The Elevator 

I. About the Film

I Chose to analyse the short film ‘Elevator’ by Greg Glienna because comedy is my favourite genre, and the genre of the short film i am planning to make. It is similar to the one we plan to make because it is set in one location, and not many props are used and it is very simple. We do not have a budget and for this reason we must plan our short film realistically and make sure every scene can actually be carried out and filmed.

This short film was written and directed by Greg Glienna, the creator of ‘Meet the Parents’ and ‘Meet the Fockers’. He also plays the lead role.  Todorov’s theory of equilibrium can be represented in this short. The film starts of with a relaxed man in an elevator. A disruption occurs when a group of overweight people enter the elevator, exceeding the weight limit. A new equilibrium is set when the man leaves the elevator to enter a new one, filled with people who have swine flu. Levi Strauss’ theory of binary opposites can also be shown in this short. Binary opposites refers to the coming together of opposites. In this case, its skinny VS overweight, healthy VS unhealthy.

 

The main character is of middle class. You can tell because he is well groomed, has an expensive phone, and he is wearing smart clothes. He is also looking down at the people around him as if he is of higher status and more important.

 

It is shot in the elevator of a hospital. You can tell because the elevator is filled with overweight and un-well people. These are health related issues. Most short films have one, fixed location due to the limited time available. It also keeps costs low and simplifies the production process. High key lighting was used throughout the film. Most comedies use high key lighting to create a positive and lively feeling. It also gives us clear vision of what’s going on. For example, the weight of the people, what they’re wearing, their age and surroundings. It makes it easier for the viewer to analyse what’s going on. It is very easy to analyse the characters. The is a clear difference between the main characters and the extras. The extras have a very simple role. Little experience and movement is required in short films, as it is a simple job. The costume of the characters are very important because it explains their background.

 

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II. Versions of the Film

The Boss
A man wins the lottery in his boss's office. With Greg Glienna and Tim Kazurinski (Saturday Night Live)

A short comedy film by Greg Glienna, the creator of Meet the Parents, A Guy Thing and Relative Strangers. If you like this short, suscribe to my channel!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wWJfFQOnHw

The Violinist 

2 street musicians compete for turf in this speechless comedy short

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DurvtDop-FE

 

III. Writer

(Author / Writer / Director / Lead Actorの中から、一つを選ぶこと）

Greg M. Glienna (born in Chicago, Illinois, August 23, 1963^{[citation needed]}) is an American director and screenwriter best known as the creator of the original Meet the Parents.^[1][2] Glienna also wrote A Guy Thing^[2] and wrote and directed Relative Strangers.^[3] He is also the co-author (with Mary Ruth Clarke) of the play Suffer the Long Night which had its Los Angeles premiere August 2008Little Fockers (2010) (characters)

Relative Strangers (2006) (screenplay) (story)

Meet the Fockers (2004) (characters)

A Guy Thing (2003) (screenplay) (story)

Meet the Parents (2000) (1992 screenplay) (story)

Desperation Boulevard (1998)

Meet the Parents (1992)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Glienna

 

IV. My Reaction

A. Reaction Point - setting

In the hotel's elevator with persons who gained weight.
The feeling that he is afraid because an elevator may fall.
Ending he getting an ordinary elevotor but he is sweaty.

B. Reaction Point - film director

Though he is film director , it's being performed.
He's playing an active part in the various fields.

C. Reaction Point - mood
Mood means a story's atmosphere or the feeling it evokes.

I think this film s mood is comedy.A point is a straight face of the person who gained weight.

D. My General Opinion
It is very interesting comedy.
I thought the United States was by situation whichi isn't Japan.
If I were he, I'd get off immediately.
 

 

Rip Van Wincle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving

I. About the Novel

"Rip Van Winkle" is a short story by American author Washington Irving published in 1819. Written while Irving was living in Birmingham, England, it was part of a collection entitled The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. Although the story is set in New York's Catskill Mountains, Irving later admitted, "When I wrote the story, I had never been on the Catskills."^[1] The story's protagonist, also called Rip Van Winkle, is a Dutch-American villager living around the time of the American Revolutionary War.

"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is a short story of speculative fiction by American author Washington Irving, contained in his collection of 34 essays and short stories entitled The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. Written while Irving was living abroad in Birmingham, England, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" was first published in 1820. Along with Irving's companion piece "Rip Van Winkle", "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is among the earliest examples of American fiction with enduring popularity, especially during the Halloween season.

Works Cited （参考文献）

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rip_Van_Winkle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Sleepy_Hollow

II. Versions of the Novel in the Mass Media

Works Cited （参考文献）

http://video.search.yahoo.co.jp/search?ei=UTF-8&p=Rip%20Van%20Winkle%20and%20The%20Legend%20of%20Sleepy%20Hollow

http://video.search.yahoo.co.jp/search?ei=UTF-8&p=Rip%20Van%20Winkle%20and%20The%20Legend%20of%20Sleepy%20Hollow

 

III. About the Author

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This article is about the writer. For the cricketer, see Irving Washington.

Washington Irving
Daguerreotype of Washington Irving (modern copy by Mathew Brady, original by John Plumbe)
Born	(1783-04-03)April 3, 1783 New York City, New York
Died	November 28, 1859(1859-11-28) (aged 76) Sunnyside, Tarrytown, New York
Occupation	Short story writer, essayist, biographer, magazine editor, diplomat
Literary movement	Romanticism
Signature

Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 – November 28, 1859) was an American short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He is best known for his short stories "Rip Van Winkle" (1819) and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (1820), both of which appear in his book The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. His historical works include biographies of George Washington, Oliver Goldsmith and Muhammad, and several histories of 15th-century Spain dealing with subjects such as Christopher Columbus, the Moors and the Alhambra. Irving served as the U.S. ambassador to Spain from 1842 to 1846.
He made his literary debut in 1802 with a series of observational letters to the Morning Chronicle, written under the pseudonym Jonathan Oldstyle. After moving to England for the family business in 1815, he achieved international fame with the publication of The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. in 1819–20. He continued to publish regularly — and almost always successfully — throughout his life, and just eight months before his death (at age 76, in Tarrytown, New York), completed a five-volume biography of George Washington.
Irving, along with James Fenimore Cooper, was among the first American writers to earn acclaim in Europe, and Irving encouraged American authors such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Edgar Allan Poe. Irving was also admired by some European writers, including Walter Scott, Lord Byron, Thomas Campbell, Francis Jeffrey, and Charles Dickens. As America's first genuine internationally best-selling author, Irving advocated for writing as a legitimate profession, and argued for stronger laws to protect American writers from copyright infringement.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Irving

IV. My Reaction

A. Reaction Point - character

The main charactar is Rip Van Winkle

 

B. Reaction Point - setting

Rip Van Winkle is in american small town.

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' s is in Tarry town.

C. Reaction Point - them
         This story's them is when the man sleep, many things changed.
         The man is stealed the beautiful woman and became ghost.

D. My General Opinion
I read this book for the first time. And it was easy to read.
I read this book and felt I was scared.
Because when Rip Van Winkle woke up, it past 20 years,and changed many thing.
I think it is horror element.