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So I've just started to skim the surface of Bruce Blocks: The Visual Story , my reading pace seems quite staggered, but I believe that's due to the long recap period required after each chapter. Every page is riddled with diagrams and examples of films to check out, a lot of information in a small amount of space, it can take a while to grasp and fully understand a single point made.  The main outstanding notes I have made for Chapter 1 & 2 are as followed; There are three main elements to any film production, these are categorised as - Story: Building blocks of plot, character and dialogue - Sound: Building blocks of dialogue, sound effects and music - Visuals: Which is built upon;  The Basic Visual Components;    - Space: the physical space in front of camera, the space on screen, the size of the screen itself.     - Line and Shape : lines make up and appear to create all shapes...

I've decided that its about time to increase my visual knowledge of film overall, If I ever hope to achieve a credible career in film I need to know the finer details of cinematography. Although I have had numerous practical experience in the field I still feel amateur in the visual language of film, I want to learn existing film theory to apply in my practical work rather than just relying on instincts all the time. That's where my new book I got for Christmas  (Bruce Blocks: The Visual Story)  comes in. I had heard various recommendation from students and lectures, stating that it's a vital piece of learning material for film students, it claims to offer a clear view of the relationship between the story/script structure and the visual structure of a film, teaching you how to structure your visuals as carefully as say a writer structure a story... Ultimately understand how to communicate moods and emotions...

I had absolutely no expectations going into this movie, I was merely inspired to watch it by overseeing a fellow student viewing a trailer in class. Firstly I'd like to say I was completely unaware of the stigma attached to this piece and atop of that (in which I'm ashamed to admit) was viewed before Steven Spielberg's E.T., with all this in mind I believe my viewing experience was possible improved tenfold, as I had no prior bias or bandwagon opinion to jump upon. Mac and Me begins on what I can only assume is Mars, following a family of four (obviously puppet) aliens as they investigate a strange space probe landing on their planet, sequentially being sucked up by the machine and transported to the planet Earth. The first thing to note is that If you over analyse the special effects in this movie and compare them to the standards of today, off course you're going to come up disappointed, however take them as comedy and treat this piece as a B-movie and you'l...

Usually I'm not a gigantic fan of character studies, although analysing a personality type can be interesting viewing for a period of time, I tend to bore somewhere around the mid-point of the film, I'm left thinking, "OK I understand that this guy is sensitive... popular or aggressive... but now what? What else can you offer me. Well that's where Scarface takes the cherry, It not only delivers a deep, intellectual character study on an internal level but also presents us with an exciting external narrative, a perfect mix between the two, complimenting each other to ensure boredom is never an issue. The film revolves around a Cuban refugee, who after escaping the holding camps in Miami, seeks to rise to the top of the international drug empire. Tony's characteristics and actions take the centre stage throughout, they are some of the most intriguing I've ever seen, more so then any other recent character I can remember. From act one we are presented with this re...