There was a time
Not long ago
I used to smoke
And nothing more
In the rain
Or a foggy day
With my coffee
Or Just before bed
I didn’t know you smoke
They told me then
Do you smoke?
They tell me now
In between
Day and night
Sometimes
I dream I dream I still smoke
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Friday, May 24, 2013
3 MOVIE MUSTS
1.-THE WAY TO START...
2.-ESTABLISHING CHARACTER(s)
3.-THE END
1.-THE WAY TO START...
“The Sixth Sense”INT. BASEMENT - EVENING
A NAKED LIGHTBULB SPARKS TO LIFE. It dangles from the ceiling of
a basement.
“Memento”
FADE IN:
1 INT. DERELICT HOUSE - DAY <> 1
A POLAROID PHOTOGRAPH, clasped between finger and thumb: a
crude, crime scene flash picture of a MAN'S BODY lying on a
decaying wooden floor, a BLOODY MESS where his head should
be.
"THE BOURNE IDENTITY"
DARKNESS. THE SOUND OF WIND AND SPRAY.
MUSIC. TITLES.
EXT. OCEAN -- NIGHT
The darkness is actually water. A SEARCHLIGHT arcs across
heavy ocean swells. Half-a-dozen flashlights – weaker beams
racing along what we can see is the deck of an aging FISHING
TRAWLER.
FISHERMEN struggling with a gaff -- something in the water
A HUMAN CORPSE.
2.-ESTABLISHING CHARACTER(s)
You have 5 minutes to tell me everything concerning THE CHARACTER
to create something from nothing
GOOD OR EVIL The first time we hear a character is the most important one
The Godfather
VITO CORLEONE
(sitting behind his desk,
petting a cat)
Why did you go to the police? Why didn't
you come to me first?
Pulp Fiction
JULES
– Okay now, tell me about the hash
bars?
VINCENT
What so you want to know?
Interview with a vampireLOUIS
So you want me to tell you the
story of my life...
MALLOY
That's what I do. I interview
people. I collect lives.
3.-THE END
The way to finish a movie is not telling everything not explaining everything not doing the audience all their homework
let there be something to talk about after
“The Silence of the Lambs”
INT. DORM HALLWAY - NIGHT
As Clarice reacts, the fill weight of his words sinking in.
CLARICE
Dr. Lecter... Dr. Lecter...!
But only a DIAL TONE comes from the phone. She is still
staring at her receiver, in shock, as we –
Dr. Lecter, sets his phone down, then rises.
He follows Dr. Chilton down the street
CREDITS ROLL
“The Usual Suspects”
EXT. STREET
The car stops. The driver gets out.
IT IS KOBAYASHI, or the man we have come to know as such. He
smiles to Verbal. Verbal steps off of the curb, returning the
smile as he opens the passenger door and gets in.
The man called Kobayashi gets in the driver's seat and pulls
away .
A moment later, Agent David Kujan of U.S. Customs wanders
into the frame, looking around much in the way a child would
when lost at the circus. He takes no notice of the car
pulling out into traffic, blending in with the rest of the
cars filled with people on their way back to work.
BLACK
“AMERICAN PSYCHO”
BATEMAN (V.O.)
But even after admitting this, there is no catharsis. I gain no
deeper knowledge about myself, no new knowledge can be extracted
from my telling. There has been no reason for me to tell you any
of this. This confession has meant nothing...
The camera moves up to a sign on the wall behind him:
"THIS IS NOT AN EXIT."
CREDITS ROLL
“Never let the audience get ahead of the story”… Craig McKay (film editor of The Silence of the Lambs and Cop Land)
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Shall we begin?
I saw three picture & this is what I imagined…
EXT- Paris MorningIt just stopped raining
A taxi cab arrives at a Café a gentleman steps out
Enters the Café taking his scarf off
INT- CaféTwo men sitting, talking
One is laughing one is not…
Two cups of espresso & two glasses of water are brought
They are discussing Food Semiotics & Disney Theme Parks
Benedict
“Food is said to be semiotic because it transforms meaning with preparation. Food that is eaten by a wild animal raw from a carcass is obviously different in meaning when compared to a food that is prepared by humans in a kitchen to represent a cultural dish. Wendy Leeds says.
Tom...Did you know,“Disney fits well with the cultural code of Japan, because Japan values “cuteness,” politeness, and gift giving as part of their culture code. Tokyo Disneyland sells the most souvenirs of any Disney theme park. In contrast, Disneyland Paris failed when it launched as Euro Disney because the company did not research the codes underlying European culture. Its storybook retelling of European folktales was taken as elitist and insulting, and the strict appearance standards” Katherine Bartlett found out.
The end
EXT- Paris MorningIt just stopped raining
A taxi cab arrives at a Café a gentleman steps out
Enters the Café taking his scarf off
INT- CaféTwo men sitting, talking
One is laughing one is not…
Two cups of espresso & two glasses of water are brought
They are discussing Food Semiotics & Disney Theme Parks
Benedict
“Food is said to be semiotic because it transforms meaning with preparation. Food that is eaten by a wild animal raw from a carcass is obviously different in meaning when compared to a food that is prepared by humans in a kitchen to represent a cultural dish. Wendy Leeds says.
Tom...Did you know,“Disney fits well with the cultural code of Japan, because Japan values “cuteness,” politeness, and gift giving as part of their culture code. Tokyo Disneyland sells the most souvenirs of any Disney theme park. In contrast, Disneyland Paris failed when it launched as Euro Disney because the company did not research the codes underlying European culture. Its storybook retelling of European folktales was taken as elitist and insulting, and the strict appearance standards” Katherine Bartlett found out.
The end
Thursday, May 9, 2013
IS THERE A MOVIE INSIDE RADIOHEAD´S “PARANOID ANDROID”???
I believe so… & this is what I see:
Inside a house, inside a room, full of dust
A vinyl L.P. begins to play
The tracks transform into roads
The sun comes up
showing a horse running
The horse changes into car
Someone, who we do not know …lights a cigarette
looks in the rearview mirror
with an odd look,
rips the mirror off
Throw´s it outside
Raindrops fall
birds change path and follow the car
drives off a cliff…
sun becomes night
smiles
feels relaxed
crushing the cigarette against a rock
behind him a canyon
and on the bottom
the car on flames
Inside a house, inside a room, full of dust
A vinyl L.P. begins to play
The tracks transform into roads
The sun comes up
showing a horse running
The horse changes into car
Someone, who we do not know …lights a cigarette
looks in the rearview mirror
with an odd look,
rips the mirror off
Throw´s it outside
Raindrops fall
birds change path and follow the car
drives off a cliff…
sun becomes night
smiles
feels relaxed
crushing the cigarette against a rock
behind him a canyon
and on the bottom
the car on flames
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