Jurassic Park Notes “Questions are always answered” Or…they should be… One of Mr. E’s rules… If you are watching a movie, and suddednly have a question about what’s happening (whether in your head or out loud), chances are that question will be answered RIGHT AWAY! – or very soonish.
Jurassic Park Notes Shot Edit/Cut Jump Cut From when the camera is turned on to when the camera is turned off. Edit/Cut The one-frame transition between two shots. Jump Cut A cut between two very similar shots Something small is different causing a jarring effect
Jurassic Park Notes Manufacturing Drama Filmmakers have to construct scenes to achieve the highest potential dramatic effect. The audience needs the narrative fed to them slowly. “Real world” time does not work. We are TELESCOPING TIME Making a moment/event either shorter or longer in film Taking a moment that in real life would last fifteen seconds and turning it into an event or a scene that lasts five minutes (dinosaurs everywhere)
Jurassic Park Notes Cacophony Smash cut A big noise The word used to describe Spielberg’s method of overlapping conversations. Makes the scene seem more “natural.” Smash cut A cut accompanied by a loud noise and/or bright flash
Jurassic Park Notes “Cut-to” moment A moment where an important point is made, then the movie cuts to an example of that very point (“…Unless they (raptors) learn how to open doors – cut to: raptor opening a door)
Jurassic Park Notes Looking screen left/right theory If someone is looking screen right they are in power, telling the truth, or winning. If someone is looking screen left they are losing, lying, or not in power. This image shows the hierarchy of importance of characters.
Jurassic Park Notes Names almost always mean something Nedry Swap the “d” and “r” and you get Nerdy
Jurassic Park Notes Also costumes: Hammond vs. Malcom Black / “right all the time” vs. White / wrong / “playing god”
Jurassic Park Notes What’s missing throughout the whole tyrannosaur attack? (I always forget to mention this…REMIND ME!!) Why?