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@Phil: Fantastic Voyage: Pre-Viz Current Progress
A lot of this isn't exactly where I want it yet, but I think I have pre-vized everything I want in 3D. Just thought I would see what you thought.
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Sunday 16 April 2017
Review: E.T by Stephen Spielburg (1982)
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''With its small cast and domestic setting, “E.T. The Extra Terrestrial” practically seems like an independent feature, particularly in comparison to Steven Spielberg’s two previous films'' (Gibson, undated). Its use of special effects is in no way similar to his other film 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' as it is not as sophisticated for its time as that film was. E.T focuses more on the use of puppets and costume more than special effects as the puppet used for E.T was extremely well made for its time. Furthermore, the film never leaves the suburban location in which it begins, focusing most of the action within Elliot's small bedroom.
The use of camera angles allows the audience to see things not only from the children's perspective but also E.T's. ''Elliot and E.T.’s flight
through the air on Elliot’s bicycle, which would go on
to become one of the most iconic film sequences of
the last forty years, possess a sense of innocent
wonder'' (Gibson, undated). This use of the children's POV could be a way of getting the audience to connect once again with their own childhood, and by doing this it allows the audience to feel nostalgia and to connect further with the characters. Furthermore, throughout the film, most of the adults are only presented from the waist down or masked with protective suits, creating a sense of mystery and unease as these characters feel like a threat to the younger characters withing the film. Whereas, later in the film, we are finally allowed to see these characters in full, allowing Spielberg to then show hints to the audience that these adults are not actually 'the bad guys'.
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There is even further connections to the directors own childhood, even in the final stages of the film when we witness the death of E.T. ''The ordeal sequence usually has 'the image of death' and here we see E.T's death literally on screen. When Elliot says ''you must be dead because I don't know how to feel,'' it shows how he now has to learn to stand on his own feet. This very realisation signals Elliot's transformation and thus we have the end of Act 2. At this point a story ALWAYS turns from hopeless to hopeful. In a way this story is a coming of age for Elliot; he has to cope with the abandonment of a friend.'' (Trendall, 2011).
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BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Gibson, D. (2017). E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial. 1st ed. [ebook] pp.1-2. Available at: https://www.loc.gov/programs/static/national-film-preservation-board/documents/ET.pdf [Accessed 16 Apr. 2017].
Harris, John (2016), ‘EMPIRE ESSAY: E.T. the Extra Terrestrial Review’, [Online]. Available at: http://www.empireonline.com/movies/empire-essay-et-extra-terrestrial-2/review/ [Accessed Date: 13/04/2017]
Segers, K. and Trundell, D. (2017). Structure: E.T. - The Story Department. [online] The Story Department. Available at: https://thestorydepartment.com/screenwriting-structure-e-t/ [Accessed 16 Apr. 2017].
ILLUSTRATIONS:
Patches, M. (2017). 'E.T.' 30th Anniversary: The Sequel That Never Was and Three Decades of Cameos. [online] Hollywood.com. Available at: http://www.hollywood.com/movies/e-t-30th-anniversary-the-sequel-that-never-was-and-three-decades-of-cameos-57235884/ [Accessed 16 Apr. 2017].
Tobias, S. (2017). Cite a Website - Cite This For Me. [online] Vulture.com. Available at: http://www.vulture.com/2016/07/stranger-things-film-reference-glossary.html [Accessed 16 Apr. 2017].
Users.wfu.edu. (2017). E.T.. [online] Available at: http://users.wfu.edu/huanj13/bio.html [Accessed 16 Apr. 2017].
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