Ayeisha Williams

Film 3002

Journal Entry #2

Sunset Boulevard and a Touch of Evil

1.) Relate what was discussed in class or the text to the screening.

The two screening that was watched in class were Sunset Boulevard and the then the next week we watched Touch of Evil. Sunset Boulevard was more for a classic type of movie there is was famous actor Orson Welles. In the movie Sunset Boulevard there was a clip of the end of the film that had given you a preview of what was going to happen at the end of movie. In film Touch of Evil at the beginning of the film there was just one shot that was in the scene but the angles had changed. There was an example of high angel shots in both of the films they had oblique camera angles had been shown.

2.) Find a related article and summarize the content.  

http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=EE05E7DF1731E632E05752C1A96E9C946192D6CF

The text I found was from the New York Times. In this movie review done by Thomas Proyer he talks about the role that Sunset Boulevard has in film history. He describes Sunset Boulevard as a movie that is rich with a powerful written story. The film was so powerful that it made Gloria Swanson comes out of retirement said by Proyer in this review.

http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/12687|0/Touch-of-Evil.html

According to Tcm.com when Universal-International has took control of Touch of Evil away from the original owner of the script Orson Welles in 1957. This ended up the downfall to Orson Welles. Welles demanded and had high hopes for this film he wanted this film to be shot in Tijuana but needed it ended it getting shot in Venice, California,

3.) Apply the article to the film screened in class.  

Each of these articles had placed a role and showing the background before movie before they becomes filmed. There are any aspects that may come to writing a screen movie. You background information plays a role on how a movie may end up. Sunset Boulevard had left a more dramatic effect because has feature in later movie and Touch of Evil did not get recognized until the later years. Touch of Evil has shown the way a movie can be put together by using fewer frames and just using angle style of shooting. The susceptive nature of Touch of Evil had given you dark side to the regular old movie scripts.

4) Write a critical analysis of the film, including your personal opinion, formed as a result of the screening, class discussions, text material and the article.

Both movies had keys example of what can happen when everything goes wrong. You needed the evil and dark drama of Sunset Blvd. It is what most of our culture comes from that the most famous directors of our time are using today to draw in the audience to see more than a black and white film but the work that goes behind completing a film such as Sunset Blvd. I have seen movies end with the dead body inside of the pool at the end of Sunset Blvd. Crime dramas such as CSI broadcast fictional crime off movie such as Sunset Blvd. Touch of Evil was more realistic because even if ti didn’t have many cuts like other movies it still gapped the attention of the views with has that the view interested and easy to follow along.

CHECKLIST FOR PLAGIARISM

1) ( * ) I have not handed in this assignment for any other class.

2) ( * ) If I reused any information from other papers I have written for other classes, I clearly explain that in the paper.

3) ( * ) If I used any passages word for word, I put quotations around those words, or used indentation and citation within the text.

4) ( * ) I have not padded the bibliography. I have used all sources cited in the bibliography in the text of the paper.

5) ( * ) I have cited in the bibliography only the pages I personally read.

6) ( *) I have used direct quotations only in cases where it could not be stated in another way. I cited the source within the paper and in the bibliography.

7) ( * ) I did not so over-use direct quotations that the paper lacks interpretation or originality.

8) (*) I checked yes on steps 1-7 and therefore have been fully transparent about the research and ideas used in my paper.

Name: Ayeisha Williams Date: 4/15/15