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Personal Fav!

Hey welcome to Carl's Take! I wanted to share another personal favorite with you guys! There are so many good movies in today's market, it gets hard to choose just a few to want to own. But today I want to share one I think everyone will want to own after seeing it. The movie I am talking about is Cloud Atlas! Coming out just last year the movie has some very well known actors in it. They do an amazing job in this film, but that is nothing compared to how well the story is. This story will bend your mind, it has twist and turns that you will never see coming. The amazing story line along with fa-nominal directing, and crazy real effects and details, you get pulled in. You begin to live these people's lives and want to really see what happens. This to me, is one of a few movies I truly enjoyed seeing and paying money for last year. Please, please, please, go get this movie! You will like it, that is if you enjoy a great story and amazing visual effects.
 Check out this preview of Cloud Atlas!

1950's

Hello and welcome to Carl's Take! I want to jump into the 1950's film, Vertigo. Directed by one of the best directors of his time, Alfred Hitchcock. This man started classic thrillers for how we know them today. Who could forget that chilling sound in the killer scene of Psycho. And his other films like The Birds, Rear Window, and North By Northwest. It is not a surprise that he made the top five best 1950's movies. Vertigo is a very interesting film with a great story line and innovative camera angles. Its about a a retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia.He investigates strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her. If you have not seen this film I highly recommend it. Make a movie night out of it, and you will truly appreciate this old work of art.
Check out this preview for the movie!

1940

The 1940's was a very great time for film. There were many movies dealing with the war, and movies made trying to distract from the war. The movie that most say is one of the best of all time came out in this time period too. That movie is the one I would like to cover today. Casablanca has made lists of top movies since it was released in 1942. Some say it is the story that got it here, others say its the camera work and cinematography. In any case there are strong opinions for this film. It is a cross between drama and film noir, which were two very strong genres at the time. If you haven' t seen this film, please go out and watch it. Here is a trailer for the movie, check it out!

Personal Fav!

Hello! Welcome to Carl's Take! I would like to take a little time to share a personal favorite movie of mine. I thought it would be a nice little break from the more academic movie posting.

So I like a lot of movies, I mean A LOT! But there are very few that really have a deep effect on me. I am sure this is very true with many people, so I always like to hear about people's personal favorite movies. I have about one or two per genre, so I would like to just share one with you today, and save you some time of hearing all of them!

One of my all time favorite movies and hands down my favorite war, and history movie, is Saving Private Ryan. Watching this movie is hard in some parts, because it is so real, in showing WWII battles. The angles and innovative camera shots make you feel like you are right in the front lines. It is truly hard to describe, because opinion in this case matters a lot. However, if you like strictly history of war, you can not pass up seeing this film. The raw emotion from top notch actors, is unbeatable. So please if you have not seen it, go take a look at it. It will change your views on things.
 Check out my favorite scene from the movie, D-Day, WARNING IT IS GRAPHIC.

1930 In Color

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I would like to cover a great movie today, one which is close to my heart. This movie was known as the first movie to have a full color spectrum. That's right ladies and gents, The Wizard Of Oz! I love this movie for many reasons, one being the setting. I am from Kansas and have lived here all my life! And I can say, other than some references in Superman films and shows, The Wizard Of Oz is our land mark! Other than that fact, this film is amazing in so many different ways. With the insane use of color when crossing into Dorothy's dream world, it really gives great detail that has never been seen before. The film also uses music to lighten, or darken the mood. I mean how could we forget all of those amazing musical numbers. This story has been a household name over the years, and a recent adaptation to the story had many people skeptical. Although worried, devoted fans were not let down to hard at this new film. But most fans will agree, there is nothing like the original, and there never will be a better one.

Check out my favorite scene from The Wizard Of Oz!

1920's Number One Film

HEY GUYS! Welcome back to Carl's Take! If you are new to Carl's Take, welcome! Now that we have established the roots of how film started I would like to get into certain eras of film. I want to cover the top movie or movies from that time, and why they were top. So let's dig into a film in the 1920's!

First off in the top spot for several years in the 20's is Metropolis. Running 153 minutes this movie was set in a futuristic world, where there is a social division between the city workers and city planners. This type of movie had not been thought of and seen yet, so many believed it could be true. Director Fritz Lang made a very convincing and eye catching film in a time where airing it may be somewhat risky. Some say this film started science fiction as we know it! So check out this awesome trailer for the movie!

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Sound in Movies

American inventor Lee De Forest was awarded several patents that would lead to the first optical sound-on-film technology with commercial application. In De Forest's system, the sound track was photographically recorded on to the side of the strip of motion picture film to create a composite, or "married", print. If proper synchronization of sound and picture was achieved in recording. What did they do before this? Well good question. For the longest time, they just used motion pictures and no sound, the pictures told the whole story. Then many companies began to add sound in the theaters, so you would have workers actually adding in music or sounds in real time. But then the fancy new technology came in, and allowed sound and video to be synced together. Even though this had been found in 1919, it was not really utilized until a few years later. Some pictures later used this to add sound post production.

Here is a silent film clip, a Charlie Chaplin Film. See how long you can watch without getting tired of no sound!

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Post Two- Where It All Started

Hello guys, thanks for coming to Carl's Take! Today I will just be giving a text blog, with a youtube video included. I will make a video next time when I actually get my camera set up! Well I wont make you wait any longer! I would like to talk about where motion pictures all began. Now that word motion picture, you do not really here any more. Yet it means just what it says, a moving picture. This theory, as it was in the late 1800's, was put to the test by a man named Eadweard Muybridge. His first try was with a horse and a jockey, the horse was running in a forward motion. It looked real, but slow, too slow. So he clipped his pictures closer together, and then ran it. He ended up with a product that amazed people of this time. He named it The Horse In Motion, and it made public in 1878. Here it is, The Horse In Motion.

This product was truly amazing back then. The next big step in the motion picture business was getting stories together, and the great struggle of capturing audio. I will go over these things in my next post very soon, so please come back for more of Carl's Take. And don't forget to take my survey on the right of the page! 

Post One- INTRO

This is me, Carl!

Hello all, and welcome to Carl's Take! Here I will be posting about great films in history, through different eras. I will also give you a little bit of my take on them. I will be posting video along with short text entries! So please stay tuned for great things to come on Carl's Take!