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The Happier Post -or- The Hobbit Book Summarized

This video is obviously stop-motion capture of real legos, and has "shots" or actually scenes that mimic both jump cutting and Montage to tell The Hobbit in a much shorter and realistic time frame adhering more to the book than the trilogy. The Youtube channel is called Brotherhood Workshop, and he and his crew actually get paid to do this awesome mode of filming.

Regeneration

This is movie Regeneration is my favorite World War I era film. It is a very intense and graphic film, but the ending (this clip) shows only one small bit of gruesome after-war dead. My interest is in the last 5-6 minutes where there is a jump cut that helps continue the emotional storyline to the conclusion most war films and especially WWI films share: futility and it's sad "necessary" effects on the world the act of war leaves behind. The film is also known as Behind the Lines, and is a book I haven't read.






A happier post to follow...

Question unpertaining to the lessons so far

This question is for everyone on the blog:

What movie/TV show/film attracted or interested you to taking film seriously and appreciatively?

In other words what was the first movie that marveled you into wanting to know more about the film industry and how film is made?

My spark had to be when I watched the "Appendices" or the Special Extra features of The Lord of  the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies. The depth of material, information and teamwork that went into making these landmarks in film astound and amazed me. To give you an idea of the total time of the extras in the Appendices, both the trilogies actual run time (about 20 hours) is about 10 times shorter than the extra disc which are all about the film-making process and even this is in a sense a summary.

Watching this (which took two weeks of semi-all-nighters) made me really begin to appreciate the 6-10 minutes the credit reels tend to take these days.

Also a very helpful website for movie lovers is IMDb standing for International Movie Database

Here is the link: http://www.imdb.com/

The website is basically a catalog for every film that is known to exist, besides personal videos, of course.

And here is a clip inside the filming of The Hobbit which can also be found on The Hobbit Blog:
http://www.thehobbitblog.com

This one is my personal favorite.

I thought that this was a good example of jump cut editing. We see the character go through a very dramatic appearance change as he cuts off his head and facial hair after each jump cut. You can really see the depressed state that this actor is carrying out through his character. The racing to the emergency room, the concerned girlfriend. It creates a nostalgic feeling of how he longs for the past and how things like this become unreal like a dream. 

Continuity and Montage editing all in one scene!

I thought this scene from Inception was a great example of continuity AND montage editing.  The scene takes you back and forth between thoughts and dreams (montage) as well as multiple scenes in the same room (continuity) all while maintaining the same narrative.  There are quite a few people who do not like this movie and considers it rather confusing but I enjoy it.