Imagery for my Film

 Dimensions of Dialogue, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Back to the Future, Big, Toy Story 2, Blood Simple

Toy Story and Inception

'Toy Story'

I wanted to include the actual video of Woody and Buzz's argument in Pixar's 'Toy Story', because Woody's utter frustration to try and get his point across is perfect.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXu6lQqhieA&feature=related

'Inception'


After talking about the sudden endings I have come to enjoy in films, here is one example I didn't enjoy. While I enjoyed when films cut off immediately after some sort of resolution, this film it did not resolve anything and I feel, was too lazy to fully explain everything.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQPy88-E2zo

My Music of Choice

After being highly influenced by Edgar Wright's 'Scott Pilgrim vs. the World', I want my opening credits to be highly explosive and eye-opening, and I want a suitable song to compliment to colourful visuals. I have chosen 'Everybody's Gonna Be Happy' by The Kinks, as it has a real rebellious feel and it represents a time in music where kids were really tapping into British rock and roll. Because this song will be played when my character hears music for the first time, I feel it should be like kids in the 60's hearing rock and roll for the first time.

Take a listen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSMXsGLQX-g

The Art of the Sudden Ending

I am highly interested in creating a sudden, blunt ending, which will present an ironic twist in the narrative. My favourite film makers have frequently done it, from Paul Thomas Anderson to the Coen Brothers.


'Meat Love' - Jan Svankmajer

I will start with 'Meat Love', which features a sudden ending, in which the two meat steaks are suddenly thrown into the pan after (what seems) a passionate and meaningful day together.

This totally messes with the audiences expectations, and in doing so, creates a darkly comic effect. Yet it also raises the question, 'what do you think was going to happen to them?!'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQkWrZw05P4


'Blood Simple' - Joel and Ethan Coen

The Coen Brothers electrifying debut features an abrupt ending scene, involving a dying man and a drop of water from a sink. The film climaxes with him looking up wondering if the drop will ever fall, and cuts off right before it does to the sound of the Four Tops and leading straight onto the credits.
This also creates a build up of excitement, and ends a terrific film with an equally dynamic ending.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDga0HwieRY  ( start watching from around 5:30)

'A Serious Man' - Joel and Ethan Coen

Another entry from the Coen Brothers ends so suddenly and ambiguously, it is left to much interpretation. In a similar way to 'Blood Simple', the scene is cut before a incoming twister is heading towards a school, and the credits roll to the sounds of 'Jefferson Airplane'. The Coen Brother's music choice is simply inspiring.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qmK1T-GCaY&feature=related

'There Will Be Blood' - Paul Thomas Anderson

This modern masterpiece features one of the most memorable endings in recent times, in which Daniel Day- Lewis' character violently kills another man with a bowling pin, and the film suddenly with a growl of 'I'm finished!'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjJMub2Whs4&feature=fvsr

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmdAsL1n6q4&feature=related

Sergio Leone's third and final film in the 'Dollar Trilogy' ends with an epic three-way duel, in which each of the characters will fight to the death to obtain $200,000 in a nearby grave. Quentin Tarantino has named this film, the 'best ever made', and has a particular fondness of this scene, naming it the 'most perfect scene in cinema'.

The editing, music and mise-en scene create such a perfect atmosphere, which highlights the extreme tension in the scene.

Contention in Films

Toy Story

Top Gun

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Typography