Blog Post #2- Favorite Five Films

My favorite five films and their best scenes...no particular order! 

#1 

Remember The Titans 

This is a scene from Remember The Titans where Bertier and Julius lead the team to unification, setting aside differences in skin color and becoming one as a team. This scene is compelling because it is a turning point in the film. I love the camera angle, panning back and forth from side to side capturing Bertier and Julius' faces and the teammates faces standing around them. With this medium-close up shot we can feel the evolution and the emotion that is happening here. The music swelling in the background adds to the intensity of this scene as well.

#2

The Color Purple

This is a still shot from the film The Color Purple. This scene in particular is when Celie and Nettie were reunited. They are standing in a field of purple flowers as the sun is setting in the background. This still has so much meaning to it because of the significance of the meaning of the color purple, which has many meanings. Right now it is signifying fulfillment. Celie and Nettie have both fulfilled what they were meant to do and are reunited. The lightening in this still is just so perfect. Nettie and Celie are literally center of the frame emphasizing their importance of this film in general, but more importantly this scene.

#3

The Temptations

I had to record this scene from The Temptations on my phone, because I wanted this part of the scene in particular. This scene is compelling because it was a turning point for the group and for David Ruffin's life. The dialogue in this film was so befitting for the time period. The costumes, hair, and scene design are awesome. Toward the end of the scene the men make a toast with a glass of sweet tea. Sweet tea is a drink of the south, although they are in Detroit, they are still drinking on some sweet tea, that is because all of them are from the south, Mississippi and Alabama, specifically. It shows they have a common ground and are uniting as one. 

#4

Super 8

I love, love, love this scene from Super 8, one of my favorite films. The cinematography in this film was AWESOME!! I love how Charles understands and appreciates the value of film-making; he is so amped when the train is approaching. I love this scene because I can feel his passion for film-making and waiting to get everything right. One could think that this was how Abrams, the director, was as a child. This was a great movie because it's like two films in one.

#5

ESPN's 30 for 30

Broke

I'm very iffy when it comes to documentaries, but this one I will watch over and over again. This documentary is personal and compelling. It gave insight on how athletes go broke while or after they retire from their profession. It shows how dumb some people can be and how low-down others can be. It is a rare documentary that you can truly learn from and take something away from watching it. I actually know someone in this documentary that made bad decisions in life. This is a well put together, transitional, transformational documentary.