Match on action

A match on action is when the clips in a video are used to show continuity in the scene. Match on action is used instead of jump cutting because jump cutting looks unprofessional and match on action looks smooth and makes the video flow.

Match on action involves taking close up and long shots of the same footage to make the video flow. This means that there is no scene changes and the video makes sense to the viewer. This is called continuity.

I used match on action in stead of jump cutting because jump cutting makes the video jar and look unprofessional. Match on action gives the video a good flow and continuity so the video makes sense to the viewer. This means that the scene is easy to watch and doesn't confuse and distract the viewer.  

Pulp Fiction movie review

Pulp fiction is a film about a 2 mobster hitmen, a mob boss, a mob bosses wife and a boxer. Yeah I know. Somehow, as always Quinten Tarantino makes it work. The thing that really drives this film is the dialogue. This film is written perfectly. It has some of the most memorable speeches and scenes of any movie ever. This film stars John Travolta, Samuel L Jackson, Uma Thurman, Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Amanda Plumber, Ving Rhames, and Bruce Willis. This has to be one of the best casts ever.

Personally one of the best things about this movie is the way that all the scenes are jumbled up. It is quite fun after to try and think about what scene happend first. Tarantino does a fantastic job of writing the dialogues for this film. There is a lot of talking but it is also very easy to watch. There is also a lot of racial slures even though wrong they are all very well used in the context of the characters. 

Samuel L Jackson is a superb actor at the best of times but in this film he is a genius. The way he plays his character is fantastic and there is not an actor that would have played him better. John Travolta is also very good in this film. The way these two actors pull off the hitmen is fantastic and I really feel that they play off of each other. On the other hand I hated Bruce Willis in this film. I did not hate his acting or they way he played the character, I thought he played the boxer hard man very well. I hated the character (Butch) as a whole. Harvey Keitel is beautiful in this film. He plays 'wolf' so well and is possibly the smoothest character in any film I've seen. I want to be this character so badly. 

The only part of the film that dragged for me was when Bruce Willis and his girlfriend are talking in the hotel. Which is hypocritical as I said the dialogue is superb. I didn't understand why Vincent Vega died when he did. It was left unexplained and I don't like it when a film as complex as this leaves things in explained, especially when a main character is killed. 

This is the only dialogue based film I've seen that I didn't get bored at and I will be quoting this movie for a long time. 

This is by a long way the best film I have ever seen. Please, please, please watch this film. I would rate it 10/10 a true classic. 

Se7en film review

Se7en is a mystery thriller film about two detectives Mills (Brad Pitt) and Somerset (Morgan Freeman) Somerset is about to retire and Mills is a new detective that has recently transferred. Their case is to find a serial killer that brutally murders seven people using the seven deadly sins, gluttony, greed, sloth, pride, lust, envy and wrath. 

Se7en is one if the most brutal and horrific films I have seen. It is also incredibly written and thought out. The writing makes you feel for both Somerset and Mills but also I understood why John Doe (Kevin Spacey) murdered the people the way he did. 

Brad Pitt plays a young detective that is very eager and impatient and wants answers straight away. However Freeman plays a much more laid back detective that is patient and awaits the answers. Although starts to get frustrated towards the end of the case. Both characters are played very well. I think that even though he is not in it for very long Spacey plays John Doe incredibly well. I am not a huge fan if Brad Pitt but I very much enjoyed him in this film, Keving spacey is one of my favourite actors and he was superb. So was Morgan Freeman. 

The idea behind the murders is fantastic and the ending is very good. I think the idea of John Doe turning himself in after killing Mills' wife and child just to finish his murders is brilliant. Also John Doe knows Mills' will kill him when he finds out which he does. The murders are planned out very methodically and the idea of the killer is very clear. 

I love this film, I don't personally think it has any flaws and would rate it a 9/10, this is one of my favourite movies of all time and one that you need to see. 

The usual suspects

The usual suspects is a crime thriller about 5 notorious criminals that meet after being arrested for a van robbery. After meeting they decide to take on some jobs together. They end up taking a job for kaiser soze, the most elusive and feared criminal of all. 

This film was outstanding, I enjoyed every minute of it. I found that at parts I didn't want to take my eyes off the screen because I didn't want to miss a detail. The writing is superb and it has the biggest plot twist of any film I've seen. 

Spacey plays a cripple named Verbal Kint. As always Spacey is a genius in this film and narrates and plays his part to perfection. The cinematography is absolutely outstanding and the opening scene is one that always stays on my mind. The climax to the film is incredible and I could not have guessed that kaiser soze is actually verbal Kint. This really surprised me because from the beginning I guessed that the soze was actually Keaton. I think the director Bryan Singor did a fantastic job hiding soze's actual identity.

The only problem I had with the film is that to me fensters death is unexplained and at times it is hard to follow. Apart from that the film is very entertaining.

As I said it has the most jaw dropping climaxes to any film I have seen. I would completely recommend it and would rate it a 9/10.