Alejandro's Short Films

I was so happy to see someone from Centenary College of Louisiana get into USC grad school. I actually e-mailed their Graduate Admissions office my senior year in high school to see if they would accept anyone from Centenary. However, I was beginning to think that grad school is not worth the time and money after talking to some people. Hearing Alejandro's experience gave me a better idea about the projects they do. I had thought that they only critique movies, and you never get experience. I have a positive view of film grad school again.
My favorite project was his black and white film, Pituco. He was able to have so much depth and meaning in a short film which I am currently struggling with in the film classes here. The casting was well done and his explanation gives me an idea of how to look for actors in the future. If he returned with more film, I would definately go to see them.

Week 1/14

The reading for this week analyzes how we look at pictures and photographs and read them. Every person thinks differently, so each individual will interpret a picture somewhat differently from another. We can create pictures to manipulate a viewers attention, but the individual will read the image based on their personal life experiences. There are basic ways to see a picture where a group of people can agree on the purpose of a picture or photograph. For example, if a company like McDonalds shows an ad for their happy meals and fun toys that come with it, they are most likely trying to sell their image and product to children. We can make general assumptions, but any details will differ from person to person.

One of the best ways to analyze a picture would be to break down every detail first, and then puti it all together again. Then one can look at the overal picture and see how all of the details come together to create a meaning. One of the paintings I observed was the Mona Lisa at the website from our syllabus. The articles breaks down te paintings into several categories like physical condition, colors used, field od depth, facial expression, location of background of painting, etc. It gave me a whole new outlook of the painting I never really paid attention to before. I always looked at the woman and her expression and what it means to me and then stop there. Now I realize how interesting the other parts of the art are and it changes my overall outlook on the piece.

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