Craig Ryan
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This is a great topic!
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"Hook" (1991) was the first film I saw in a theater...I was 5 years old, I remember the red carpets of the Century theater, the smell of popcorn, and the rows and rows of red chairs...and the HUGE screen. Speilberg's magic on that screen ingnited something that night.
"Batman" (1989) - I realized that movies didn't have to be realistic. They could have some guy dressed up as a bat flying through the air saving screaming blondes.
The Star Wars Trilogy (the OT)..saw those in 5th grade I believe, and I was changed into the SW nerd I still am today. I realized that music and leitmotifs had a huge part in films.
The film that made me want to be a filmmaker, is flat out "Pulp Fiction". My best friend introduced it to me in my Junior year in Highschool. The gritty realism and the simplicity of the shots - movies didn't have to be about huge expensive crane shots and era sets and costumes and special effects to be really good.
The Godfather - I saw this in my Senior year in High School, this defined the way I looked at problems in society and corruption - I guess this film changed in the way i saw movies and my awareness. After watching it the first time I wanted to know more about my Italian heritage as well...and I realized how important family is.
The Exorcist - this film literally scared the **** out of me. I have never been so frightened by a film; it was so realistic, so controversal, so deadly and horrifying to me. I still can't watch it alone. No matter how far away I am from the screen or how many times i tell myself "this is not real, there is some dude holding a boom mic right next to the action", I still have to cringe when she looks right into the camera with those terrifying eyes and that pure evil grin. *shivers*.
The Lord of the Rings trilogy - Movies can be about stories...which you don't want to end because you've grown so attatched to the characters. These films not only inspired my apirations in cinematography, but they made me realize how affective character development is.
There are many more, but those are the ones that came from the top of my head.
Lets see
"Hook" (1991) was the first film I saw in a theater...I was 5 years old, I remember the red carpets of the Century theater, the smell of popcorn, and the rows and rows of red chairs...and the HUGE screen. Speilberg's magic on that screen ingnited something that night.
"Batman" (1989) - I realized that movies didn't have to be realistic. They could have some guy dressed up as a bat flying through the air saving screaming blondes.
The Star Wars Trilogy (the OT)..saw those in 5th grade I believe, and I was changed into the SW nerd I still am today. I realized that music and leitmotifs had a huge part in films.
The film that made me want to be a filmmaker, is flat out "Pulp Fiction". My best friend introduced it to me in my Junior year in Highschool. The gritty realism and the simplicity of the shots - movies didn't have to be about huge expensive crane shots and era sets and costumes and special effects to be really good.
The Godfather - I saw this in my Senior year in High School, this defined the way I looked at problems in society and corruption - I guess this film changed in the way i saw movies and my awareness. After watching it the first time I wanted to know more about my Italian heritage as well...and I realized how important family is.
The Exorcist - this film literally scared the **** out of me. I have never been so frightened by a film; it was so realistic, so controversal, so deadly and horrifying to me. I still can't watch it alone. No matter how far away I am from the screen or how many times i tell myself "this is not real, there is some dude holding a boom mic right next to the action", I still have to cringe when she looks right into the camera with those terrifying eyes and that pure evil grin. *shivers*.
The Lord of the Rings trilogy - Movies can be about stories...which you don't want to end because you've grown so attatched to the characters. These films not only inspired my apirations in cinematography, but they made me realize how affective character development is.
There are many more, but those are the ones that came from the top of my head.
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