(Draft) American Short Film Analysis.

Today we will watch the following American short films


•FREIHEIT by George Lucas (1966)
•DAYBREAK EXPRESS by D.A. Pennebaker (1953)
•VINCENT Tim Burton(1982)
• GEORGE LUCAS IN LOVE by Joe Nussbaum (1999)
•FEELINGS by Todd Solondz (1984)
AND MAYBE
•NECROLOGY (ROLL CALL OF THE DEAD) By Standish Lawder (1969)

you will need to add three posts and embed links to one of the three in each of of them - then in the post
1.add a synopsis of the film and the director
2.deconstruct the narrative / style and sound
3.make notes on the ideas it gives you
Use clear and suitable titles to your posts: begin with Research and planning : deconstruction - then film title/director



Be creative in presentation methods e.g. you could make one a powerpoint from slideshare, one a talking head and one a 'tradtitional' post    

I have chosen to analyze 3 different films, my first film is Vincent.

Vincent (1982) - By Tim Burton
Tim Burton is a well known director for gothic animation movies such as "The Nightmare Before Christmas". He was born in 1958 where his mother owned a cat themed gift shop but in his teens he created many crude animations.

Vincent is a short horror stop-motion animation film about a 7 year-old boy who pretends to be Vincent Price. The movie is also narrated by the famous actor and writer Vincent Price himself. The boy goes in and out of different imaginations of being a crazy scientist creating experiments, traps and monsters such as the dog.

Tim Burton's Vincent (1982)

I've compared to two images of Vincent Price and the little boy from "Vincent" and it is clear that Tim Burton created the puppet to the similar image. The eyebrows are a key feature on Prices' face and they have been carved into the little boys face. The hair styles features have also been copied and pasted, the far receding hair line and the parting. The mustache has not been placed on the boys face which is surprising as it is his main facial feature but the fact he's a little boy means it makes sense not to.


The fact that the little boys copying the rough roles of past Vincent Price roles means he's playing a homage to Price and all of his parts.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084868/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Burton

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_(1982_film)

The second film i'm going to analyze is "George Lucas in Love" (1999) - It is a comedy using star wars references through out. It is clever how they integrate many different references but it is a cheap method to gain fans to your short film, because you're just grabbing attention from followers of "Star Wars". Although i did enjoy the short film myself as i am a fan of Star Wars but many hardcore followers will find this an insult to the Star Wars films.

The story follows the character of George Lucas in university and he finds a woman who has similar traits to "Princess Leia" and he has a crush on her. It's obvious that she's meant to be similar to Leia as the iconic hair style.