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#Nas #Leylaebrahimi

This montage of footage played as they’re talking about Will was so well placed, especially the layered video of them all dancing. I loved this moment and I also loved the story included about the joke will always made after one of his friends told him he was “baking brownies and taping videos” and he found that so funny, and he’d always ask everyone “what’re you doing, baking brownies and taping videos?” It just felt like such a personality moment in the film. Something that connected us to Will. 

2. I just loved how this photo/edit was included but this was the moment in the film where Nas’s Father basically tells his kids that they should go pursue their craft and leave school. And he also discusses all the criticism that came with his saying that. I really like the ways that the directors chose to include certain shots at certain points throughout the film that help provide perspective, like at this moment of this shot they’re talking about how the kids left school to pursue their dreams, and their dreams became their futures, and this is a photo of them all grown up. 

3. I just really loved the inclusion of this photo collage but also the inclusions of the photo collages in general. I love this style of archival footage and records of their worlds from certain times. It feels very intimate, yet fragmented. It feels like elements of a larger more holistic message and I love the way that this film uses old photos and photo collages as mediums to move the story further. 

4. I thought that this snapshot during the police footage montage held a very intentional message. It felt very With the VoiceOver and its contents there’s a direct message of resistance that is being conveyed. 

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#Verite #Leylaebrahimi #Youtube

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDGFr0lz-TA

#Verite #Leylaebrahimi #Youtube

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#Leylaebrahimi #slomo

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#LeylaEbrahimi #Cutie

1. I love this low angle shot of the sky rises at the beginning of the film, I love the way that this also captures what the city is like, it’s ominous to a beginner and it’s frightening and large. 

2. This moment and the song and montage that followed was my favorite part of this film. How beautiful. Immediately taken from the peacefulness of the rooftop, to the smooth serenity of the dance studio, to somber moment where Ushio is gone. It was just beautifully done. 

3. “Love is a Roarrr” I love this moment towards the end of the film, these two are so in sync yet so separated in the ways that their minds work, they don’t even agree on the title, and often agree to disagree, but they understand one another so intrinsically.

Amazing documentary that felt so real and grainy and it was so well done. I loved the way it was shot, and the music that was selected, and just the overall story. Noriko is a force to be reckoned with, and I loved this story. 

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#Naomi #Leylaebrahimi

1. I love this scene because it really shows what a true soul Naomi is. Not only is she supremely talented, but she is kind hearted and emotionally intuitive. In this scene it’s relayed that Naomi was up all night crying and shaking because the house was too beautiful. I just love that wording and the way it makes us see this fierce player who is also so incredibly emotional. 

2. I LOVED this moment. The double overhead both cross court and to the exact same spot is so impressive and powerful. That’s what this scene says to me, it’s all about power and control and the ways in which Naomi executes both on the court. 

3. I really enjoyed this scene and the interview with Ellen. I mean this is really the example here of someone that’s made it, but not once does Naomi bend for the camera or try and make herself out to be someone she isn’t. She remains herself even to the point where Ellen makes a joke “wow, you’ve really come out of your shell.” 

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#edit #LeylaEbrahimi

I mainly tried to use match cuts, cutting on action, following the storyline and also simultaneously trying to weave in a whimsical style for this short piece. I love the idea of a short clip of a post-dinner time bakery snack, which is what I tried to capture here. 

I definitely want to improve on executing the details of the story I am trying to tell, but in this short clip I’m basically trying to capture the essence of the excitement and ambiance of the bakery on a chilly New York night. Thanks for watching! 

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#Roma #LeylaEbrahimi

I absolutely loved this low angle shot of the family watching television. I love how a back-shot can feel so personal like we are in the family room with them. The way that the camera is level with how they are sat also helps cultivate this feeling. 

I loved this close up shot of Cleo at the doctor’s office. It’s like you can feel the heat on her face. As a woman this moment felt all too familiar, this was such a personal moment that we (the audience) get to have with Cleo as she answers a question that clearly makes her uncomfortable, and even though doctor’s never SEEM to judge, the nature of the questions seems like a judgment in itself: “are you sexually active?” I think choosing a close up shot for this particular moment was the perfect call. 

I loved this medium shot of the astronauts. This was just such a creative moment within the film and I appreciated both the wide and medium shots that were used to capture the innovative and inventive nature of this point in time, which goes against the archetypal grain of a film like this. Very avant guard, I loved it. 

POV of the children’s hands as they are playing with their toy cars at the restaurant. What a surefire way to transport us back to our childhoods, and what a great way to unlock a core memory. I love POV because it offers a subjective point of view in which we are able to experience the visual world of the characters we are perceiving. This becomes even more interesting as we observe the different POVs of characters and the differences between adult/child POVs and perspectives. 

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#shots #LeylaEbrahimi

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#Amelie #LeylaEbrahimi

1. The whole film is so whimsical and Parisian and I think that this is vastly depicted through the color choices, especially the dark reds  and greens like in this photo, which also exist as the primary color choices seen throughout the film. 

2. I love this scene and I think that once again (we see the pop of green) and it sort of feels like a common theme almost that persists in certain moments having to do with character evolvement and evolution. It feels like the color green is directly related to Amelie’s character. 

3. This photo once again consists of red and green accents but I also love this pop of turquoise, the colorists maintained a sense of consistency while also making things interesting by incorporating new pops of color. 

4. Once again we see Amelie engulfed by green. I think this choice was definitely made in order to attribute the color to her character. Amelie is green, and this choice carries itself as a motif of sorts throughout the movie. Rejuvenating and natural are the technical characteristics of this color choice, which is how I felt about Amelie while watching this film.

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#Artwork #LeylaEbrahimi

1. Wede Harer Guzo is my favorite song and the third release on album Awesome Tapes From Africa. This style of Ethiopian Jazz is so unique and this album in particular is one I find so refreshingly authentic and unique in its delivery. I particularly am drawn to the album cover art, the ways in which it incorporates a modern color palette with a combination of an older authentic vintage feel due to the inclusion of the photo. 

2. I have always loved this album cover, as well as the album itself. IGOR provokes so much in its delivery and impact and challenges the normative forms of rap and pop music, introducing a style all its own as cultivated by Tyler the Creator himself. It’s such a bold statement and that’s what this album cover is to me as well, it’s bold. It’s Tyler in uncut form and it’s against a stark background and it’s introducing a narrative that is not linear and up for interpretation. 

3.  Not only is this one of my favorite albums of all time, but this is one of my favorite album covers of all time. Easily. The Clash, in all its glory, releases London Calling in 1979. I have always loved this cover photo, rock and roll, especially as interpreted by The Clash has always consisted of a sense of rebellion which is so easily depicted here. Additionally, I love the media design that went into the cover of the album and the pink and green offset each other nicely. I also love how the band’s name is NOT the focal point of the cover, it’s not ever the focal point of what they make. The focal point is the music, which is why the most space is given to the words”London Calling” as opposed to “The Clash.”

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#pplspace #LeylaEbrahimi

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Photo one: 

I love this moment within the episode because Paula tells us that her art is not factual, rather, it is emotional. It isn’t meant to answer questions, but more so meant to raise them. I think that this is such a powerful statement that highlights the subjectivity of both art and the creative process itself. Not everything is meant to be understood or interpreted the same way. I also love the mention of some of her previous works that were satyrical nonsensical charts and diagrams that she would create in order to make a point, in essence, she was “charting things that aren’t chartable.” 

Photo two: 

This photo delves into Paula’s relationship with the public theatre and the design she created for them, noise funk. Paula describes herself as a designer of identity systems. She wants to always design something that can be re-adapted to its time, and that’s exactly what she has done with the public theatre logo. This has been re-designed three times, she has changed the font, moved it apart, it’s been a love affair as she describes it. Art is adaptable, and to me, this is an example of that in raw form. 

Photo three: 

I like this part of the episode because this is where we really see that Paula’s work is part of every day life. She is the most influential graphic designer in the city and she shows up in inconspicuous ways that are almost subliminally recognized. Her art is transformative but it is also what we see on the subway. It’s also what we live daily. It’s multidimensional and multi-purposeful. 

#PaulaScher #LeylaEbrahimi

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#Frameinframe #LeylaEbrahimi

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Scene One: 

I love this opening wide angle shot. I love how much is happening, how many stories are being told at once, and how much movement is depicted. In the active scene, we are moving through the street along with this wide angle shot which provides us with so much perspective. 

Scene Two: 

I absolutely love this shot of the food truck. I love that this was shot in the dark at night, but the photo is illuminated by the bright lights of the truck. I also appreciated the man in the blue shirt who is in the shadows but still present and still somehow a focal point of this shot. In this scene, we are told that often times, the food truck stays open until four or five in the morning. I think the lighting here and the shadowed man depicts a sense of solitude in a way, that is often found at that part of night. 

Scene Three: 

I wanted to find a low angle shot and this was my favorite. In this scene, something amazing is accomplished where this woman achieves her dreams of cultivating a new spin on Japanese omelettes. I think that this shot portrays the arduous journey she took to finally get it right, to finally “do it” as she says, and to re-invent this dish as her own and introduce it within her culture. 

Scene Four: 

In this last scene, as the film is wrapping up, we are taken through mini montages. I loved this particular scene because I love motion, and am drawn to that as a viewer. I think that the dark streets being illuminated by car lights and passing bikers is beautiful, and something about the motion doesn’t seem as quick and fervent as it did at the beginning of the film. 

#Taiwan #LeylaEbrahimi