://www.geocities.com/jedi_vega/empire_files/image006.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/i/bcst/yp/ygmovies/2284/61090404.jpg"></a></span></div><div><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"><a href="http://a.abcnews.com/images/Entertainment/sp_indianaJones_071003_ms.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 138px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 100px" height="102" alt="" src="http://a.abcnews.com/images/Entertainment/sp_indianaJones_071003_ms.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/i/bcst/yp/ygmovies/2284/61090404.jpg"></a></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">I have chosen these three films because they all show an interesting <strong>development</strong> in the <strong>relationships</strong> between <strong>Fathers</strong> and their <strong>sons</strong> throughout the film. I am also interested in how an <strong>absence</strong> of a <strong>father figure</strong> is shown in each film. I chose to look at <strong>father - son relationships</strong> in films within the Lucas film institution because it is a theme that runs throughout most of <strong>George <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Lucas's</span></strong> projects. In the case of the <em><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Indiana Jones</span></strong></em> films they create a new <strong>perspective</strong> to this theme as <strong>Spielberg</strong> had a completely different upbringing to <strong>George Lucas</strong>...</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"></span></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;">In our last film lesson we had to do a presentation (max of 5 minutes long) on our chosen subject and about the films we were researching. I was happy with my presentation, I think I pretty much covered everything I needed to and to <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">progress</span> I need to add a bit more about my secondary films just to balance out my presentation a bit more.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Courier New;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Courier New;"><strong>XXX</strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:courier new;"></span> </div>Bobbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06271986726554442058noreply@blogger.com1