3/7/2018 - Movies have been ruined by me, thanks Obama
Television and films have already been ruined for me by taking BECA-340 Media Aesthetics. Since taking that class I would look at different aspects that I learned in media aesthetics and apply it how it would be used in that scene that I would be watching. For instance, in the latest Pixar film Coco, a revered character has revealed himself to be the villain. When the character revealed that he was the villain, the lighting has changed from a colorful scene to a gloomy dark scene with lighting. The lighting on the character was changed from a high key lighting to a low-key lighting. And the camera angle on the character started at eye level but when he started revealing his past actions, the camera slow changed to a tilted up on the characters face. This applies distortion and a chaotic feeling to the scene resembling evil or discomfort. Throughout the scene I was looking at other clues that would make me analyze more about the way the director had presented the scene ...