crimson bat is the international title for the series of four jidaigeki films ( three from 1969 and one from 1970 ) based on the character blind oichi ( めくらのお市 mekura no oichi ) .

crimson bat

the blind oichi series , released in the west under the crimson bat monicker , ran for another three films until matsuyama hung up her blade to raise a family , the other films in the series being trapped ! the crimson bat ( 1969 ) ; watch out , crimson bat ! ( ' 69 ) and crimson bat : wanted dead or alive ( ' 70 ) .
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i think if you’re hoping to get the crimson bat , you’re wasting your gems if you’re getting event keys . use them on gem keys instead .
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with the success of the zatoichi movies it was natural that someone would try to feed off the series success . in 1969 shochiku studios introduced the crimson bat series which ran for four movies .
i’m crossing my fingers that i get the bat this week ! no luck so far though .
he started out as the red bat , but found that simply wasn ' t very scary .
the only featured character mentioned in the event chest is the morthani’s will . why are you assuming there’s a high chance of getting crimson bat ? i used to be under the impression that the troops offered in the event chest are all from the same kingdom as the featured character . i learned that’s not true last week .
in 2008 shochiku produced an official female spin - off film from zatoichi called ichi which is about a blind swordswoman who is looking for zatoichi . it was all right but there is something a little more entertaining about the crimson bat series . maybe it’s the lower budget , the ’70s music and the gratuitous blood but it’s an entertaining time killer .
the other critics are off base comparing crimson bat to zatoichi . they are different films with different tones , delivering different messages . zatoichi is highly dramatic and incorporates zen bushido . judged on it ' s own merits , crimson bat is a less preachy action flick with a female lead who kicks butt . it has a seventies feel due to its music , sound effects , and color schemes . i enjoy the use of dramatic lighting of black and white noir film applied to color . you get a sword fight in every town and on every road as oichi rights injustice and avoids bounty hunters . more akin to television westerns , it has better production value than bruce lee films and is simply entertaining .
just a reminder to all of the ones that recently joined and doesnt know everything about the game yet , as well as the less active players . one of the greatest legendaries is now in the event chest , the crimson bat . he has just been buffed to gain + 8 more life on each cast , now getting totally + 16 life for each cast , and is among the best true damage troops in the game .
it’s still one of the 4 cards i don’t own . the silent one , gaar’nok ( i think i spelled it right ) , psion and that bat . i won’t get desperate i got a very first gorgotha two days ago in a glory chest .
the crimson bat is a series of four movies based around the character of the same name . the character was a blind swordswoman . it was made by shochiku studios , as a response to the hugely successful zatoichi series . the character , oichi , was very similar to the zatoichi character , that is she was a blind sword fighter who roamed and did odd jobs for money . the main difference , apart from being a female , was that her weakness was a stereotyped female tendency to be emotional . ironically , an official female variation of zatoichi was released decades later , and entitled ichi .
the action is decent too , with matsuyama definitely operating a step above her first outing ; although these aren’t usually so much fights , more the swift dispatch of one or more opponents , that’s par for the chambara genre . matsuka is somewhat of an enigma as a character – it’s hard to see why oichi falls for him , and the whole “orphan” plotline is not well handled . in particular , it’s lacking any kind of background , to the extent it feels like an entire film was missing . the rest of the story though , is well - crafted and packs a solid wallop ; you could certainly argue that this is the best flight of the crimson bat .
officially , the four crimson bat movies were adaptations of teruo tanashita ' s mekura no oichi manga . but you ' d have to be blind yourself not to see that this was shochiku ' s barely disguised attempt at doing their own zatoichi character . if they never quite managed to reach the same levels of success as daiei did with their blind masseur , shochiku at least had the prettier one of the blind protagonists . yoko matsuyama , wife of mangaka tanashita , stars as oichi – the orphaned woman who is blinded as young and later rescued , taken in and taught the way of the sword by a wandering samurai . as is often the case in these movies , oichi is wandering the land in search of vengeance ( on…
hey , sure thing that bat is an awesome troop , but if it isn’t dropping randomly from pure luck , there’s no point for a new - ish player to try to get him via event chests . but if you have hundreds or thousands of gems , hell yes , you will get him , even raise him to mythic .
that swordswoman is oichi , supposedly based on an animated story and character by teruo tanashita – but , really , who are they trying to kid ? this was simply the shochiku’s studio’s answer to daiei’s zatoichi , and any protestations to the contrary should be treated with deep scepticism . both hero and heroine are blind , yet have no problem fighting for truth , justice and the amer…japanese way , as they wander through the traditional chambara landscape . [ indeed , in the first film , a blind masseuse wobbles drunkenly through one scene , in what can only be a casual potshot at zatoichi ] original thought is not something to look for in the crimson bat series , even ardent fans will admit . however , shochiku did strike gold in yuko matsuyama ; albeit they didn’t have to look very far to find her , since she was married to character creator tanashita . i get the feeling shochiku didn’t exactly over - exert themselves in a star search .
there are now eleven final clubs : a . d . , bat , delphic , d . u . , fly , fox , iroquois , owl , phoenix s . k . , porcellian , and spee . with the exception of the bat , each club has its own building and serves daily meals . the club sponsors a few parties and dances ; it provides a library , club room , bar , and pool tables for its members . beyond this , the final club does little . the contrast with the nation ' s fraternities is evident : the clubs have no athletic teams . they enter no candidate in local beauty contests . for the most part , they permit no women in the club houses . but most important , the spirit of a harvard club is entirely different from a fraternity or even from its counterparts in the ivy league . the clubs depend on a quiet acceptance in the college for removed from
hell weeks
and tap days . final clubs , like those oft - lampooned organizations for london or new york businessmen , have no reason for existing . and they seek no purpose . they have sprung up over the years for the enjoyment or convenience of their members and as long as they continue to attract men , they will continue .
she’s no luckier with her foster parent , who is murdered by a former associate , devil denzou ( amatsu ) ; she is saved from the same fate by a wandering samurai . he sees her potential and trains her in the way of the sword , to the point where she has surpassed him . but she mentions the m - word – “marriage” – and he , too , exits like a , er , bat out of hell . on subsequent travels , she uses her skills to save yet another man from being lynched , and eventually , all these disparate plot threads join up , more or less . though others , such as the woman with a killer yo - yo [ gogo yubari’s ancestor ? ] just kinda drift out of the plot .
put on your bat - suits and rejoice , for today ( july 23 ) is national batman day ! as part of the caped crusader’s 75th anniversary , dc comics is celebrating with comic giveaways and movie showings around the country . the festivities continue tomorrow when comic - book fans from all over descend on san diego to partake in the annual and highly popular comic - con . in honor of these comic festivities , we ' re celebrating the best in superhero - inspired music , from eminem ' s self - indulgent
superman
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while the samurai is one of the most common archetypes in japanese cinema , the female version is about as rare as the female gunslinger . although none of these women reached anything like the popularity of zatoichi – 26 films starring shintaro katsu alone , never mind the recent takeshi kitano version – there have been a few that have attempted to break the mould . azumi and the princess blade have both achieved cult status in the west , assisted by tarantino’s take in kill bill , volume 1 . back in 1973 , there was lady snowblood , which was successful enough to merit a sequel the following year , but so far , only one samurai - ess series has survived more than two outings .
proper english - language distribution . however , we don’t let things like that stop us . : - ) while dubbed versions of all four films in the saga are available on the grey market , the bootleg prints seem to have dutch , or occasionally greek , subtitles . this lends the whole thing a certain surreal air , though as dubs go , they aren’t bad – an opinion no doubt assisted by the characters , who generally prefer to let their actions speak louder than their words . and since even
[ august 2005 , bill f writes : “you may be interested to learn that after the last film it was turned into a television series . the film series was produced by shochiku . the tv series was produced by toei . like the films , the tv series starred yuko matsuyama . the tv series also starred hiroshi fujioka and it ran for 25 episodes ( 4 / 12 / 71 – 9 / 27 / 71 ) . ” ]
we meet our heroine oichi as a young child , who has just been being abandoned by her mother – not sure what happened to father , but we later discover mom’s a prostitute , so can probably fill in the blanks ourselves . to make matters worse , the tree under which oichi takes shelter from a storm is struck by lightning , rendering her totally blind , in a way that’s – probably wisely – left medically unexplained . however , she is then taken in by a kind gentleman , who brings her up , and on into adulthood .
the film is at its best when there is the threat of violence ; much like sergio leone , the lead - up lasts much longer than the actual acts , with the director ratcheting up the tension . for example , there’s one scene where oichi visits a gambling parlour to raise money , and from the moment she sits down , you
it’s just a matter of time before her sword comes out of its red sheath ( which presumably is the origin of her name – that , and the copious blood that tends to get sprayed when she’s around ) . there’s also a nice visual sense at work throughout here , particularly in lighting , which enhances proceedings nicely .
and , being honest , the actual drama needs all the help it can get , since it seems limp in comparison , though allowance should likely be made for the dubbing . that , however , can’t explain the bouncing back and forth in time , which may induce temporal nausea in susceptible viewers ; it feels as if the finished film got tossed in the air and is shown in the order it hit the ground . and while there’s a decent “ah - hah ! ” when everything ties up , this isn’t enough to justify the lengthy set - up . fewer plot threads , explored in depth , would be a major improvement .
dir : matsuda teiki star : yoko matsuyama , isamu nagato , jun tatara , satoshi amatsu a . k . a . mekura no oichi monogatari : makkana nagaredoni
, seems quite content with her life as a bounty - huntress . she has even adopted an orphan , just as she herself was taken in herself , but two things wreck this relatively happy situation . she discovers her protege is really a runaway , not an orphan , and consequently has to abandon her – again , as she was discarded . worse yet , she incurs the wrath of fellow bounty - huntress oen ( matsuoka ) , a kitten with a whip
pockets full of venomous snakes , who leaves oichi for dead . luckily , she is nursed back to health by matsuka ( irikawa ) , a farmer who doesn’t care about her shady past , and oichi discovers the joys of a simpler existence – specifically , one not involving the slaughter of criminals for cash . of course , the inevitable eventually happens : local thug bunzo ( abe ) starts taking the locals’ rice stocks , with oen closely in tow . no prizes for guessing that the quiet life isn’t going to last long , especially after matsuka is manipulated by oen into owing a gambling debt to bunzo .
this is a fine movie , with matusoka in particular a grand foil for the heroine , her hair covering one half of her face like a veil , and the other half usually displaying a near - psychotic expression . oichi’s struggles to leave her past behind feel almost like shakespearean tragedy , and the final shots of the film , while a sudden way to end , hint strongly at an endless , futile struggle . to paraphrase george orwell , if you want a picture of the future , imagine a samurai sword slicing up an opponent…forever . downbeat ? hell , yes . wouldn’t have it any other way .
dir : matsuda teiki stars : yoko matsuyama , yasunori irikawa , kikko matsuoka , toru abe a . k . a . mekura no oichi monogatari : jigoku hada
the third entry in the series saw a new director , and unfortunately , a marked turn for the worse , largely because the focus drifts off oichi . it starts briskly enough , with the heroine coming into possession of a new , effective formula for gunpowder , something barely known at the time in japan . understandably , this makes her the focus of attention , in particular for a group with an interest in profiting from the discovery .
hands . moral doubts aside , the main flaw is the introduction of characters such as gennosuke ( ibuku ) and , worse still , an immensely irritating pair of teenage orphans . together , they succeed in making oichi feel like a supporting character in her own movie , and she is almost entirely absent from action in the middle portion .
by the time she rides to the rescue…yes , i said “rides” , her previously unmentioned equestrian skills being hand - waved away with “the horse knows where it’s going”…the film is pretty much dead in the water . the final battle does mark another step up in scale , with matsuyama’s skills again clearly improved , and the quantity of enemies dispatched again setting a high - water mark , even if gennosuke gets to take out almost as many as oichi , and the way in which the villainous henchman suddenly switches sides is laughable . in marked contrast to its two predecessors , this does have a proper ending , tying up the loose threads in a satisfying , if conventional , way . it isn’t enough to rescue the day , with interest having succumbed at a disturbingly early point .
in its incarnation as samurai woman ( left ) , i believe this was the only installment to see a release in the uk . when first seen , over a decade ago , it was unimpressive , and it remains weak , particularly when viewed from an action heroine perspective . but even in general terms , it’s a poor piece of cinematic storytelling .
dir : hirokazu ichimura stars : yoko matsuyama , goro ibuki , kiyoko inoue , asahi kurizuka a . k . a . mekura no oichi monogatari : midare gasa
director ichimura returned for the fourth episode , and despite similar problems as the third installment – most obviously , an apparent doubt that oichi’s character can hold the viewer’s interest by herself – makes a much better stab at things here . bounty - hunter oichi finds out what life is like on the other side of the law , after she helps rescue an unwilling bride from a local magistrate ; he slaps a 100 gold - piece reward on her head , which naturally , brings other bounty - hunters on her trail , led by sankuro ( meguro ) .
she ends up in a fishing village , where the “evil property developer” subplot makes a surprising appearance , despite the historical era . the reconstruction of the harbour threatens to put the locals out of work , but a plot is afoot among the local authorities to pay them only one gold piece each in compensation , rather than the 15 gold pieces actually provided by the federal government . residents , officials , bounty - hunters and oichi all inevitably collide , including one character played by tetsuro tamba , who remains even now one of the most respected ( and prolific – the imdb lists 193 films for him ! ) actors in japanese cinema .
there’s a lot of devious double - crossing and deception here , which is okay to watch , but isn’t really the reason we watch these things . and that it also turns out to be sankuro’s birthplace is too much of a fluke to swallow . fortunately , it all builds nicely to an extended finale , where our heroine ( now also framed for the murder of a village elder ) gets a chance to take out her aggression and resentment on all those who have turned her life into that of a hunted animal . it’s a great urban battle , through the town which is being demolished around her , in and out of buildings until she finally confronts the chief villain of the piece .
though this was the last entry in the series , there isn’t much sense of closure at the end , with ( and i trust i’m not really spoiling this for anyone ) oichi merely walking off into the sunset , alone again , naturally . one senses shochiku were hoping to continue , but for whatever reason – most likely box - office success , or rather , the lack thereof – it never materialised . however , for a series from the 60’s , it was undeniably ahead of its time , and most of the films have survived the passage of three and a half decades in an impressive style . if any enterprising dvd company were to snap them up , the rewards would likely be significant .
dir : hirokazu ichimura stars : yoko matsuyama , yuki meguro , tetsuro tanaba , reiko oshida a . k . a . mekura no oichi monogatari : inochi moraimasu
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a young girl named oichi is abandoned by her mother . blinded by a lightning strike she is taken in by a caring elderly gentleman . when her guardian is killed , she learns to wield a sword from a traveling ronin who may or may not be involved with her guardian’s death . as she develops into a master swordsman , her profession becomes that of a bounty hunter . many test her sword and many die by her skills . she travels throughout the countryside to seek her mother and her revenge .
widely regarded as an inferior knockoff of the zatoichi movies , this time featuring a blind woman carrying a sword cane with menace .
there are many problems with the movie , but the premise is not one of them : i like zatoichi and i don ' t mind knockoffs . but it ' s the execution was really lacking . like many of these movies intended to start a series , they spend an inordinate amount of time laying pipe , and this dragged the pace down a lot . the sets looked really cheap and stagey . i wasn ' t surprised to learn that the director , sadatsugu matsuda , was 63 years old and working on his second - to - last feature ( how old was he ? he made his first movie before the great depression ) . the…
the obvious influence here is zatoichi yet i can ' t help but think that this screen adaptation of a popular manga , the first of four films , is also shochiku ' s answer to the red peony gambler series . i mean , even the music at the end is similar . overall it ' s pretty good but certainly uneven , suffering toward the end . the first 45 minutes or so are very good , quite artfully done , building the story whilst filling in our characters ' backstories through a series of flashbacks that are quite deftly woven into the film , courtesy of director sadatsugu matsuda . he incorporates a lot of cool studio effects that i would more readily associate with nikkatsu films , as well as some clever editing .
since my early childhood i ' m totally in love with martial arts in movies & television . a little bit more the american…
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yoko matsuyama , already well known to the japanese public in the 60s due to her leading tv role in seven faces of princess koto ( kotohime shichi henge ) , here takes to the big screen as the eponymous sightless swordswoman - a character developed in a successful manga comic by her husband teruo tanashita . deserted by her mother when blinded in a storm as a child , she is on a perennial quest to find the killers of her father .
the film under review here being the first of the series , a good part of the running time is given over to flashbacks establishing the character and background of the kimono - clad avenging angel . there ' s the usual edo period flavour , bright colours and stylised sequences of gymnastic swordplay , but essentially little else other than the attractive facade presented by blind oichi herself .
there are few plot intricacies and surface details to distinguish this from other genre offerings of the period such as the wicked priest series ( gokuaku bozu , 1968 - ' 74 ) , an early outing for lone wolf star tomisaburo wakayama . the dubbed video release seen here added to the charm , and it goes without saying that if you like martial arts films , you ' ll no doubt take to this . personally i found toshiya fujita ' s similar lady snowblood ( shurayukihime , 1973 ) , which also had the virtue of only stretching to one sequel , to be rather more satisfying .
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turning lead to gold ? no ! this power does the exact opposite and turns you into scrap metal . your gold will be worthless and your economy will be in shambles .
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using this power never gets old , but you will be . this power will make you move like an old grandpa in an matter of minutes . bushy eyebrows and all . added on 2018 - 06 - 19 .
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oichi was left behind by her mother when she was 7 years old and lost her eye sight from lightening . she was saved by ukita who was a sword master and taught her how to protect herself . however , when he finds out that oichi had fallen in love with him .
oichi the blind female samurai is given a secret scroll to be delivered to murobuse . many swordsmen challenge her for the scroll which contains information on a new secret weapon . will she be able to deliver the scroll before getting killed or capture ?
i think the % of getting him in an event chest is around 8 % . and one event key is costing like 15 gems . i would had loved to have some data on this tho , about the % of getting an legendary out of an event chest .
i’d disagree with that . if you’re in an active guild with a steady supply of gems , it’s totally worth it to crank through event chests in either of these situations :
( 1 ) you’re only missing a handful of legendaries and the event chests have one of them , or ( 2 ) you’re missing a lot of legendaries , and the event chests have a good one .
i don’t think it’s worth buying event chests over a 500 - gem armor , but if either of the above situations applies i think it’s better to buy event chests over gem chests .
50 event chests , 200 glory chests , got 2 bats today . yay rng .
i spent the 675 gems to get 50 event keys hoping to get queen mab or borealis because yeti was the featured character . i got about 24 yeti’s , but no queen mab or borealis . i did however get lots of troops from other kingdoms .
@ synergy , congrats ! @ ashasekayi , fingers are crossed for you . hopefully you will get one soon .
i too tried this but had no luck . now need to save up so i can try another batch of 10 .
@ studs sorry to hear that… i’ve had some lucky i’ve tried it on the kingdoms i don’t have the legendary too and i’ve lucked out a couple of times now pulling them .
event chests for legendaries aren’t worth it unless you can mass buy them and it is one of the last troops you are missing ( and / or you are looking to get the ultra rare / epics ascended as well ) . the chance to pull a legendary is roughly the same as a gem chest for 1 . 5x the cost , but a legendary will always be from the event kingdom ( there is also no chance to pull a mythic from the event chest ) . you need to keep in mind that rng is inherently streaky - i’ve pulled two troops i was missing from a kingdom with at little as 7 event keys before , but most weeks take over 50 . last week took 137 keys to get borealis after getting two mab in the first 87 , and i’ve heard of others using upwards of 200 keys to get a single target legendary . bottom line is to not buy event chests unless you can afford them , and don’t have expectations .
just adding some more data to increase the sample size reported here . today i opened 50 event chests and got 3 bats . i think sirrian mentioned that legendary drop rate was improved in 2 . 0 . hopefully it is up there at 8 % now for gem / event chests like eika says . ( i really want another 4 bats before the week ends so i can go mythic and have 2 left over . )
amazing pulls , sircookie . 3 out of 50 event chests is very good !
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about 140 sophomores are making the most important decision of their undergraduate social lives this morning . the college ' s final clubs last night chose their members from the class of ' 56 ; those elected were notified at 8 : 00 a . m . by club members ; by noon the sophomore must accept or reject all bids . and as one student sits in his room choosing between the club his great - grandfather belonged to and the one his friends have picked , the rest of the college sleeps or goes to class , oblivious and wholly unconcerned with clubs , club activities , or club membership .
while it is perhaps fitting that indifference should be the general attitude of the harvard undergraduate to the final club , such was not always the case . the history of the club system , through secret phases and periods of national affiliation , is now a completed cycle . and the position of the clubs , from a pre - eminent place in the college to a membership of 10 per cent of the undergraduates , reflects , if sometimes inversely , the growth of harvard as a national institution .
the attraction of the club when the system first began is easy to understand . the porcellian club , legend has it , began when a man in hollis hall found a suckling pig in his room . he hid the animal in a window seat until evening and then invited a few friends in to roast the pig . the evening was so pleasant that they determined to meet alternate friday evenings for fellowship and supper . they first called themselves
the argonauts ,
but when roast pig turned up month after month on the menu , the group came to be known as the
pig club .
from 1879 , with the entrance of the first pig , to 1794 the club gained in prestige . finally , under joseph mckean , grand marshall of the club and founder of the organization as it is today , the members adopted the more gentlemanly name of
porcellian .
with its early beginning and 164 years of tradition , porcellian has always represented the final club to the non - clubbed world . begun in an era when cambridge was small , isolated , and arid in entertainment , the club provided a necessary social break in the scholastic routine . the porcellian ' s motto dum vivimus vivamus was typical of the early attitude of the members - - no lofty mission , no serious purpose , just jovial pleasantry .
though porcellian frankly admitted its lack of direction , other clubs springing up in this period often claimed loftier motives . the hasty pudding club , formed in 1795 , purported to
cherish the feelings of friendship and patriotism .
to serve the latter purpose , the club celebrated washington ' s birthday for many years with a program of orations , patriotic songs and speeches . under the first constitution of the club ,
two members , in alphabetical order , shall provide a pot of hasty - pudding for every meeting ,
and from this , the name .
a rival to the pudding was the institute of 1770 , an organization devoted chiefly to oratory . the club was also dubbed
the speaking club ,
but since the group wished to keep its nature secret to non - members , the name was dropped . during the first half of the nineteenth century , clubs arose , grew , and merged . the hermetic society and the i . o . h . joined the institute , the latter bringing with it an extensive library . both the serious and the social groups had begun collecting books , filling in the chinks in college libraries .
it was in this period that the clubs began to change in character . the pudding gave up much of its attempt at a scholarly tone and porcellian members began to consider the background of its candidates as well as their wit or agreeable character . this was the beginning of a welter of greek - letter fraternities . phi beta kappa had been the first in 1776 , but when other fraternities appeared they followed the lead of the established local clubs and emphasized the social over the intellectual .
since undergraduates were scattered throughout boarding houses and memorial hall was never a popular dining hall , clubs went far in focusing student activity and providing meals in congenial surroundings . as the practical value of a club to its member increased , prestige in belonging to one grew also . the size of the college was doubling every thirty years from 1860 to 1920 , and while there still were many clubs , selectivity had become the keynote in electing members .
when theodore roosevelt was discussing the marriage of his daughter to nicholas longworth , he confided boastfully to a perplexed kaiser wilhelm that he and nick had both belonged to the porc . at that time , roosevelt was not alone in considering membership an important qualification for a son - in - law . boston mothers , on the prowl for young gentlemen eligible for debutante dances , turned to the clubs to provide them . and the institute of 1770 even had ranking within itself : the first seventy or eighty elected to it from each class were termed dickeys , from the name of a secret society d . k . e . for those undergraduates with the correct background it was all - important that they be elected to the dickey - - it meant certain social success in college and afterward . and even in 1926 when the pudding and the institute merged , the club sent out a list of members , in the order which they had been elected . this ranking was published in boston and new york papers and served as a convenient method for plucking the near from the eligible .
in later years , the dickey has disappeared . hasty pudding remains as a common ground for all clubs with a membership of over 600 . members are chosen from a list of candidates put up by friends in the club and passed on by the 11 presidents of the final clubs . hasty pudding also serves meals but is chiefly popular for its extensive , reasonable - priced bar ; and leo , one of the last of the irish tenor barmen . since many of the final clubs do not permit women guests , the hasty pudding also gives dances throughout the football season .
the hasty pudding ,
says one member ,
has no particular social barrier - - the only consideration is more or less if you ' re a nice guy .
in this respect the hasty pudding differs much from the society as it existed in the 1890 ' s , and indeed from the final club in most eras . it was in the ' 90s that nation - wide fraternities were losing their grip on college chapters . the local groups wanted more independence ; the national organization , more control . throughout the 1890s ' clubs were detaching themselves from the fraternity system . porcellian and a . d . , which had broken off from the harvard chapter of alpha delta phi , were joined by other final clubs . another fraternity effort to refound alpha delta phi terminated in the phli and finally the fly club .
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on the plus side it looks like i got refunded the gems i spent .
i bought ki gold for this and i really hope i get refunded . have they said if there going to be any kind of way to get it back ?
we haven’t said a word yet . i hope to know more tomorrow . believe it or not , the snow day in portland , or is what caused this not to get reinstated today .
meanwhile down here in arkansas we’ve experienced all 4 seasons within the span of a week . today’s summer , i suppose . i’m hoping winter comes back soon .
we aren’t used to it in the northwest . they had more snow down in portland than they’ve had in the last 37 years !
the pack is back up but i still dont have my ki gold back . do we now how long the pack will be up ?
i have no idea . i just took a risk and got it when i saw it .
. that’s the twist . it’s a blind swordswoman instead of a blind swordsman . yôko matsuyama stars as oichi , a young woman who was abandoned as a child , blinded by lightning bolt and raised by a foster family . the foster family is murdered by a bad guy , oichi is saved and later trained by a wandering samurai who also left her after she got better with the sword than him . she was also hinting at marriage which might have had something to do with it . the rest of film has her wandering from town to town saving people and kicking butt .
where oichi fights an evil female bounty hunter who uses a whip . this was followed by the less successful
( 1970 ) . apparently in 1971 there was a 25 episode tv series and then the character faded into obscurity . the films have never had a north american release although there have been random versions released in other countries with bad dubs . a search on the interwebs finds nothing physical to buy in terms of dvds or blu - rays but apparently some of the sequels are available on hulu if you live in the u . s .
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a young female samurai comes upon a dying messenger and agrees to deliver the scroll he was carrying to its destination . however , unbeknownst to her , the scroll is actually a formula for a new kind of gunpowder .
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a young blind girl is abandoned by her mother . when her guardian is killed , she learns to wield a sword from a traveling “ronin” . she travels to seek her mother and her revenge .
oichi the blind helps a woman escape the clutches of a high government official to go off with the man she loves . the official puts a reward on her head of fifty gold pieces and soon a menagerie of bounty hunters are after her skin .
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making the grade is a 1984 american teen comedy film .

it was directed by dorian walker and written by charles gale and gene quintano .

it was filmed at rhodes college in memphis , tennessee .

making the grade ( film )

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making the grade invites us into the world of the piano lesson . every year teachers and students throughout ireland prepare for graded musical exams . these exams can be pleasing for some . . . see full summary »
i don ' t think it ' s a coincidence that hoover prep school ' s colors are pink and green ! my favorite scene in making the grade was judd nelson ' s transformation from badass to prep . i was already a huge fan of judd nelson from his roles in the breakfast club and st . elmo ' s fire so that probably made me like the movie even more . have you seen making the grade ?
your first year will introduce you to some of the key technologies , core production processes and major ideas and theories that drive film - and programme - making .
i ' m always amazed when i find people who think caddyshack is hilarious but have never even heard of making the grade . making the grade is still the funniest golf / class struggle / gettin lucky / uptight white people movie to date . there ' s even breakdancing . for anyone who hasn ' t seen this film and likes goofy 80s fare , run to your video store . for anyone who has seen it and doesn ' t like it , i must quote coach ,
attention ! attention ! you guys suck !
another guilty pleasure review ( on an old favorite of mine ) 1984’s “ making the grade ” starring a much younger judd nelson ( prior to his cult classic role in “the breakfast club” ) that further secured his spot into the brat pack of teen actors of his era .
highest ranked vocationally - orientated film and tv course in the uk , 9th in the 2018 guardian university league table for film production and photography .
by studying film and television production at york you will have the chance to follow in the footsteps of graduates who are already making a name for themselves , as cinematographers and writers , as film and studio directors , as editors and vision mixers , as production managers , production designers and researchers .
the film ' s songwriters , tom and larry weir , will be present at this special screening . the film is a supernatural comedy about a teenager who realizes . . .
) and pam grier . the film is being executive produced by management consultant philip lam .
if any of you remember john bender from the breakfast club , then eddie keaton of making the grade will seem familiar . they are similar , except that john bender has more depth . making the grade is a silly , sometimes funny , parody of the
preppy
lifestyle . it makes fun of everything from wearing no socks , to the bright , peppy colors . it ' s an all around funny movie . this is judd ' s first movie , and i recommend it to all of you who enjoy his work . for those of you who don ' t , i suggest you watch it anyway , and make an opinion for yourself . . . ! * + * anna * + *
based on the new york times bestseller , wonder tells the incredibly inspiring and heartwarming story of august pullman , a boy with facial differences who enters 5th grade , attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time .
i love 80 ' s comedies . there is just nothing special about this film
you will be based in the department of theatre , film and television , on campus east .
identify how historical issues influence present working practices in the film and television industries by drawing upon a rich knowledge and understanding of both the chronological developments in and geographical diversity of film and television output .
i am struggling to write synopsis and treatment for my feature film… . am so stressed
the film is being produced by brad zions , a film producer and entrepreneur . zions is the founder of breakout pictures , a production company focusing on emerging talent , and previously worked with westfeldt as one of the producers of
making the grade is not only an ok comedy , it gives a name to a person who once was a sylvester stallone look alike from brooklyn . this man is andrew clay , who gets a role in this movie named dice , who would later take dice and make it his nick name . but enough about him , this film is also a good teen comedy ( not the best by far ) and i liked judd nelson as the lead ( still a bad - ass ) . a -
* note : while not required , a basic familiarity with live will help with this course . this course is all about making beats , rather than a comprehensive overview of the software .
constructively contribute to a range of activities related to the film and television industries , gaining an advanced understanding of the role , function and use of digital technologies in contemporary film and television production , distribution and exhibition .
the film went on to gross $ 218 , 791 , 314 at the box office , not bad at all . but here ' s the rub . despite the initial ask for restraint , the head of physical production at the corporation / studio , who shall remain nameless , had a
principle” , and that “principle” was that the dp should not receive any payment for the di grade . this argument i lost .
the majority of our graduates move into staff or freelance roles in the film , television and video industries . recent roles include :
introduction : in this lesson learners will revise some film review vocabulary through pair - work discussions . they they will write their own film review after analysing a model . then they will read each other’s reviews and have a class vote about which film looks most interesting . topic : films aims :
broderick has been very supportive of the film , and the script has several challenging , meaty roles for actors looking play multifaceted characters .
the tomatometer score — based on the opinions of hundreds of film and television critics — is a trusted measurement of critical recommendation for millions of fans . it represents the percentage of professional critic reviews that are positive for a given film or television show .
jersey films and 3 arts entertainment are producing the film . matthew broderick is attached as one of two male leads .
david o . selznick was a hollywood film producer who made a huge string of hits in the 1930s through the 1950s , including ' gone with the wind . '
caleo recently completed the directors lab at ifp / west and is currently writing a film for columbia pictures and producer cathy konrad .
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the film is being produced by eric kim and catherine park . a former agent , kim formed ek management in 1999 and recently produced the indie feature
time . the film is in an active stage of preproduction , and the essentials of production must come together quickly if all is to go smoothly .
the second installment , episode ii—attack of the clones , premiered on may 12 , 2002 , at the tribeca film festival . the third and final episode , revenge of the sith , debuted in may 2005 .
in the majority of cases you will assessed individually . the collaborative nature of the film and tv industries however means that some of your modules will involve group work . in these you will be assessed on the actual film or television programme you have produced as a team , as well as on your individual contribution to the project .
most of your contact hours will be in theatre , film and television , with some additional teaching on campus east .
in & apos ; tourista . & apos ; but the poor box office killed the sequel and the closest we’ve come to & apos ; tourista & apos ; is the 2008 backpacker horror film & apos ;
a viciously funny short film starring jon tenney that premiered at the laff and played at festivals around the country . he served as story editor and wrote episode number three for the upcoming season of the hbo series
a unique module on content development will give you your first taste of creating film and tv ideas in a professional context .
he moved to film , penning scripts for jay roach at warner brothers and chris rock at miramax . in 2002 he directed
says macaulay ,
a decade ago there were few open directing assignments for indie - oriented directors . thats changed in the past few years as many of todays independent directors dont always write their own material . of course , these directors also look for projects already set up with financing , but here westfeldt and zions track record at making a commercially successful film and raising private capital should speak for the projects viability .
george lucas is a writer , producer and director known for his creation of the enormously successful ' star wars ' and ' indiana jones ' film franchises .
i am getting mentally exhausted from watching so many generic movies .
making the grade
looks as if it was churned out of the same factory as a hundred other ' 80s movies . a spoiled high school kid doesn ' t want to spend his senior year going to a private school . he hires a trouble maker ( judd nelson ) to pretend to be him and attend the school in his place . end of story . there is no chemistry whatsoever between nelson and his female costar ( jonna lee ) . what about comedy ? i literally laughed one time during the 100 minutes of this film . it is dull and predictable . you would be infinitely better off watching judd nelson for the millionth time in
the breakfast club
rather than watch this piece of drivel . 1 / 10
were in the development / packaging stage ,
zions says ,
where were attaching directors , key cast and financing , trying to get the elements we need to get the film made .
this lesson is for teenagers or young adults with a language level of a2 - b2 and focuses on discussing and writing film reviews .
you will graduate with the practical , technical and creative skills and the experience needed to enter a variety of media industries or to begin a career in independent film and tv production .
offering a unique look behind the barricades at one man ' s impassioned defense of sacred territory , the film is both a portrait of horne and the generations of daring mohawk construction workers that have preceded him .
so simple . i had to write a 300 word synopsis for a silent film – not an easy task – this helped me understand exactly what needed to be said , which i found difficult given that my film has no character names or any written / spoken language .
i practiced query letters and blurbs in a fiction class , but the synopsis is new , and i’m writing one this week for a contest entry . mine’s for middle grade fiction , and it’s supposed to be on the short side ( under 250 words ) so i will need to be extra ruthless in my edits : ) thanks again !
this course is accredited by creative skillset , the skills council for the uk film and tv and video games industries . the accreditation means that our students learn the correct professional skills required by the industry ; and it gives access to various schemes , eg work placement opportunities with the bbc or itv .
all the money in the world ,
lee jokes .
were in preproduction now , so its really nuts and bolts . we need a lot of physical production things . were still working on vendor deals . on the creative side we have all the special effects and digital services donated to the project , but theres a lot of hard costs in terms of going from film to digital and then back to film . its locations , its money , its time .
kim said theyll worry about distribution after the film has been made and then look to hire a producers rep and a publicist .
i love this movie man , judd nelson who never really took off after m , aking this film , is great in this as the street smart kid shaking up the establishment in old fashioned college . the coach of the team is also very funny , and some of the lines are greatest that i have ever heard . watching this film takes me back to the 80 ' s , its what teen comedies were all about , the absolutely awful 80 ' s fashion , the hairstyles , the synth score that just is washed all over the film , i just love this stuff . if you want to get back to your missed youth , and reminisce about the old days , get this , this essential 80 ' s viewing that should be on the shelf with the breakfast club and all the rest , man i love this film . if you guys haven ' t seen , find it and slot it into your dvd player and , sit back and enjoy .
director george lucas was born on may 14 , 1944 , in modesto , california . he grew up in the suburbs , which inspired his 1973 film american graffiti . he studied cinematography at the university of southern california and caught the eye of francis ford coppola , who helped him enter the film business . lucas is best known for writing and directing star wars and creating the indiana jones series , as well as founding the industrial light & magic special effects company .
filmmaker magazine and the ifp los angeles film festival have selected three filmmakers for the fast track program , debuting at the festival in june . filmmaker and the ifp / la will mentor the filmmakers as they gather the resources necessary to begin production . here , tamara krinsky introduces the projects whose successes  and possible failures  well be tracking over the next few issues .
thank you for this information . even the movie you used as your example reiterated why i must write and produce my first , full - length , feature film . thanks for the inspiration . god bless you !
george clooney received the american film institute lifetime achievement award . a roster of famous faces toasted the actor , including barack obama , miley cyrus and bill murray , remembering his ‘er’ days all the way up to his upcoming “catch - 22” adaptation .
you will study the history of film , from hitchcock to tarantino and beyond , and the history of television , from coronation street to game of thrones , and you will learn to analyse both media on the way towards developing your own ideas .
omg thank you . i can see the light at the end of the tunnel .
lucas helped create the stories and worked as a producer on the two sequels that followed . ford starred with kate capshaw ( spielberg & apos ; s future wife ) in indiana jones and the temple of doom ( 1984 ) , and in indiana jones and the last crusade ( 1989 ) , audiences got to meet the hero & apos ; s father , played by sean connery . after the third indiana jones film , however , lucas prepared to return to the film franchise that made him world famous — star wars .
70 per cent of our students are in work or further study within six months of graduating . 90 per cent of our first set of graduates are working in the film or tv industries .
filmmaker s take : says macaulay ,
as caleo observes , casting is key here . broderick is a fantastic start , and at a certain point additional names will create the critical mass allowing a company to feel secure that , at the least , ancillary sales will cover their investment on the film . if the cast is going to be built up , both the producer and , as caleo notes , a good line producer should budget the film to demonstrate that above - the - line costs will still leave money left for a solid production .
i was asked to write a synopsis for a film producer for the script that i am still working on , you can imagine the hassle i’m in , i basically stopped writing the script , and did not write the synopsis either : s this should really help considering the story is there with all the details . this will be very useful ! thanks !
while many of our students choose a career in film or television , our course is also designed to offer you a range of transferrable skills that are relevant to the media , the wider world of work or to further academic study .
jersey and 3 arts are on board as producers , but they are not financing the film ,
caleo says .
in order to get the money , we need to package the project . once thats in place , ill need a good line producer and a strong storyboard artist because its my first feature . i think the other really important thing is finding a marketing person who really understands how to sell this film noir wrapped in a dark comedy .
not too long ago , i began a feature film where the production began by telling me that ,
the main actor , the producer and the director are all taking a cut in their rates , ” – due to it being a more risky kind of script and not a
blockbuster
. therefore , the rest of the crew , including myself , should all do the same .
this is like love at first sight . i call this hitting the bull’s eye . i have a request from a popular hollywood film agent to send a one to seven page synopsis for my allegorical fantasy story . just one click after i googled for synopsis . i got ‘miss right’ waiting for me . i pray i get through the hurdles and get my story into film you are part of my success story .
based on the new york times bestseller , wonder tells the incredibly inspiring and heartwarming story of august pullman . born with facial differences that , up until now , have prevented him from going to a mainstream school , auggie becomes the most unlikely of heroes when he enters the local fifth grade . as his family , his new classmates , and the larger community all struggle to discover their compassion and acceptance , auggie ' s extraordinary journey will unite them all and prove you can ' t blend in when you were born to stand out .
exercise a critical understanding of the creative processes and current practices in professional film and television production - including how different stages of these processes relate to and inform one another - by applying the knowledge and practical skills gained in appropriate professional situations .
has been somewhat of a paradigm for this film , in that it wasnt made for a ton of money but it had some mainstream elements and some edgier elements as well .
you will fine - tune your specialist skills by working alongside your student colleagues in ambitious , large - scale film or studio television productions . you ' ll explore your interests and enthusiasms by focusing on an independent research project on a subject of your own choosing . and you will prepare to enter the film and tv industries by studying the latest creative , business and political issues that affect budgets , audiences , broadcasters and movie studios .
gone are the days of deciphering cryptic client notes . “change that shot after the other one by the yellow fast one . ” clear and concise communication is key to a good workflow and fast turnaround times . with the ability for our clients to leave time - stamp feedback on a video , remark has made making revisions to our videos easier . also , their flat rate pricing puts them above their competitors ; i can just upload without having to worry about limits or quotas .
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but then how would you write a watchmen synopsis without making it look like too nonsense or really stupid ? there is an infinity of odd main characters and they all serve a great purpose to the plot . if you’re going to name only three people who would stay out ? dr . manhattan ? the comedian ? nite owl ? silk spectre ? rorschach ? ozymandias ? the story structure would pretty much fall apart if you pull any of them out .
your personal statement will be read very closely and we will be looking for a range of interests and extra - curricular activity . previous experience of film and tv is not a requirement .
we spent a lot of time working on the script and refining it so that we have what we feel is a very strong , compelling story ,
lee says .
weve got this really strong crew of extremely talented actors on board .
adds kim ,
another strength is the fact that chris is not a first - time director and his first film was shown at the l . a . film festival . he does have a track record .
a rich preppie hires a street wise loner to pose as him at an elite prep school . judd nielson is good in a hand tailored role and the film is better done than most 80 ' s teen comedies . the score is good . it is overlong , however . rating : 7 . 5 out of 10 . the end credits announced a sequel , but none has been made to date . also the film is rated pg , according to its box , but should have been r - rated .
lucas served as the producer of a different type of action film in early 2012 . working for years , he was able to help bring the story of the famed african - american pilots known as the tuskegee airmen to the big screen in red tails . this world war ii drama starred cuba gooding jr . , terrace howard , nate parker and david oyelowo .
eddie though while trying hard to embrace his “preppy - self” comes across to the others as a snarky cool outsider that really doesn’t fit his “woodrow reputation” . the contrast is fresh and humorous making for a perfect example of 80’s school humor that rises above with nelson’s performance . arriving to school sporting an all red sports jacket sets the tone perfectly for how this lil ditty plays out . the performance here is a pretty good seque into nelson’s later “like” role in the breakfast club that echoes “new york streets” over the more suburb rooted personas of some of his co - stars .
the words ‘one page synopsis’ send shivers down my spine ! thanks for making it so much easier to understand . note : make sure that the publisher / agent you’re looking at doesn’t specify single - or double - spaced . i finally boiled my novel down to a page , only to realize i had to half it again ! cutting a 46 , 000 - word book down to 350 wasn’t easy , but it was possible with this technique .
in your final year , you ' ll be able to make a statement about what you want to be in the professional world : film - maker or programme - maker , technician or producer , writer or director and more besides .
park is an independent consultant , advising companies on strategies to develop their businesses , assemble teams and secure funding . she is also the cfo / coo of giant robot , an asian pop culture magazine and retail store . quantum film (
this helped me a lot actually ! as an aspiring writer , the synopsis and the query are the two things that frighten me the most . i’ve just written the first draft of the synopsis of my manuscript .
in that situation–if it’s really critical to the plot that you mention the flashback in the synopsis–i would mention it when it happens in the story .
in 2008 lucas released the latest installment of his indiana jones series . he served as one of its writers and as a producer while steven spielberg once again acted as director . harrison ford returned as the famed adventuring archaeologist in indiana jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull , and was joined by cate blanchett and shia labeouf on this new challenge . the film proved one of the summer & apos ; s biggest hits .
digitally grading and finishing a film is a critical part of filmmaking . unless the cinematographer is shown due respect throughout the entire process , and those who claim to hold
principles” admit that they are deliberately and knowingly taking advantage of cinematographers , then there is a conflict of interest .
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look at this year’s bafta and oscar - nominated films . does anyone think that the five top nominations didn ' t benefit from the endless skill and dedication of the director of photography ? does anyone believe the dps didn ' t see their production through to the end ? does anyone think that it ' s simply a privilege for bob , chivo , ed , john or roger to finish the film to the benefit of all concerned ? no , these films shine out because of the work of their cinematographers .
the film did arrive years on dvd , but has only just arrived to blu - ray format ( per olive films ) . the transfer works well on big screen tv providing a “best so far” version of this underrated 80s’ classic . the release itself presents well but does lack subtitles for those who prefer to watch and read .
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released by fox searchlight pictures . the film won the audience award for best feature at the 2001 laff , along with a special jury prize for writing and acting . westfeldt started her career as a new yorkbased theater actress , starring in more than 25 off - broadway and regional productions . television credits include roles as a series regular in
have collaborated on the creation of fast track , a new program designed to assist los angeles film festival alumni in the development , production and financing of their new feature projects . supporting three projects and filmmakers , the two organizations will this summer broker meetings , arrange in - kind support and consult on various aspects of the production . as a trade - off , the filmmakers have agreed to share the details of their successes ( and possible failures ) with
what if there were shared residual payments , not for the few departments who have won their individual rights to the pot , but for all those who turn a script into a film ? what if a percentage of the gross profit found its way back down the chain in some way ? it would mitigate the extra , unpaid work and our handing - over of intellectual property . it might help make up for the time spent away from home and family , the unsociable hours and the enforced gagging orders , called “non disclosure agreements” .
there aren ' t any course prerequisites , but you ' ll need a copy of ableton live . while beginners to live are welcome , it ' s important to know that this is not an introduction to ableton live course , but rather focused very specifically on beat making , so you might need to reference live ' s documentation occasionally or ask your mentor for help . if you don ' t have a license you can follow along with the free demo .
the module on genre will acquaint you with the importance of terms like thriller , horror , western and other definitions in the development and production of professional film and television . meanwhile , to start you own your way towards your own areas of specialisation , we currently offer options in screenwriting , documentary and in designing digital effects tools , among others .
great tool ! i have a story where the protagonist enters further along in the chronological story line . he appears at the beginning of the novel , but events happen prior to in flashbacks that . should my synopsis follow the chronological order and describe the flashbacks in the opening image ?
the death star arrives in space near the rebels , and the attack begins . luke joins the assault team of fighter ships . the rebels suffer heavy losses , and soon luke is one of the few remaining pilots and ships . he takes his chance and initiates the final attack . guided by ben’s voice and the force , he manages to fire the single , critical shot to explode the death star .
in your second year you will hone your production skills and study a full range of professional disciplines on the way towards creating your own projects . you ' ll learn to develop , write , cast , budget and produce your own short film , drama or documentary . and you will experience a variety of roles and a variety of different formats in the multi - camera television studio , before working up and directing a studio show of your own . you will explore film and tv content production through all its stages , from concept to completion .
they are consistently on the look - out for new ideas , new stories and new talent . choose this highly creative and highly practical course to learn the latest techniques for producing exciting film and television content . you ' ll also gain analytical skills that will allow your imagination to flourish in a professional industrial environment .
thanks susan , i am entering my screenplay into a film festival competition ( my first one ) , the winner gets to be produced . it really is important i get the synopsis right , your advice will be a great help . the screen australia definition of a synopsis is pretty dry compared to yours . it helps being a star wars kid to .
the following year , lucasfilm produced the first in its anthology series : rogue one : a star wars story , which starred felicity jones , ben mendelsohn and diego luna . in 2017 , lucas & apos ; friend and old collaborator , ron howard , was tapped to direct the subsequent film , solo : a star wars story , which premiered in may 2018 .
defending his latest creation , lucas argued that the phantom menace was a children & apos ; s movie , as all the star wars movies were meant to be before their cult - like magnetism took hold of the american public . however , a behind - the - scenes featurette that accompanied the film & apos ; s release to dvd in 2001 told a different story , revealing a director who wasn & apos ; t entirely satisfied with his product .
it & apos ; s a little disjointed ,
lucas says at one point , after watching a rough cut of the film .
it & apos ; s bold in terms of jerking people around . i may have gone too far in a few places .
this creative skillset accredited programme was developed with input from practising industry specialists . the teaching staff come from a range of media and academic backgrounds and include documentary and feature film - makers , broadcasting executives , scriptwriters and technical practitioners alongside media historians and theorists with national and international reputations .
young guys on the make get a job at a resort hotel in the caribbean .
an image / setting / concept that sets the stage for the story to come .
to escape the desert planet , ben and luke hire a low - life pilot and the pilot’s hairy , alien friend . luke , ben , luke’s robots , the pilot , and the hairy friend leave the planet and fly to the death star , darth vader’s home and the empire’s main base .
i had a brilliant time at york . the training we received in the tv studio was fantastic . we learnt how all of the different roles in multicamera production work together all while using industry - standard kit . i discovered how much i loved vision mixing and went on to study at the national film and television school . i ' m now working as a vision mixer for bbc studioworks , primarily on eastenders .
with the death star destroyed and the empire severely damaged , the rebels hold a grand ceremony to honor luke and his friends . the princess awards them with medals for heroism .
red tails may prove to be one of lucas & apos ; s final epics , excluding a possible new indiana jones film . he announced that he was retiring from big blockbusters to explore smaller , more personal stories on the screen around this time . to that end , lucas decided to sell his company , lucasfilm , to the walt disney company in october 2012 . he received about 40 million shares of disney stock as part of the deal . in return , disney got the rights to the very lucrative star wars franchise , which the company continued with the release of the record - breaking star wars : the force awakens in december 2015 .
you have to take this movie for what it is and when it was released . the characters are likable and the dialogue doesn ' t try too hard to be funny ; it just is . granted , some of the appeal may be nostalgic at this point ; it ' s hard to imagine how this looks to a first - time viewer today . ok , some parts are bound to be ridiculous ; there is a break - dancing scene and accompanying music that are hopelessly dated . . . then again break - dancing does appear to be making a comeback . i ' m not a huge andrew dice clay fan , but this movie is where the
diceman
character originated . the actor who plays palmer woodrow wrote the movie the burbs , as it turns out .
to escape the desert planet , ben and luke hire a low - life pilot and the pilot’s hairy , alien friend . luke , ben , luke’s robots , the pilot , and the hairy friend leave the planet and fly to the death star , darth vader’s home and the empire’s main base . once on board the death star , luke discovers the princess is being held as a hostage . he and the group set out to find the princess , while ben sets out to find a way for them to escape the base .
the mc is lower than low , and he / she must fight through the blackness of his / her emotions to find the strength for the final battle . what happens here ?
i have exactly the same problem , can’t wait to get tips on this . the modern query structure seems to skew the market towards the more linear stories , it seems to me .
once on board the death star , luke discovers the princess is being held as a hostage . he and the group set out to find the princess , while ben sets out to find a way for them to escape the base .
so what is it that makes the above - the - line production team think they can create a caste system in filmmaking . to my mind it lies in the very divisiveness of the above - the - line / below - the - line dogma imposed on our industry . by keeping cinematographers as struggling artists , the executives can play the privilege of creativity card . we should be so lucky . the result is that the corporations get their cake and fill their faces .
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recognise and develop a capacity to intervene effectively into a range of issues relating to film and television culture through a developed and critical understanding of moving image forms and aesthetics and of how films and television programmes tell stories , create meaning and relate to social and cultural conditions .
i guess that , by now , anyone reading this article is smart enough to know just where this is going . and it is going to end badly . well it did , in a way , but only for some . the film turned out to be successful , very successful . i fought my case , argued the obvious , that below - the - line crew are not the same as above - the - line , and i managed , at least , not to take a cut in what i had been paid previously .
after rescuing the princess , luke and the group try to escape . ben sacrifices himself so they can flee , and darth vader kills ben . the group flees the death star on their own ship .
you will have access to professional - standard single and multi - camera facilities from the outset . with the guidance of expert staff , many of them film and television professionals , you will develop the directing , editing , camera - operating , writing and recording skills you will need to tackle a range of genres and a range of professional disciplines . over the three years , you will have the chance to imagine and make your own dramas or documentaries and your own studio programmes and to hone your specialist skills in large - scale group productions .
a contented salesman is teamed with the top moneymaker in a new york conglomerate , a grumpy loner who tries to show him and his fiancée the awful realities of the world . in the end , its they who show him the horrible truth of life .
with the death star destroyed and the empire severely damaged , the rebels hold a grand ceremony to honor luke and his friends . the princess awards them with medals for heroism . though luke is still sad over the loss of ben and his family , he has found a place among the rebels , and with them , he will continue to fight the empire .
lucas continued the story of the jedi knights and the dark side in the empire strikes back ( 1980 ) and the return of the jedi ( 1983 ) . in the meantime , he set up a state - of - the - art special effects company , industrial light & magic ( ilm ) , as well as a sound studio , skywalker sound , and began to execute more and more control over the finished product of his films . he eventually built his own moviemaking
empire
outside of the controlling influence of hollywood in the hills of marin country , california .
you ' ll experience creative production , develop technical skills and explore key areas of theory and history on this rigorous course . you ' ll spend around half of your time in hands - on activity and practical projects . we ' ll encourage you to explore and realise your ideas . at the same time you ' ll develop an understanding of how film and television have influenced our world , and how you might contribute to the industries in the future .
i have written five novels , out of which two have come out and three are still in the pipeline . i was required to submit a short synopsis for a film producer and was in a fix to know what to do . your sample synopsis has give me a timely help for which i am highly obliged to you . thanks , punshil kumar
editor scott macaulay ,
projects already in preproduction in this presumably lower - budget range usually have a hard time attracting financing from distributors . the distributors would rather see the film made for more money and in a way that would allow them to exert more control over the production . so its smart that the filmmakers are concentrating instead on raising private equity and goods and services . there are private equity players and new production companies out there who might be impressed with lees festival record and want to participate .
after rescuing the princess , luke and the group try to escape . ben sacrifices himself so they can flee , and darth vader kills ben . the group flees the death star on their own ship . luke is devastated over ben’s death , and he is more determined to fight darth vader and help the rebels defeat the empire . luke joins the rebel army , and helps them plan an attack on the death star’s only weakness .
in the few scenes he ' s in , it ' s the diceman who adds the only flavor to this amateurish attempt at a teenage sex comedy . lifeless screenplay and dull cast drive this right into the ground .
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what happens when a wealthy preppy hires a street kid from brooklyn to attend prep school for him ? well , not much of a movie , that ' s for sure . stupidity abounds in this golan - globus funfest . a week after seeing this film , i cannot remember a single detail . and that is perhaps the highest praise i can give this piece of schlock .
luke is devastated over ben’s death , and he is more determined to fight darth vader and help the rebels defeat the empire . luke joins the rebel army , and helps them plan an attack on the death star’s only weakness .
i would say that the black moment is not just about ben dying , but mainly about the falcon being tracked back to yavin 4 . if they don’t stop them , the empire will end the rebellion in one swift stroke .
now that lucas had won back the confidence of his supporters , he set out to make a children & apos ; s saturday morning serial that would be part fairy tale , part flash gordon and complete fantasy and adventure set in the imaginary frontier of outer space . the project eventually evolved into a full - length feature entitled star wars . released in may 1977 , star wars blew audiences away with its awe - inspiring special effects , fantastical landscapes , captivating characters ( the erroneous pairing of two bumbling droids providing , ironically , the most heart and comic relief ) and the familiar resonance of popular myth and fairy tale . made for $ 11 million , the film grossed over $ 513 million worldwide during its original release .
sooz – i have been searching for 3 days for the best synopsis ‘how - to’ . you win ! thanks for taking the time…the ‘star wars’ analogy is a perfect guideline .
one thing writers hate doing but will inevitably have to do ( one day or another , at least ) is the dreaded synopsis . an agent may request it in his / her submission materials , or an editor might want it once your agent has you out on subs . my film agent needed it for shopping around something strange & deadly , and i would imagine other rights - agents would want a short , simple synopsis for the same reason .
i am a huge 80 ' s buff . i love the classic comedies that have come from that era . this is by far and away the best of the bunch . it is quite possibly the best comedy ever . it plays on the stereotypes of preppies and intercity kids . it is great . palmer woodrow , played wonderfully by dana olsen , is a scene stealer . this is also one of judd nelson ' s first films . it is andrew dice clay ' s first film apperance . it is a classic piece of americana . buy it , rent it , steal it if you have to . it is that good .
i do have a question though – i have just completed the first book in a trilogy . the ending is of course , in the third book – how do i then do the synopsis ? do i need to mention it’s a trilogy ? do i only mention what happens in the first book ?
it does ! and i appreciate the haste of your reply ! i think my question could be rearranged as so : if you feel the narrative is best served in a non - linear way , do you show that via your synopsis ? for example , the main conflict is presented the most , but then the story cuts back further and further to reveal the events that led to the main conflict . would you write this in your synopsis to reflect how you want to tell the story ?
though luke is still sad over the loss of ben and his family , he has found a place among the rebels , and with them , he will continue to fight the empire .
the girl school mixer band ' s rendition of my sharona in no way corresponds to the band ' s physical movements . there is not even anyone singing when the vocals are being heard .
now in a new life , the mc meets new people , experiences a new life , and meets the antagonist / villain .
synopsis a team of chemical foundation creates a virus and its antidote to make money . they come to west african town of misipi and injects the virus to bush animals that are widely consumed in the country . the virus kills several people . they come back as wolunteers to help arrest the situation . the truth is unraveled when a journalist loses his girlfriend who happens to be a nurse to the virus . he does undercover journalism to unravel the secrets