Susannah Dickerson
John Finn
NMC 101
3/6/15
The Hobbit: Immersion Control
In the film, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, director Peter Jackson implements a number of film aesthetics to enhance the experience a viewer has while taking in the film. Three major aesthetics I picked out were that of the use of 48 frames per second, the movie’s score, and the use of color in the film. While some of these aesthetics are apparent, how they enhance the film may not be so obvious beyond the fact that it makes the movie look and sound better.
One of the most talked about Aesthetic choices for the Hobbit was director Peter Jackson’s decision to release the movie with 48 fps (frames per second), entirely different from the standard 24 fps of the movie
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The film uses an assortment of reds, browns, blues, gold, and green; a very vibrant color pallet. The overarching color is blue, a calm color that fits well with the movies intension of setting the scene for the next two movies to come. Whenever conflict presents itself in a scene there is a contrast of red, a more excited color than blue, which adds to the high energy of the scene. Other colors appear throughout the story such as an assortment of browns in the beginning which imply a warm tone, perfect for setting the scene of Bilbo’s home. The second half of the movie takes place primarily during the night, and we are overwhelmed with the dark blue in scenes that are exposition or low energy, such as Bilbo’s riddle game with Gollum. Meanwhile, red is the primary color in the high-energy scene between the dwarves and the goblins. At the end, the two colors come together, a dark Blue illuminated by a vibrant red that encompasses the entire shot until the movie ends with the sun dawning upon the sky. This delivers a host of vibrant, but soft, colors that imply the journey to come. Color was very effective throughout the movie in helping to imply tone and conflict, as well as delivering a picture that was pleasant to the …show more content…
While 48 fps proved to be controversial, increasing the frame rate and offering higher-quality is the future of film. Meanwhile, Score is very important in setting the tone for any type of film or video, and I definitely think I would implement more background music if I were to create any type of video (ads, videos on YouTube, short films) to enhance any viewer’s experience. Color, as well, is very important when it comes to video since a color pallet can imply tone, as well as be pleasant or harsh on a viewer’s eyes (depending on which colors are chosen and how they are used). As a writer, color is still very important, and can be used as a tool to enhance a reader’s imagination when they read your work. Since I am primarily a writer, out of all these aesthetics I see myself implementing the use of color to enhance my stories and paint a better picture for my readers through colorful description. A lot of these aesthetic choices worked well in the film, however, and prove that every small detail put together is what really builds and enhances a story, whether it is through pictures of
The author uses light and darkness to describe Starkfield. The only time any real color is mentioned is when Ethan comes home to Mattie. The color red is used a lot to describe the house as it symbolizes Ethan’s passion towards her.
The last role that imagery plays in The Hobbit is to foreshadow events. When Bilbo was deep in the caves of Moria, it is complete and total darkness. The narrator, in one passage says, "When Bilbo opened his eyes, he wondered whether if he
Going forward, in this essay, topics such as heroism and transformity will be strongly analyzed through quotes directly from the book The Hobbit and opinions formed while reading. Through the book The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien is able to show how a hero isn’t always the typical buff and boots with a cape on his back kind of person. Tolkien shows the reader that a hero is made by the struggles he conquers and isn’t just a perfect character thrown into the beginning of the story.
And examples like these is what made the use of Technicolor in The Wizard of Oz so incredible. Filmmakers, actors, and film lovers across different spectrums were being exposed to how Technicolor made certain scenes in films come alive. The use of vivid color added artistic value to cinema. Color also represented many different vivid ideas and thoughts. And color was an important aspect in The Wizard of Oz. imagine if the yellow brick road was a plain gray or if the Emerald City never sparkle with mystifying colors of green. We would have experience a completely different Wizard of Oz.
Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit living in the Shire having a peaceful quiet life in his hobbit hole. One day after living a life of leisure and pleasure he is awakened by a rude knock on his door. In a matter of a few hours he will meet the people that changed his life for good. The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien is a story about a hobbit and his adventure. His adventure starts with a knock on his door by his old Friend Gandalf. Gandalf then promptly asks Bilbo”I am looking for someone to share in an adventure”(tolkien). Bilbo then denies Gandalf and continuous with his usual day until that night. When Bilbo is about to eat his dinner he gets a knock. He opens it to find two dwarves Dwalin and Balin. Bilbo 's shocked but invites them in. Bilbo does this eval times until he 's left with thirteen dwarves Dwalin, Balin, Kili, Fili, Dori, Ori, Nori, Gloin, Bifur, Bofur, Bombur, and Thorin Oakenshield. They then invite him on a quest that would change his life. During his quest he faces many evils and overcomes them all to become a hero.
In the early 1900’s silent films amazed audiences with images, later talkies impressed with sound, today we have 3D. As technology continues to evolve so too will film genres. Genres, while having some shared characteristics, also differ in terms of stylistic devices used. For instance, the dramatic film “The Notebook” effectively uses color to reinforce theme and has plausible performers as the two main protagonists.
The Hobbit book came first which means the movie was based on the book. So, the book had the original order of everything and the original plot of the story. The beginning of the book flowed really well, it didn’t jump into the book right away. It slowly got into the plot by telling about hobbits and Bilbo’s family. “The Bagginses had lived in the neighbourhood of The Hill for time out of mind, and people considered them very respectable, not only because most of them were rich, but also because they never had any adventures or did anything unexpected: you could tell what a Baggins would say on any question without the bother of asking him.” (P.G. 4). This tells more about how hobbits in general. In the movie, When it started it was bit confusing because it started off with Bilbo Baggins writing a letter and there was this character named Frodo, which wasn’t in the book, and I had no idea what was really happening. After that scene, the movie immediately starts, which made it even more confusing, without any details on anything. The movie was just out of place in some scenes, since the movie added a lot of different scenes and took away a lot of scenes it got confusing. It isn’t a bad thing to add or get rid of some scenes, but The Hobbit movie got rid of so many and added so many it was out of place. Therefore, the book is better because it flowed better and made more sense than the
Finally, these colors relate to the one of the themes of the book, humans savage instincts will come out when rules are removed, because Jack puts on the hunting paint and he lets in prevail and consume him. Red-
When Making a film a director wants to draw the audiences emotions to the film to make them interested in what is going to happen. The director wants to make sure the audience is putting their emotions into a particular character or event. They can use this to give items importance and help us see who is an important character or if an event is serious or not. They basically tell us how to feel in a situation. They do this with the perspective/focus, lighting, and with the audio.
While Arnheim’s views on the future of film and the idea of a complete film can be somewhat insightful, I disagree with his conclusion that the introduction of sound and color diminishes the creative quality and originality of movies. He states his belief that eventually film will develop to the point where we “we have nothing to look forward to” (Arnheim , 184).
Each film has a distinct purpose associated with it. Whether this purpose is as simple as teaching children a valuable lesson or as complex as criticizing a society 's barriers, there are explicit goals which must be discerningly conveyed. There are specific elements to filmmaking which are designed to contribute to the goals set forth when making a film. Such elements include what would be considered "aesthetics of astonishment," or striking images, editing conflict and other techniques associated with montage filmmaking. Each of these techniques imprint a thought or logic on a film a kind of "watermark" that pushes the film itself towards the accomplishment of the original goals. Regardless of the need for the completion of these
According to the web, Peter Jackson created the remake of Tolkien’s novel because he was a fan of the original work and wanted to bring it to life. He was inspired by his 12-hour train ride when he was younger, the whole train ride he read the novels as he stared at the New Zealand landscape (TheLordoftheRings.net). Jackson shot the whole movie at multiple locations within New Zealand’s conservation and national parks area (Wikipedia, 2014). I am pretty sure that most of the movie was shoot in green screen because they were in the middle of nowhere. The movie has a lot alluring special effects that makes me feel like they’re actually watching something that is real. Critic Rob Blackwelder, in his review, “Hobbit-Forming,” tells about how director Peter Jackson, “has brought the monumental ambience, the distinctive characters and the
While the film is in color, sometimes it appears to be in black and white. There are no bright colors in the film. Most of the colors are either browns, beiges, whites, blacks, and grays, so that even when the characters are outside or in daylight, there are contrasts between lights and darks. For example, at the beginning Mr. Gettes is seated in a somewhat dark office, yet he is wearing an all-white suit. Later, when he goes to examine the dried up river bed, his black suit contrasts with the bright sunlight and light colored sand.
The word “genre” is defined as a category of artistic composition, whether that art be painting, music, or literature. Genres are always defined by an origin point, the first and most essential example of its kind. In the case of literature, these are known as classical books. Novels and stories that are responsible for developing or popularizing a certain style, or theme. An easy example of a classical book responsible for creating genres could be The Hobbit. A fantasy novel written by J.R.R. Tolkien to entertain his children and keep track of the bedtime stories he continuously told them. Tolkien’s wonderous stories bore a new era of creation, seeing the continuation of the story in Lord of the Rings, and becoming the basis for modern fantasy
Every so often a movie is released with such tense anticipation and glamorous visual art that the public is drawn to this dramatic rendition of life in the theatre. For even just two hours or so, you are put into a different lifestyle. Action, drama or comedy it may be. We are thrust into a different way of thinking. We are forced to learn the characters thoughts and feelings. The hard work and artistic skill that goes into these magnificent films is not an easy thing to mimic. Out of the thousands of movies released worldwide each year only a handful are truly worthy of the label film art. Most of the great movies are either produced by a multi million dollar