If it is Pixar's it is good

What happens when you have the creativity of John Lasseter, the brilliant mind of Ed Catmull and Steve Jobs' money? Well, you are able to create one of the biggest animation studios in the world, the name: Pixar. But, being able to produce great movies one right after each other it's all because of their remarkable and excellent workflow and it all consists of 3 important aspects: talented people, open criticism and a great work environment.

First of all, Pixar has a really amazing team of animators. They believe that it is much important to have a group of really talented people rather than a great idea, because even if it is a bad one they can end up with a great movie. Also, they respect each other abilities and opinions, which lead them to trust each others' decisions. And even though it may have a lot of junior animators there is a special group of called the trust group which will help in order for the project to be completely perfect.

Second, every member working at Pixar is free of creating any kind of suggestion to anyone else's work. Because of the building's design, they tend to run into each other really often and ask if they can share some advice of what they have to do or how it could look better.  At the same time, it doesn't matter what role you are playing in the project you can go to any office and give your opinion about what is going on. This type of getting and giving feedback is what helps Pixar to redo any mistakes or get a scene to look better, because you have a lot of points of view.

Lastly, Pixar's facility and offices create a really great working environment. Not only will you be able to meet interesting people while working, but also you are going to be forced to get to know them because of Pixar's building structure. Also, you have the chance to decide the way your office will look like, giving you a more pleasant work space. And if you are tired, why not getting on your scooter and do a quick stroll and relax a little bit.

Most of the people think that Pixar's success is all because their stories or characters, but in order to create them, you actually need what really made this big studio one of the best. These people's abilities with their wide free suggestion system and all working in an appropriate environment will produce blockbusters one right after another. And that's what I like to call success, so, if it is Pixar's it is good. 

How to Beat a Scene.

How to train your Dragon Scene

1 Scene: It goes from the dragon not being able to fly, and Hiccup having troubles trusting himself, to being able to fly and trust on what he does. The value that changes is not trusting in each other, and then trusting.

Beat 1: The dragon and Hiccup are flying, the he activates a switch he placed on the dragon which opens a fake tail in order for them to remain flying, the dragon moves around to try if it is working

Beat 2: The dragon flies toward some rocks and crashes with them, Hiccup claims it's his fault so the dragon slaps him.

Beat 3: The dragon starts going upwards and Hiccup flight instructions fall down and he unchains form  it, so they start going astray.

Beat 4: When they are falling down, Hiccup tries to get back and the dragon hits him by mistake. After a while he manages to get on top of it, then they start struggling to fly again, and Hiccup activates the switch several times which lets them fly, ending with a fire burst done by the dragon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuuK7QQCkrw&feature=related

Linking Lola's Run

Watching movies that aren't from Hollywood is something we are not used to, sadly most of the times those movies are really boring or repetitive. But if we start searching for foreign movies we can come across a really special and different movie, not only it explains the relationship between time and events, but also it shows how far love can lead a young girl. Run Lola Run's main theme is the resolving of events depending on Lola's actions, how a small event can change everything and how you affect other people's lives.

Most of the time we don't think what we are doing before acting and this is what happens to Lola all the time. She seems to be always acting by circumstances rather than thinking what consequences will occur. First she shoots at a policeman, and then she threatens her father with another gun and so on. But most of the time it seems she has really good luck and things don't go too bad. 

In the movie the key event that changes every run and how every other action happens is Lola's encounter with her neighbor and dog. It depends on how she faces this first problem if she will be able to catch up with other events later on. On the first run it seems she jumps over the dog which clearly makes her be too early, next she was hurt by the neighbor so she starts to limp and be too late for most of the events. Finally, she decides to keep on without caring too mucho about it and being perfectly on time for everything to go smoothly.

Also, the movie shows us how our actions can change other people lives also depending whether we are on time or too early or too late. Every time Lola runs or bumps into a different character the way things go for them also changes, for example, the first time she crashes with the old lady and her baby, it causes her baby to be taken away, the second time, the old lady wins the lottery and the third time she gets into a religious order. 

A movie that plays with the character's actions, the importance of every event that happens in your daily life and explains how everything you do can affect those surrounding you. This magnificent storytelling makes Run Lola Run a great movie about love and circumstances, and it's the perfect example of why we must watch movies from other countries rather than only Hollywood ones.

Helmut Grokenberger - Character Map

The Mask: Taxi Driver, Foreigner, Old

Fears: Losing his job, Not doing things the way he should

Strong Traits: Patient, good learner, humorous, dedication.

Trouble traits: Naive, not speaking English.

Admired traits: Adventurous, family guy, honest people.

The Dark Side: People that lead to trouble.

 

Mercutio, the importance of being funny.

In a theatrical play where the main theme is love and hate between two separate families, who would have thought of a character capable of making fun of the main one, when he is struggling to survive love. Mercutio is a very versatile character. He is neither Capulet nor Montague, and it is because of him, that the story works the way it does. The way it was represented in the 1996 movie Romeo+ Juliet, I believe is really accurate.

First of all, not only in the movie but also in the original play, Mercutio is one of the most versatile roles. He is a funny and entertaining character who is always laughing about life. Also, one of the main purposes of Mercutio is to enhance Romeo's traits, by arguing with him about love, you can understand Romeo's extreme loving nature. But he can also be really serious, and even when he is dying he curses both families for the irrational fighting.

Second, Mercutio is one of the main characters because of the relevance of his acts. If it wasn't because of his teasing to Romeo's loving, he would had never accepted to go to the Capulet's party, resulting in meeting Juliet. When Tybalt seeks to have a fight with Romeo because of his relationship with Juliet, Mercutio starts making fun of him, insulting and taunting him, leading to a fight between Romeo and Tybalt and the subsequent death of Mercutio, which is the turning point of the whole play and when everything starts going badly.

Lastly, the way the movie represents Mercutio is actually really accurate and helps his personality. When he dresses up as a drag queen before the party you understand that he is a funny and free spirit man, and maybe an homosexual dude too. Also, his casual clothes are the ones a clumsy but down to earth guy could use, because he is not wearing the Montague's Hawaiian shirts or the Capulet's suits, but some sort of combination of both. The actor's expressions when he is dying are the final touch that completes the character; he continues to be joking but also angry and mad at both houses.

He is definitely my favorite character,  because he follows the very same philosophy I believe in, life is like a big game, where the only thing that matters is what you do and how you do it. He is one of the most important characters of Shakespeare work. For me, the movie gets perfectly every single aspect of how he should be and the actor did a really good work representing the brilliant and reckless Mercutio.

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Freytag's Pyramid

Exposition

We get to meet the 5 children that will enter Willy Wonka's chocolate factory and try to win the big price. We also get to know about their parents and some of Willy's traits.

·      Inciting incident: 

When they enter the chocolate factory, a strange man approaches to Charlie and asks for his help in order to get control over Willy's factory.

·      Rising action: 

They start exploring the factory, and some of the children are left behind because of their bad behavior and obsessions. 

·      Climax: 

      When Charlie is the only child left, you would think he is the one that will have the prize, but Willy says he did something wrong

·      Falling action: 

When Charlie's grandpa and Willy are arguing about if they won or not.

·      Turning point: 

When Willy reveals that the rival that asked for Charlie's helps was actually one of his employees and it was a final trial.

·      Moment of last suspense: 

When Willy asks for Charlie's forgiveness after his last trial.

·      Resolution: 

Charlie wins the competition and is rewarded with the entire factory, so his family and him could live there.

The fast and the Rebel

"Live fast, die young, leave a good-looking corpse." - James Dean

Living life in the fast lane, may not be always good, young actor James Dean had to learn this the hard way. Born in Indiana and raised by his uncle and aunt, he always loved theater and acting, and starting to study in the University of California after moving to Los Angeles. Before getting the immortal part of Cal Trask in East of Eden, he did some minor characters in two movies, a commercial, and a big Broadway play.

In East of Eden, he did a really good work playing a melancholic, passionate and introverted young man. It seems director Elia Kazan chose him because for the similarities between James and Cal. It was with this movie that he got his first nomination in the Academy Awards, for Best Actor in a leading Role. Shortly after finishing it, he starting filming Rebel without a cause and later Giant, and once again he was nominated for Best Actor.

And when everything was going perfectly, his worst addiction made him a bad turn. James always liked to race too, since his early years at Hollywood, he was on the routes racing. Even though he won just once, he was still competing. But, sometimes being ticketed is not the worst part of driving off limits. He was driving his Porsche Spyder, when a 23 year old, driving a 1950 Ford in the opposite direction, hit him in the front part. Luckily for the Ford driver he was just unconscious, but Dean's fate wasn't as good, when both cars crashed his neck broke provoking an instant death.

James Dean may have not acted in a lot of movies, but being a teenager and after his role in Rebel without a cause, most of the American young men and women were devastated. Speculation may lead us to think that he could have been one of the greatest actors of his era, but we will never know for sure. We can only remember him for his great acting and good-looking corpse.