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Analyzing 'The One'

     This term for the civic term we took a class called Ollywood where we learned all about the ins and outs of movie-making. We learned about everything that happens in pre-production, production, and post-production.  We met with experts in different fields like foley art, Film professors and even directing for our Field experience. My favorite of which was watching the new movie "Caged Birds" at the Siskel Film Center and getting to do a virtual Q&A with the director of the movie. This experience was so interesting to me because I got to ask questions about inspiration and creative choices from the director himself! How often does a person get to do that?  We learned about movie analysis and different ways to critique a movie using the correct terms.  For our Final Presentation or FP, we took what we learned to analyze a movie of our choice. I worked with Damian and we did 'The Matrix'.  After watching we chose to do a generic analysis of the movie, meaning we are critiquing the movie based on how well different aspects of the movie worked within its genre.  We are doing this to practice a deeper analysis of movies in terms of the various stages of production.  Here we present our generic critique of 'The Matrix'! Please enjoy


    











After completing this analysis with my partner I realized a few things. First of all, while the matrix is so well known for its CGI work and its fight scenes it carries a lot of deeper meanings within its dialogue. I learned so much about the characters and analyzing them made me love the movie so much more. I also found a great new respect for scriptwriters, it felt like the majority of the time spent on this FP was on making the script sound good and flow nicely.  One thing I can definitely say I didn't expect to learn about was editing. I got a basic tutorial on Adobe Premier Pro and was given free rein to complete the video as I saw fit, I had a great time getting to know my way around the software, and can easily say it was my favorite part. Altogether this Fp was one to remember, although the work was a lot and I struggled with writer's block, it all felt so satisfying and rewarding seeing it come together.

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