Moonlight Directed- Barry Jenkins, 2016 | Overall rating 7/10 I gave it an overall of a seven because I felt like this movie is more relatable for a teenage audience and I felt like I had some things in common with the main character of chiro. This is very different in comparison to the joker where I had very little to no form of relation to him and his story. I also felt like the movie moonlight was paced well to let the audience have time to connect with each stage of chiro’s life, however the movie did start to get confusing when the main character chiro turns into an adult and is hardly recognizable. | Memorable scene I believed the most memorable scene was the scene when Kevin was punching Chiro and Chiro kept getting back up. I thought this was memorable because it showed how Chiro was reaching his breaking point and how he wasn’t going to stand down to the bullying like he did before. It also showed the pain he was feeling emotionally, physically. |
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Joker first response
Joker (Phillips, 2019) | Critical score: 6/10 I gave it a 6 out of ten because the cinematography was Truley what made the film enjoyable and it was really capturing, however the plot line was very confusing, and it felt all over the place. Although the camera work made it feel like I was Truley watching the movie from unique perspective, sometimes it was moving too quickly and too often which made it feel more fast paced. | Memorable scenes A memorable scene was when the joker was on stage with Murry and he was passionately talking about the class divide issue on 5television, his passion was clear, and the camera perspectives made it feel more real. |
what does Monaco mean by the ‘spectrums of art’?
Monaco states that the word ‘art’ itself shows us a lot about the history of art and how art was used by our ancestors. Art was once recognized in seven different forms: poetry, history, comedy, astronomy. Music, dance, and tragedy. This was because they all signified an important aspect of the universe we lived in. However, the term ‘art’ started to shift its meaning during the thirteenth century where the term art started to become used more for practical reasons such as geometry, it was also re-order to fit the trivium (grammar. Rhetoric and logic). Although, these changes only applied for a university setting, while outside a university the term ‘art’ was used more liberally for different skills like the ‘art of medicine.’ Eventually. In the sixteenth century the word art and the word skill were interchangeable since to be able to master an ‘art’ or ‘skill’ you would need a lot of practice. During the seventeenth century, the modern term for fine arts started to rise and sculpting and painting started to get recognized as an art, while geometry and mathematics started to be seen as separate. Later, a difference between ‘art’ and ‘artisan’ was made which was a new phrase of ‘creative’ or ‘imaginative.’ As science was developing quickly in the nineteenth century, the definition of art started to decrease, since science was gaining added information, updated terms were created such as ‘chemistry’ to help organize. Eventually the term ‘art’ referred to visual arts or literate arts. As technology improved, art was classified as advanced, creating the Dada movement in 1920 where art became basic and met the minimum quantum.
Categorising
ART FILM | MAINSTREAM | HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT |
A bug’s life- released November 14, 1998, adventure, John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton. This is a fully animated movie which means that the imagery can be created however, and it has no limits, the movie is also extremely colorful. Although the movie is mainstream it feels more like an art film due to its animations. | The wizard of Oz- august 25 1939, fantasy musical, Victor Fleming. I chose this because the wizard of Oz is known by a lot of people and is easily recognizable by its name, therefore this is mainstream. | battleship Potemkin- released December 21, 1925, Sergei Eisenstein, war/thriller. I chose this because it was released almost 100 years ago, and it is based on a key part of history. |
The shape of water- released December 1st, 2017, fantasy / romance, Guillermo del Toro. I chose this specific category because of the intense visuals to create the people and the colorful imagery. This movie also has no historical significance and is not based on any real-life event. | Ther breakfast club – released February 15, 1985, comedy, John Hughes. I chose this because the movie does not hold any historical significance, and it is also not an art film because the visuals are too simple. The movie is also recognizable by just its name which makes it mainstream. | Seven samurai- released April 26, 1954, Akira Kurosawa. Adventure. I chose this because it was released a long time ago which makes it historical, it is also significant because it is based on a significant part of history. |
Fitzcarraldo- October 10, 1982, Werner Herzog, adventure. This film is an art film because it is not a mainstream movie and it also has no historical significance; however, the movie’s visuals are powerful and creative for it being released in the 1980’s. | Love, Simon – March 16, 2018, Greg Berlanti, romance/ comedy. Although this movie can become historically significant in the future due to its plot about LGBTQ+, the movie is recent and other movies about the same message have been released since. The movie is also basic in terms of visual which means it can’t be an art film. | The magnificent seven, September 23, 2016, Antoine Fuqua, western action. I chose this because it is based on the same historical event as the seven samurai even though it was released recently it still has historical significance. |
Alphaville- May 5, 1965, Jean-Luc Godard, sci-fi. I chose this because it was released a long time ago, even though it is not based on a true part of history, it is not artistic enough to be considered an art film and it’s not mainstream. |