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Today I want to tell you about two beautiful days, that I'd spent. The first one was in London, and the second one - in Brighton. But both of them are connected with my favourite film director, Tim Burton, who has just received a BFI fellowship at London Film Festival awards. Yes, he was in London! What a surprise. Moreover there was an exhibition The Art of Frankenweenie. And this is what I want to tell you about.
It was fascinating, this exhibition. Walking near dolls, pictures and little room-exhibits - everything for free and started each half an hour! You could watch little videos about how the film was made, some interviews, trailers. The last one you could watch in 3D. Furthermore there was a little cinema, where you could watch some extra information about Frankenweenie.
Oh, I'm talking about the film and the exhibition, but, maybe, you don't even know what is it! In this case I'll tell you. Frankenweenie is a homage for old cinema, for films like Godzilla, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Dracula and, strictly speaking, Frankenstein. This black-and-white film tells us a story about a little boy, who wants to reanimate his beloved dog. So, it was what I was watching on my second beautiful day. And I loved it! And I still don't know how Tim Burton and others made this miracle, because - listen! - the film is a stop motion one. Unbelievable! Every second was made with incredible labor and consist of 24 frames. Everything is made by hand, there are a lot of trifles, like rubbish in a trash can, books on the floor, sockets. When you see the classroom, you can mention that every student table is different, and everybody has got an open book with TEXT. Furthermore, each newspaper has got text in it, which you can read, and it doesn't matter, that these newspapers, books and sockets are always far away from the forefront - trifles are important. Because of this you feel that the films is alive. You don't see dolls, you see real people. And this is wonderful. Furthermore, each doll is made with patience and love, so they are alive too. This is breathtaking beautiful.
Today I want to tell you about two beautiful days, that I'd spent. The first one was in London, and the second one - in Brighton. But both of them are connected with my favourite film director, Tim Burton, who has just received a BFI fellowship at London Film Festival awards. Yes, he was in London! What a surprise. Moreover there was an exhibition The Art of Frankenweenie. And this is what I want to tell you about.
It was fascinating, this exhibition. Walking near dolls, pictures and little room-exhibits - everything for free and started each half an hour! You could watch little videos about how the film was made, some interviews, trailers. The last one you could watch in 3D. Furthermore there was a little cinema, where you could watch some extra information about Frankenweenie.
Oh, I'm talking about the film and the exhibition, but, maybe, you don't even know what is it! In this case I'll tell you. Frankenweenie is a homage for old cinema, for films like Godzilla, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Dracula and, strictly speaking, Frankenstein. This black-and-white film tells us a story about a little boy, who wants to reanimate his beloved dog. So, it was what I was watching on my second beautiful day. And I loved it! And I still don't know how Tim Burton and others made this miracle, because - listen! - the film is a stop motion one. Unbelievable! Every second was made with incredible labor and consist of 24 frames. Everything is made by hand, there are a lot of trifles, like rubbish in a trash can, books on the floor, sockets. When you see the classroom, you can mention that every student table is different, and everybody has got an open book with TEXT. Furthermore, each newspaper has got text in it, which you can read, and it doesn't matter, that these newspapers, books and sockets are always far away from the forefront - trifles are important. Because of this you feel that the films is alive. You don't see dolls, you see real people. And this is wonderful. Furthermore, each doll is made with patience and love, so they are alive too. This is breathtaking beautiful.
It would be interesting to explore the characters in Tim Burton's films. The magical, fairytale feel of his films is partly achieved by metaphor, meaning and symbolisation, all underpinned with solid ideological values.
ReplyDeleteWhat do you think of Edward Scissorhands?: can you try to evaluate what the character represents and how this is done (connotations, symbols). What is the meaning of the film? What kind of ideological beliefs does it exemplify? This is quite a straightforward film to analyse!
I'll do it with great pleasure!
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