ThomasR MEDP160 Blog

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This scene from 1978’s, Halloween, by Director John Carpenter, shows us good uses of matched action shots, a point of view shot, an eyeline shot and the 180 rule being used and broken. This is a pivotal scene in the film because it pushes the story forward by setting the tone for the film and establishes that protagonist, Laurie Strode, has become the person of interest for antagonist, Michael Myers. Opening the scene we see Laurie entering from the right and walks towards the left. Here, we have established our 180 rule. The first shot is a panning shot and follows Laurie as she walks to school so the 180 rule is constantly be followed.  The shot continues and we see our first matched action at 0:47 soon after Laurie meets Tommy Doyle. The shot comes to an end when the camera stops following them (interesting that we see the word stop in the street at this point) and both characters walk off the screen to the left completing the right to left motion, but befor...

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[00:00:00.00] Tom: alright it's recording now so let me just give it a second to record some silence [00:00:06.28] Tom: And just let me know when you're ready [00:00:09.10] Matt: alright [00:00:10.20] Tom: OK so, uhm... when.. when I ask a question, just give like... wait like a second or two before your answer alright, so what is your name ans tell me a little about yourself. [00:00:21.08] Matt: My name is Matt Loughery. [00:00:23.12] Matt: Uhhmm I'm from the Bronx. [00:00:27.16] Matt: Well not originally, I grew up in Long Beach with my mom, and I moved to the Bronx.. because uhh... to go to school here at hunter it's just a better commute.   [00:00:37.05] Matt: Uhm, that's really it, I.. I'm studying film, I'm enjoying myself so far, I'm really interested and engaged in what I'm doing and uhm happy to continue to do this. [00:00:48.08] Tom: alright....alright what was your life like growing up? [00:00:52.02] Matt: My life was...

For my audio portrait assignment, I want to focus on the personal growth that Matt has gone through in the past few years. During my per-interview with Matt, I noticed that he has gone through a lot of maturing and self-realizations. I have a few hints as to what has sparked this maturing and self realization and want to see if that comes out in the interview. Some of the questions that I want to ask are going to be from the following: 1. Who has been the biggest influence on your life? What lessons did that person teach you? 2. What are the most important lessons you’ve learned in life? 3. Are there any funny stories your family tells about you that come to mind? 4. How would you like to be remembered? 5. Do you have any regrets? 6. Did you have a nickname? How’d you get it? 7. Why did you decide to go back to school? What motivated you? 8. What do you do for work? 9. What are you proudest of? I'm looking into combining some of these questions and trying to get them ...