Journal 2: Film Reviewing is Detailed Business

"On The Waterfront"
http://buddypuddle.blogspot.com/2010/03/on-waterfront-1954.html

Marlon Brando, a beautiful man, was the man who changed character portrayal in films for the future generations to come. In 2010 I saw the  1954 movie "On The Waterfront" in my oral interpretation class my senior year of high school. The reason why we watched this movie was because of the character development realistic attitudes Marlon Brando portrayed; as it was not common acting in the 50's. There is a commmon underlining difference between film reviewing and analysis, and that is one is for entertainment motivation and reviewing the whole movie and the other-- anaylsis is looking at small parts and seeing what you can depict from the scene.

Just as in the short film “Looking at Movies: Film Analysis” (https://uwsp.courses.wisconsin.edu/d2l/lms/content/viewer/main_frame.d2l?ou=1563911&tId=9060393) it depicted a specific scene from the movie "Juno". It followed Juno going through the process of  filling out an abortion form. The specific camera movements, her character gestures, and the discreet sounds of finger nails(after she just ran into her friend outside of the building stating that her baby already has fingernails and can feel). Relating this character/film analysis is just as I did with Marlon Brando in my oral interpretation class but with film reviewing.

Watching a movie can be for pure entertainment but underlining this is always a purpose for this entertainment; this explains the difference between film anaylisis and film reviewing. In film reviewing there is a realistic motivation that a film is trying to portray through each scene that it sets up for. Like the scene in "Juno" the girl Juno is coming into realization with herself that an abortion is something that she doesn't want to do. Just like in the movie "On the Waterfront" Marlon Brando had the same decision with killing a man. The development of a character is seen throughout the whole of a movie and can really be quite eye-opening. So, when you begin to watch that film for the second time you not only see more of a development but a purpose in each scene for this entertainment. Film reviewing and film anaylsis are very much a like, but the main difference is just how you watch the film and anaylsis on each scene.



Love Life and Movies,
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