As the first day of Film Class goes. I am starting to get the sense of how much a movie amateur i really am. I always enjoyed movies, always watched movies. I never really appreciated the movies though. Looking where we came from, with the moving horse, to the day in the life of a fireman. There's a lot of room in between where movies have changed. The fact that a woman ran out of the theater made me laugh, and i only wondered what she would have done if 3d movies came out back then. Thinking about why it makes me laugh, is why i feel like i am naive to the concept of appreciating movies. I never knew what the first movies were like, besides the lack of color.

Seeing the older clips and the scenes that revolutionized the theory behind the theater was a different approach to the subject. Learning about the magic trick way to shoot a clip, as simple as it sounds today i never fully thought about how crazy it was for the time. It really is humbling to find out how much I am going to actually learn in a class that i thought i knew quite a bit about in the first place.

It never clicked in my head what it was like before camera angles were taken into full usage. How the simple view change, altered movie making and theater completely. It really goes to show how most people see movies as pure entertainment, when all they see is the movie and themes, when there is so much detail put into everything that is shown on the screen. Watching Avatar the first time, i loved the plot and action. Watching it the second time, I could focus on some of the smaller things that i was unable to notice the first. Like how realistic the plants looked when he hit it and it shrunk to a miniscule size. How in depth the scenes were, even if it is green screen at times. Speaking of.. the green screen is an amazing piece of work in itself. But back on topic, the details that you dont think about the first time, and slowly begin to notice as you watch more and more, are some things that I have been oblivious to when watching most movies, and usually have taken it all for granted.

This being my first blog and first ever film class of any sort, i am excited to see what i learn.