Movie Analysis 2

Movie Analysis

Title: Les Miserable’s

Genre: Drama, Epic, Novel

Characters: 

• Jean Valjean was imprisoned in a French prison for stealing bread. After he was released, he was having a hard time giving up his ways. One day, he stole something from a Bishop who provided him shelter during those times that no one would accept him because he is an ex-convict. Yet, the Bishop freed him from the soldiers despite his act. After that, Valjean started to live a new life. He becomes the mayor of the town.
• Javert as the antagonist was born in a jail. He lived trying hard to redeem himself. He is a guard in the prison when Valjean was released and concludes that Valjean will never ever change.
• Fantine fell in love with a man at a young age, and later she gave birth to Cosette. Since they were deprived of money, Fantine decided to leave her child with the Thenardiers demanding a large amount of money as a support for the child.
• Cosette, after she was given to the cruel family Thenardiers who was abusing her during the first eight years of her life, was rescued by Valjean as a vow to her mother. For the next years, Cosette lived in happiness together with Valjean, without her knowing that he was not her real father.
• Marius is the lover of Cosette. They spent their times together unknown to Jean Valjean. After the father's decision to go to England, Marius went to fight with the barricades and Cosette wrote him a farewell letter, which was found by Valjean. Valjean decided not to pursue England because it will break her daughter's heart and he then went to Marius to rescue him, and it seems Marius was the only one who survived but he was wounded.
• Eponine grew up with a wealthy life. Her mother gives her everything  yet he was ignored by his father. She grew up together with Cosette and they fell in love with the same man, but Marius sees her only as a friend because Marius was into Cosette. She was the one who will give to Marius Cosette's letter to the barricades, yet she was severely wounded and eventually just as she dies, she confesses her love to Marius.

Setting: France

Plot: 

Jean Valjean, after he was released by the prison guard Javert, was provided food and shelter by the Bishop who accepted him despite other people's impressions. But at night, Valjean steals the Bishop's silver. He was caught by the soldiers, but the Bishop protected him by saying that the silver was given to Valjean as a gift, with that, he was freed.  Guilty of his action and touched by how he was protected by the Bishop, Valjean thought of living a new life under a new identity. Fantine, after she was caught to be sending money to her daughter Cosette, was left with no choice but to be a prostitute. Fantine was to be caught by Javert, but Valjean intercedes.

        After Valjean knew about the man who was arrested because it was thought to be him, he revealed his true identity to the public so that the mistaken man would be freed. Seeing that Fantine was dying, Valjean was of pity to her, and promised to look after Cosette. Thus, Valjean decided to take Cosette away from the cruel family where she stayed for a period of time, the Thenardiers. Cosette had a series of questions about his family, yet Valjean refuses to state the truth. Marius fell in love with Cosette. Eponine was secretly in love with Marius, yet she knows she was only a friend, so she decided to just be supportive for Marius' love for Cosette. Later, after an attempted robbery in Valjean's house, made Valjean think that Javert has already found him. So, he decided to go to escape together with Cosette. Left with nothing to do, Cosette has to give up Marius and left him with a farewell letter which was discovered by Valjean.

        At the funeral procession, Eponine saves Marius in a gunfight, and confesses her love just as she dies. Valjean, after having been read Cosettes' letter, decided to go to the barricade to save Marius by dragging his unconscious body. Marius was the only one who was left alive. Valjean was given the choice to execute Javert, yet he freed him, which lead to Javert's doubt of Valjean's generosity.Thenardier was looking after the dead bodies and there they found Marius' ring. Javert was unfortunately, waiting for Valjean to arrive so that he could shoot him if he doesn't surrender yet Valjean ignored him. Disappointed of fulfilling his duty, Javert commits suicide.

  Later, Valjean decided to tell the truth to Marius trusting him not to reveal it to Cosette, and that he needed to leave because Cosette's life is in danger because of him. Marius and Cosette got married but the Thenardiers crashed and stated that they saw Valjean dragging a wounded man into the sewers. He showed Marius' ring as a proof, and that, Marius realized it was Valjean who saved him. Marius and Cosette immediately went to Valjean and there, they saw him sitting, dying. Valjean finally reveals the truth to Cosette. The two bid their goodbye, then, Valjean dies.

Theme: Forgiveness, Courage, Self- Sacrifice, the Importance of Love and Compassion

Symbolism: Myriel’s Silver Candle Stick, Christianity



     1. What does the title mean in relation to the film as a whole?

The Les Miserable’s film it is considered one of the greatest novels of the nineteenth century. In the English-speaking world, the novel is usually referred to by its original French title, which can be translated from the French as The Miserable's.

2. Among the characters to whom can you relate to?

I can relate myself to Eponine, because it's such a layered part. She shows so many different emotions, and is constantly questioning everything around her. Her vocal role, as well, is demanding. The actress playing Eponine must be well-rounded and be able to express all aspects of her character.

3. Which part of the presentation stuck you the most? Why?

Jean Valjean, just released from 19 years' imprisonment in the galleys five for stealing bread for his starving sister and her family and fourteen more for numerous escape attempts is turned away by innkeepers because his yellow passport marks him as a former convict. He sleeps on the street, angry and bitter.

4. What is the movie message?

In 1800s in France, LES MISERABLES is a faithful adaptation of the massively popular stage show which is based on the classic novel by Victor Hugo. The basic story centers on Jean Valjean, a fugitive who's wanted for breaking parole after serving 19 years for stealing a loaf of bread (and then trying to escape). The dogged and misguidedly by-the-book Inspector Javert is at his heels, even though it's been years since Valjean left prison. Meanwhile, the former convict has dedicated himself to helping others especially Cosette, the young daughter of doomed factory worker Fantine, who loses her job and turns to prostitution in desperation. After Fantine's death, Valjean raises Cosette as his own until they're both caught up in the June Rebellion of 1832 in Paris, when Valjean encounters Javert again and must decide whether to continue to live on the run or take a stand. Cosette, meanwhile, has fallen for the young revolutionary Marius but little does he know that Eponine (Samantha Barks), the daughter of the crooked innkeepers who had initially raised Cosette on Fantine's behalf, is enamored of him. Love and duty are intertwined in this searing epic about faith, forgiveness, class struggles, politics, poverty, and change. 

5.Did I like this in general? Why?

Yes, because this film shows the miserable of people and how they conquer it. And also they were singing a harmony song and every actor showed real emotion while they were singing in the movie.

6. Did I agree with the main theme/purpose? Why? Or Why not?

Yes, I agree to the main theme/purpose because it says what does the movie all about.

7. What specifically did I like/dislike? Why?

The movie Les Miserable's is both majestic and brutal, the beauty of the cinematography and the music achingly juxtaposed against the cruelty and savagery of its characters' lives. Expect your emotions to be wrenched this way and that; the actors especially Jack man  Hathaway, and Crowe have thrown everything on the table, making for a movie you won't easily forget. Director Tom Hooper had the actors sing live as the cameras rolled, and it was a brilliant decision, capturing the rawness of performances that sought to elevate the actors beyond warbling iconic songs in tune. You can feel them living the lyrics, sampling them as if they've never been sung before.

8. Are there any aspects of theme which are left ambiguous at the end?

 

The book which the reader has before him at this moment is, from one end to the other, in its entirety and details ... a progress from evil to good, from injustice to justice, from falsehood to truth, from night to day, from appetite to conscience, from corruption to life; from bestiality to duty, from hell to heaven, from nothingness to God. The starting point: matter, destination: the soul. The hydra at the beginning, the angel at the end.

9. How does the film relate to the things that are happened in your life? Why?

 

The story is told from the perspective of an omniscient narrator who frequently addresses us. The importance of love and compassion; social injustice ;The narrator not only knows what the characters are thinking at all times but also has a detailed grasp of contemporary politics and society that was happening to our real lives now.

Movie Analysis 1

Title: Life of Pi

Genre: Fantasy Novel

Characters: Piscine Molitor Patel as Pi, Gita Patel as Pi mother, Santosh Patel as Pi Father, Richard Parker as Bengal Tiger, Vibish Sivakumar as Ravi, Gerard Depardieu as Cook, Po-Chien Wang as Taiwanese Sailor, Rafe Spall as Writer, Shravanthi Sainath as Anandi Pi teenage girlfriend, Father Martin as Catholic  Priest. Heyna, Zibra,

Setting: The novel is a work of fiction set in the summer of 1977 that draws on places and historical events in India. The Patel household's discussions of the political situation refer to historical events. Pondicherry is a former French colony in India. It does have an Indian Coffee House and Botanical Gardens. The Botanical Garden has a toy train track. The garden does not have a zoo. It had one in the 1970s, but did not have any animals bigger than deer. The Botanical Garden has a small aquarium. Munnar, the destination for the Patel family's vacation, is a small but popular hill station in Kerala. Madurai, also referenced in the novel, is a popular tourist and pilgrimage site in Tamil Nadu.

Plot: Life of Pi is divided into three sections. In the first section, the main character, Pi, an adult, reminisces about his childhood. He was named Piscine Molitor Patel after a swimming pool in France. He changes his name to "Pi" when he begins secondary school, because he is tired of being taunted with the nickname "Pissing Patel". His father owns a zoo in Pondicherry, providing Pi with a relatively affluent lifestyle and some understanding of animal.

Pi is raised a Hindu, but as a fourteen-year-old he is introduced to Christianity and Islam, and starts to follow all three religions as he "just wants to love God”. He tries to understand God through the lens of each religion and comes to recognize benefits in each one.

Eventually, his family decides to sell their zoo over a land dispute with the government, and sell the animals to various zoos around the world before immigrating to Canada. In the second part of the novel, Pi's family embarks on a Japanese freighter to Canada carrying some of the animals from their zoo, but a few days out of port, the ship meets a storm and sinks, resulting in his family's death. During the storm, Pi escapes death in a small lifeboat with a spotted hyena, an injured Grant's zebra, and an orangutan.

As Pi strives to survive among the animals, the hyena kills the zebra, then the orangutan, much to Pi's distress. At this point, it is discovered that Bengal named Richard Parker had been hiding under the boat's tarpaulin; it kills and eats the hyena. Frightened, Pi constructs a small raft out of flotation devices, tethers it to the boat, and retreats to it. He delivers some of the fish and water he harvests to Richard Parker to keep him satisfied, conditioning Richard Parker not to threaten him by rocking the boat and causing seasickness while blowing a whistle. Eventually, Richard Parker learns to tolerate Pi's presence and they both live in the boat.

Pi recounts various events while adrift, including discovering an island of carnivorous algae inhabited. After 227 days, the lifeboat washes up onto the coast of Mexico and Richard Parker immediately escapes into the nearby jungle.

In the third part of the novel, two officials from the Japanese Ministry of Transport speak to Pi to ascertain why the ship sank. When they do not believe his story, he tells an alternative story of human brutality, in which Pi was adrift on a lifeboat with his mother, a sailor with a broken leg, and the ship's cook, who killed the sailor and Pi's mother and cut them up to use as bait and food. Parallels to Pi's first story lead the Japanese officials to believe that the orangutan represents his mother, the zebra represents the sailor, the hyena represents the cook, and Richard Parker is Pi himself.

After giving all the relevant information, Pi asks which of the two stories they prefer. Since the officials cannot prove which story is true and neither is relevant to the reasons behind the shipwreck, they choose the story with the animals. Pi thanks them and says, "And so it goes with God".

 Theme: The Will To Survive, The Nature of Religious Belief

Symbolism: Animals and Humans, The Spiritual Journey

1. WHAT DOES THE TITLE MEAN IN RELATION TO THE FILM AS A WHOLE?

The title mean that related to the film is when Pi challenge his journey in the Island. The story of Pi was very adventure because Pi struggle their journey that made his to be strong to the difficult situation in the movie.

2. AMONG THE CHARACTERS, TO WHOM CAN YOU RELATE TO?

It's Pi because as a student I've been encountered many problems in my life, but I always remember to myself that we never lose hope and always have faith in God.

3. WHICH PART OF THE PRESENTATION STUCK YOU THE MOST?

For me, the most grateful happen in the Life of Pi is when he came to the island and he stop to the island and the tiger disappears in the forest. It is nice and simple expression of man's desire for being true as a human.

4. WHAT IS THE MOVIE'S MESSAGE?

Pi faced with a heavy challenge, they tell the story that will make believe in God. Pi successfully helps skeptics overcome one of the largest hurdles of faith.

5. DID I LIKE THIS IN GENERAL?

For me I think this was an excellent and a highest rating movie and a worthwhile for the children, teenager and to adult. It's all about a Hindu young boy that has a spiritual journey in his life.

6. DID I AGREE WITH THE MAIN THEME/PURPOSE?WHY OR WHY NOT?

Yes! because the movie is gave the good enhancement to the viewer, and everyone of us must face any problems that may encountered. We should learned to go the flow of life.

7. WHAT SPECIFICALLY DID I LIKE/DISLIKE? WHY?

It was stunning and thoughtful movie, because the survival and hope that made of Pi. To telling the story that have explore the nature of faith to God.

8. ARE THERE ANY ASPECTS OF THEME WHICH ARE LEFT AMBIGUOUS AT THE END?WHY?

The power of nature is also emphasize in terms of emotional toll. Pi losses all hopes, accepts his parent's and brother's death and fells true, overpowering feel. Yet he also finds freedom in his hopelessness and he discovers that he has an ultimate will to survive that cannot be squelched.

9. HOW DOES THIS FILM RELATE TO THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN YOUR LIFE?

The movie tells that we always believe in God. And to determine how we live our lives and lead to the miracle that my come, and also to connect to the spiritual journey in my life. The will to survive and to struggles in any problems.

POEM

" DREAMS"

I've dreamed many dreams that never came true,
I've seen them vanish at dawn,
But I've realized enough of my dreams thank the Lord,
To make me want to dream on.

I've prayed many prayers when no answer came,
Though I've waited patient and long,
But answers have come to enough of my prayers,
To make me keep praying on.

I've trusted many a friend that failed,
And left me to weep alone,
But I've found enough of my friends that are really true,
That will make me keep trusting on.

I've sown many seeds that have fallen by the way,
For the birds to feed upon,
But I've held enough golden sheaves in my hand,
To make me keep sowing on.

I've drunk from the cup of disappointment and pain,
I've gone many days without song,
But I've sipped enough nectar from the Roses of Life,
To make me keep living on!

 

 

I make this poem for myself, all about my life, my expectation and experience in my life that I've struggle many times in my life. Every dream that I want to be came true the prayer that I need to answered every time I think, and pray and to strives all my ambitions that someday it would be happen.

I've prayed many prayers when no answer came,
Though I've waited patient and long,
But answers have come to enough of my prayers,
To make me keep praying on.

This poem says every person pray to God for the blessings, the time that we need God. Always remember we never lose hope. We always trust and be confidence to our self that no matter happen there is God who guides to us.

My Realization, Learning, Resolution

Realization

My realization in year 2012 is more of happiness, enjoyment and a peace of mind. I realize that I spend more money to buy the things that isn’t useful to use. I realize that spending too much is not good because it never help for me.

Learning

My learning is never be spend more money to the things we never be use anything, and also be humble, and be able to do a good companion to other people. I learned also to save my money for my allowance.

Resolution

My resolution this 2013 is I will maintain a good and higher grades, and also I will study hard and also my notes, and I will never be spend more money, for now I will save my allowance.

Movie Poster Project

Genre: Folklore                                                    Subgenre: Fairytale

TANGLE

“Tangle” is a fairytale because we know that Rapunzel and Prince Flynn has a magic and talking with animals, and its starts with once upon a time, like fantasy but much older.

Starring:

Actresses: Mandy Moore as Rapunzel

      Donna Murphy as Mother Guthel

Actors: Zachary Levi as Flynn Rider

  Ron Perlman as Stabbing Brother

Types of Poetry

Types of Poetry

Acrostic Poetry:

In Acrostic poems, the first letters of each line are aligned vertically to form a word. The word often is the subject of the poem.

Example:

Loves to play on the computer

Always humorous

Unique in every way

Running, jumping, tumbling at gym

Exceptionally bright

Learner

Cinquain Poetry:

Cinquain poems are five lines long with a certain number of syllables or words in each. Cinquain poems do not rhyme. There are many ways to write cinquain poems. Here is an example of one cinquain pattern.

Line 1: Title - one word or two syllables
Line 2: Description or example of the title - 2 words or four syllables
Line 3: Action about the title - a 3 word phrase or six syllables
Line 4: a 4 word phrase describing a feeling about the title or 8 syllables
Line 5: Synonym for the title - one word - 2 syllables

Line 1: Panther

Line 2: Sleek, graceful
Line 3: Running, hiding, emerging
Line 4: Happy to be free
Line 5: Cat

Couplets:

The couplet is the easiest of the verse forms. It consists of two lines with an end rhyme.

Example:

Grandmother sits in her old rocking chair.

She rocks and she rocks all day there.

Diamante:

Diamante poems are easy poems to write. You need to think of a subject and its opposite and then follow the format listed below:

First line: one word (subject).

Second line: two adjectives describing the subject

Third line: three words ending in -ing telling about the subject

Fourth line: four words, the first two describe the subject and the last two describe its opposite

Fifth line: three words ending in -ing telling about the opposite

Sixth line: two adjectives describing the opposite

Seventh line: one word (opposite from the first line)

Haiku:

A form of centuries old Japanese poetry that consists of seventeen syllables and has nature as its subject or theme. Haiku is very short and has a 5-7-5 syllable structure with 5 syllables in the first line, 7 syllables in the second line, and 5 syllables in the third line. With just a couple of words, haiku poetry conveys emotion. It suggests that the reader look and listen to the world.

Example:

As I lay and gaze
Blue skies and white clouds
Billowing high above me

Tanka:

Tanka is another form of Japanese poetry that consists of 31 syllables (5-7-5-7-7). The themes for Tanka are love, nature, seasons, and friendships,

Here is an example of Tanka:

Wind

Wind blowing my face

Making my cheeks rosy red

It's biting my nose

And chilling through all my bones

It is pushing me along

Elements of Story

Elements of a Story

Characters and how we get to know them: 
1. through the author's physical description of them
2. Their actions
3. Their words
4. Their inner thoughts
5. Through what other characters say and think about them
Plot - A pattern of events that develops from the interactions between characters.

A plot is a pattern of events in a cause and effect relationship.
1. Cause - Things that make something happen.
2. Effect - What happens because something was done.

Conflicts - The problems the characters encounter. Their conflicts can be:
1. External - conflict with others and with nature
2. Internal - conflict within themselves
Setting - Time and place of the story

Theme - The meaning behind the events and the characters' actions.

Narrative - The Point of View and Verbal tense of the narrator. How much the narrator intrudes into the story.

Elements of Poetry

Elements of Poetry

Rhythm: This is the music made by the statements of the poem, which includes the syllables in the lines. The best method of understanding this is to read the poem aloud, and understand the stressed and unstressed syllables. Listen for the sounds and the music made when we hear the lines spoken aloud. How do the words resonate with each other? How do the words flow when they are linked with one another? Does sound right? Do the words fit with each other? These are the things you consider while studying the rhythm of the poem.

Stanza: Stanza in poetry is defined as a smaller unit or group of lines or a paragraph in a poem. A particular stanza has a specific meter, rhyme scheme, etc. Based on the number of lines, stanzas are named as couplet (2 lines), Tercet (3 lines), Quatrain (4 lines), Cinquain (5 lines), Sestet (6 lines), Septet (7 lines), Octave (8 lines).

Rhyme: A poem may or may not have a rhyme. When you write poetry that has rhyme, it means that the last words or sounds of the lines match with each other in some form. Rhyme is basically similar sounding words like 'cat' and 'hat', 'close' and 'shows', 'house' and 'mouse', etc. Free verse poetry, though, does not follow this system.

Alliteration: This is also used in several poems for sound effect. Several words in the sentence may begin with the same alphabet or syllable sound. For example, in the sentence "Many minute miniature moments," the sound of the alphabet 'M' (phonetic sound /m/) is repeated in all the four words continuously. When you say those words aloud, the sound effect generated is called Alliteration.

Theme: This is what the poem is all about. The theme of the poem is the central idea that the poet wants to convey. It can be a story, or a thought, or a description of something or someone; anything that the poem is about.

Imagery: Imagery is also one of the important elements of a poem. This device is used by the poet for readers to create an image in their imagination. Imagery appeals to all the five senses. For e.g., when the poet describes, 'the flower is bright red', an image of a red flower is immediately created in the reader's mind.

Sound Devices: Are resources used by poets to convey and reinforce the meaning or experience of poetry through the skillful use of sound.  After all, poets are trying to use a concentrated blend of sound and imagery to create an emotional response.  The words and their order should evoke images, and the words themselves have sounds, which can reinforce or otherwise clarify those images.  All in all, the poet is trying to get you, the reader, to sense a particular thing, and the use of sound devices are some of the poet’s tools.

Mood/Tone: The tone of the poem is the "voice" you imagine the poem is read in. It can be angry or sinister or sad etc. The mood is very close to the tone as the tone often adds to the mood of the poem. The mood is the overall feeling of the poem, this can be created by the tone or by the language choices of the poem, for example if the mood is sad there may be a lot of words that are related to death (connotations) there may also be lots of punctuation that slows the reader down, also the writer may use a rhythm that is quite somber.

Couplets Poetry

Couplets:

The couplet is the easiest of the verse forms. It consists of two lines with an end rhyme.

Cinquain Poetry

Cinquain Poetry:

Cinquain poems are five lines long with a certain number of syllables or words in each. Cinquain poems do not rhyme. There are many ways to write cinquain poems. Here is an example of one cinquain pattern.

Epitaph Poetry

Epitaph

An epitaph is a commemorative inscription on a tomb or mortuary monument written in praise, or reflecting the life, of a deceased person. 

Acrostic Poetry

Acrostic

An acrostic poem is very easy to write.  It can be about any subject. This kind of poem can be written  in  different ways, but the simplest form is to put the letters that spell your subject down the side of your page.