Project 3

from the makers of STOP

Comes a trashpiece

MOMI visit

In the MOMI, there were only a few exhibits. The exhibits, or rather, the lack thereof, served as a reminder how brief the history of film as mass media really is. In the first exhibit, there were several portraits of movie stars from early on in hollywood, seemingly frozen in time, which set the mood for the rest of the gallery spaces. As we walked further there was a short film playing showing iconic moments in film from the early ages of film through the 80's. It was awe inspiring because there were so many short moments that were immediately recognizable despite the very short history of cinema. There were numerous props from movies throughout the museum, which in a way broke away some of the "magic" from my mind about how movies are made. It was overall a pretty profound experience in many ways, mainly because it laid so much of film's history out for the viewer to walk through and observe. All these items and installations hovering frozen in time, serving as a reminder of such a short, yet vastly impactful history.

In the "Don't Stop Me Now" scene from shaun of the dead, clever continuous shots as well as the sharp cuts add to the entire mood of the scene, which ranges from intense to comedic. Overall the edits lead to a very fast paced scene. At the very beginning of the scene we are treated to a few rapid edits which build the tension but help to balance between a tense yet comedic tone. the camera movement also adds to the tone by switching from slow pans into fast camera whips, which are used to seamlessly edit from the point of view of the character to the next subject. This works well because of the constant movement on the horizontal axis, and makes the edits hardly noticeable with the fast paced action as well as the sound cues from the song. The song keeps the pace up with multiple whip pans/edits. The reason that it feels so seamless is a mixture of the nonstop camera movement as well as the fast paced style of editing, where most of the shots, with the exception of a few, aren't held for very long. It keeps the scene visually interesting while also bumping up the speed of the movie from relatively slow to much faster.