Posted by: wktd | March 14th, 2010 |
It seems off topic, but really it isn't. For my photo class, our next assignment is to watch a black and white movie, and then choose a character and do a series of self portraits as that character. It sounds really fun - but I don't know what movie to pick! Any suggestions?Man, you should talk to my boss...his job is pretty much to order movies from Amazon for the university library's media resource center where I work. He could probably tell you about any movie ever created, and if we have it in our collection of over 16,000 movies, just off the top of his head.
Unfortunately, I'm no help. The only b&w movie I can think of is It's A Wonderful Life.Yojimbo, by Kurosawa. That would make for a fun costume and self portrait.Nice workCoffee and cigarettes by Jarmusch has a wealth of celebrities in funny roles, you'd have a lot of choice, jack white to bill murray to tom waitsPi: Faith in Chaos (http://www.netflix.com/MovieDisplay?movieid=1193100&trkid=189530&strkid=2086632543_0_0) - by Darren AronofskyMiracle on 34th St.
Then you can be Santa Claus!One of my favorite classics..M http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022100/ This film features Peter Lorre in his earlier years. Great movie to see none the less.I knew if I asked here I'd get some great ideas! Thanks guys!Subscribing to thread.The Marx Brothers are classic, and my favorite.Clerks :lol:. There is always CassablancaThanks guys (and girls!). I thought about doing Sin City, but I think someone else in my class is doing that one. Not that two people can't do the same movie, but I'd rather not. I know someone is doing Reefer Madness - wish I thought of that first! I think tonight I'll go pick up a stack of movies and watch them all, then pick my favorite. I never have time to just sit and watch a movie, so it'll be a great excuse!You could go slightly newer, but not the most happy movie. Shindler's List.
A fun one would be The Maltese Falcon.How about Gone With the Wind?Another great suggestion there... but be warned, you may become addicted to German expressionism and noir.Clerks! :thumbup:Doing self-portraits of the narrator in "Citizen Kane" would be a gas. His face is never shown! Your only problem would be to simulate the clothing of the era.FAILSAFE!
LWWKurosawa films are amazing. Ask Lucas and Spielberg who there biggest influence was. ;):headbang:"Young Frankenstein":headbang:Great ideas here. We could go on for days. ;) I like the Marx Bros. idea, because any of them would be a fun costume, and fairly recognizable, too.
That said, I'm also down with any movie that has Peter Lorre in it.
Fun project! Whatever you decide, be sure to post your pictures here, okay? :)Kurosawa films are amazing. Ask Lucas and Spielberg who there biggest influence was. ;)
:thumbup: :thumbup: ... i would go Kurosawa.
... another great b+w film for me is kubricks... Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb ... but it may be difficult to get a distinguishable portrait out of it!http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i319/RokcetScientist/Charlie_Chaplin.jpg
Charlie ChaplinI watched Citizen Kane tonight, and have some ideas about it - but Torus was right, the period dress would be hard to duplicate, at least for the women. I suppose I could try to dress up as a man, but it wouldn't be that convincing :-) I think I may also watch Lolita, and or maybe Evita (that's b&w, isn't it?) Luckily this isn't due for a good while, so I have plenty of time to watch a bunch of movies and pick one :-)Hi all-
I decided it was time to resurrect this old thread with the results! Yeah, I know it was a waaaay long time ago, but I got really behind on scanning my negatives. Here are some of the ones I turned in (the scans are pretty dusty, I know). I finally settled on Schindler's List for the movie (mostly because I've been meaning to see it forever), and I "played" the character Helen Hirsche (played by Embeth Davidtz in the movie). It was a cool project, overall. The shots in front of the wall were hard since they were taken at night under a streetlight. I had my camera on a tripod (of course), but I apparently don't have the ability to stand still for 20+ seconds.
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http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j272/nicci_g/img028lowres.jpg"Citizen Kane" Ground breaking film as far as cinematography goes. Plus Charles Kane is a pretty eccentric character. "Duck Soup" or any Marx brothers film. These guys are stupid funny and very photogenic. "Lolita" by the incomparable Stanley Kubrick. Check out movie database before watching this one. Adult themes to put it mildly. "Shadows and Fog" by Woody Allen. This is a tribute to the film noir days.Yojimbo, by Kurosawa. That would make for a fun costume and self portrait.
You guys hit my two main recommendations: Kurosawa films and Citizen Kane. Just watching those films is an education in composition and cinematography, regardless of the assignment.
As an interesting exercise, you could try Night of the Living Dead. ;)
And I have to give another nod towards Pi. It's one of my favorite films.
How about Sin City? It's not completely b&w, but might count.Anything, I mean anything, photographed by James Wong Howe. The opening street sequence from "The Sweet Smell of Success" -- night, rain, neon -- beautiful.La Haine - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113247/ - one of the best films of the 90's, with some pretty impressive cinematography.How about Gone With the Wind?
Maybe a little too much Technicolor for a black and white film? :lol:
And my answer to question: The Third Man!The Hustler or Raging Bull would be good choices.:headbang:"Young Frankenstein":headbang:
Walk this way... :mrgreen:How about 'The Elephant Man'? It's beautiful.
Ok, a portrait as the Elephant Man is probably not your first choice...:D, but there are more characters to choose from.
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