One of my Favorite Character: D’Angelo Barksdale

Peter Guber once said, “Language is a more recent technology. Your body language, your eyes, your energy will come through to your audience before you even start speaking.” I like trying to tell body language and Professor Groom assigned us to basically do a scene where we Look, Listen, and …

Look, Listen, Analyze

I decided to do the Look, Listen, Analyze assignment on a scene from The Wire season 3, episode 9, when Prez shoots another cop. I thought it was a great scene because it is really intense, but doesn’t actually show him shooting the cop, so as a viewer you are …

Fritz Lang’s M Reflection

I personally enjoyed how clip was in black and white, it really changes the vibes it gives off. The clock seemed to portray tension, for example, when the clock went off at noon in the house, as well as in other places, all the focus was solely on the noise …

Look, Listen, Analyze: Dennis and His Boxing Gym

Lucky for me, someone has already uploaded the scene I wanted to analyze onto Youtube, so you can watch the scene here:

1. Analysis of the camera work:

The scene begins with Dennis looking up at the city government building. He looks tiny compared to the building, and I believe …

Stringer Vs. Avon; Good Vs. Evil?

I chose the scene where Avon and Stringer fight after Avon gets hurt by the drive-by. This scene was from Episode 8 of Season 3 and it’s at the end of the episode starting at roughly 52:00 until 57:15/ the end. After reading Ebert’s article, i was really interested in …

M! -Lang Reflection

First off, i’ve never heard of the film M, which makes me sad because it’s a masterpiece! So, i’m glad i’ve at least gotten to watch the opening scene. A problem i feared when watching this is the obvious language barrier. But, if a film is THAT good, should it …

Reflection on Readings

I found the readings this week to be really interesting and approach storytelling and the analysis of storytelling from some different angles.

A big thing that I took away from the things we watched and read was that manipulation is a huge part of storytelling. Editing clips together and using …