Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Singin' in the Rain!


    I would say that Singin' in the Rain is a film as High School Musical is entertainment. In Singin' in the Rain, there are multiple layers of things being told or explained without being said. It tells of how movies of sound came to be, it tells that Hollywood is a sticky business, and it has a moral; as in High School Musical, it has nothing hidden within the story. It may have a moral as well but it has no layers. You won't learn or catch anything new watching High School Musical a second time. If you compare the camera shots and angles, they are both simple in the fact that they don't jump around from shot to shot very much and the angle is mostly eye level.
   Both having music and similar camera shots, it's the background information being portrayed that gives Singin' in the Rain that film quality.

Sunday, September 9, 2012

Dark Knight - Harvey's true nature

I believe Harvey's true nature lies between hero and villain. In the beginning, Harvey Dent is a good guy; his goals are putting the bad guys behind bars and making Gotham a better place. At the beginning, his heart is pointed towards justice, then he falls for Rachel and that's where things kind of go wrong. When the Joker hints that Rachel is going to be the next victim, Harvey goes outside his boundaries and morals by threatening Thomas Schiff. Harvey specifically says in that scene that he wouldn't shoot him, but to leave it to chance. Harvey knew the coin was both heads and if it landed heads, Thomas would live. He obviously was a good guy  until he lost Rachel and that's when he lost all morals. Harvey never really saved people so I don't see him as a hero, but I don't see him as a villain either. The Joker is the villain and Batman is the hero, Harvey is just an example of how both good and bad can affect a person. The only thing I can't understand is why Harvey didn't get back at the Joker when he had the chance. So people he trusted helped Rachel die but in the end, it was the Joker who had Rachel killed. He get's back at everyone that hurt him except the Joker.