1) Scott is chasing Romona(rollerblading) through his door into a virtual video game world.
2) In the screen of a video game (in the shape of a guitar) Scott is in the game fighting Romona’s Ex league. He is jumping over video game obstacles.
3) Scott is playing an arcade game with his back to the viewer. He is in a shadow of the light from the video game with a guitar. In the screen he is fighting the exes.
Cloak and Dagger:
Virtual reality of adventures and spies becomes real
Concept statements:
1) Davey in “real life” (in the shadows) and he is stepping into the virtual spy reality being lead by Jack his imaginary friend.
2) Davey’s “mission” laid out on video game directions. This shows his adventures through directions to complete the mission.
3) Vintage computer screen showing a scene during Davey’s adventure
Rushmore:
High school from the perspective of an obsessor
Concept statements:
1) Max is drawing a picture of the aquarium he wants to build for Miss Cross on a chalk board with a cigarette
2) Falling out of a backpack are objects symbolizing the things Max obsesses with
• Glasses, beret, uniform, the pins, bike wheel, calligraphy pen and writing, the book miss cross has relation to, a fish in the bag, blue prints of the plan, a shovel, his clipboard, wrestling uniform, love letter to miss cross, the 2 pins, hard hat, crossing guard uniform, failing grades
3)Rushmore built out of objects and symbols that make up Max.
• shovel, his moms grave, barber pole, glasses, tie, bike, beret ect.
Themes: Holding on to the past, unresolved issues regarding past relationships, being honest with yourself about who you are and what you want, “I’m in love with this girl but her evil exes have banded together to control her love-life so now I have to fight them all to the death,” ignorance, immaturity He can’t hold down a job. He’s a perpetual freeloader, living almost entirely on his friend’s largesse and good will. He has next to no idea how the real world works, even in a universe that seems to run on video-game logic as much as anything else. He’s a child in a man’s body,“It’s All About Me” attitude
He can barely relate to anyone on a personal level or operate in the real world. The entire universe is – to his mind – arranged to his benefit and if it doesn’t directly affect him, he couldn’t care less. The past is also what is holding the characters back from moving on with their lives.
8-bit and 16-bit era of video games, 70s and 80s music, comics and pop-culture.
boyfriend fight scenes
Quotes: “I have to go pee due to boredom.”
“We are Sex Bob-Omb and we are here to make you think about death and get sad and stuff.”
“If I peed my pants would you pretend that I just got wet from the rain
_ Review Scott Pilgrim VS. the World
Scott Pilgrim, the main character, is a 23 year old living in Canada, in a band and is struggling with reality. Scott is a very immature character who is a slacker and can never hold a job. Scott floats through life without any concerns, he is truly the definition of a child stuck in a man’s body. After a recent breakup, Scott started seeing a high schooler. Knives, because he wanted things to be “uncomplicated”. By dating a high schooler, Scott felt more on his level besides having nothing in common. Scott finds himself dreaming about another girl and he falls in love with Ramona. She is a mysterious girl who allures Scott to her. Little does Scott know at the time, she would be the most complicated and intense relationship he will ever be in. Romona has a League of Evil Exes. This League has to battle Romona’s new boyfriends. Scott is faced with intense fights that resemble video games. Throughout this Scott discovers self respect, and respect for his friends and love for Romona. The relationship with Romona is the opposite of uncomplicated and truly puts Scott to the test. Not only does he have to mature but also work for it. Throughout the movie everyone is constantly challenged with the past and resolving past relationships with each other and their exes. They learn to confront the past and then move on. This film is very quick pace, which resembles a sort of video game with 80s music. There is something constantly happening and you feel as if you’re inside the chaotic childish brain of Scott himself.
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Cloak and Dagger
Director: Richard Franklin
Date of Release: July 13, 1984
Themes: imaginary vs real life, video game, virtual vs. reality, adventures, spies, fictional secret agent, imaginary. A boy caught up in the world of computer games, game-obsessed hero, adventure seeking. Post war thrillers.
Iconic Elements: The Cloak and Dagger Game, Walkie Talkies, Spies, little kids, Video Game Store, the boat tour, The Alamo, The old spy couple, the kidnapping car, guns, backpacks.
Quotes: “Not too smart for a military man, huh?”
“It’s not fair. Jack Flack always escapes. How does he do it, Morris? I had ten times as many bullets, Yeah, but Flack had ingenuity and the contacts, Kim. That’s better than bullets sometimes.”
“I can tell you one thing: if we were at war, I’d want him on my side.”
_ Review Cloak and Dagger
Cloak and Dagger was a fun virtual kids film that turned dark and real fast. Davey, the main character, was sent on a mission with his friend to get some magazines and a Twinkie for his friend who works at a local video game shop. Davey and his friend love playing the game Cloak and Dagger. Davey finds himself trying to reenact the game and going to far to imaging, Jack Flack himself. Jack is Davey’s imaginary army friend who teaches Davey to be a soldier. While going on the mission, Davey runs into some bad people and witnesses a killing. While this is happening he is given the secret FBI information in a Cloak and Dagger game. With no one believing Davey but his two friends, Davey starts to fear for his life when he gets in contact with the bad spies. The spies plan on killing Davey for the FBI game. The whole movie Davey and his friend are trying to help the FBI by stopping the bad spies. This leads him into a lot of danger for a kid his age especially when no one believes him except for his imaginary friend, Jack Flack. Davey feels as though he has no choice but to help with this mission. During the chase the bad guys plant a bomb in Davey friends walkie talkie. They plan on killing all the witnesses to the tape. It is now a race to make sure Davey’s friend is safe and so is everyone around her, along with making sure the bad spies do not leave the country with the FBI information. With Davey and his friend being only eight years old, this mission gets scary when no one believes them until they are in a very dangerous situation. With the bad spies kidnapping Davey, Davey’s dad swoops in to save Davey.
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Rushmore
Director: Wes Anderson
Date of Release: December 11, 1998
Themes: obsessive, captain of everything, craized passions, love to hate and back, despair, high expectations, problems of adults with the knowledge of a child.
Quotes: “[to Dr. Peter] I was punched in the face. What’s your excuse?”
“Dr. Guggenheim, I don’t want to tell you how to do your job. But the fact is, no matter how hard I try, I still might flunk another class. If that means I have to stay on for a post-graduate year, so be it…”
“Because at this moment I feel our best strategy is to keep a low pro file. The more preparation I can do, the stronger our case will be when we go to the administration.”
_ Review Rushmore
Max Fischer is a 15 year old who attends a Rushmore, a private school. He is stuck in the conflict of wanting to be mature and a grown up while stuck in high school. He forces himself to grow up too quickly, and instead of enjoying things high school boys do, he is forcing himself into every extracurricular activity resulting in him not doing well in any of his classes. Crossing guard, wrestling alternative, beekeeping society, president of calligraphy, and producing plays. He does his hardest and perfects everything outside of school. This results to him flunking out of his private school and being forced to go to public school. Before he left he fell in love with a teacher at his private school. When finding out her husband has passed away he became persistence on getting her to like him. From becoming her assistance to putting on an amazing play he could not impress her/ she was never going to let it happen. Max goes to the extent of inviting her to dinner with his older friends after one of his plays to impress her. He is crushed when she brings along a guy she’s been seeing as her date. That’s when Max’s age shows with his reaction to her date. Later on, Max’s crush falls in love with Max’s older friend, Herman Blume, played by Bill Murray. Herman is an interesting man, surrounded by money. He wants to help Max but ends up hurting him. Throughout the film the two get back at each other again and again. It is filled with obsession, not only to be perfect but to get the teacher to like him. With this back and forth there is a bike ran over, Herman’s wife is told about the affair and they get separated, Max fills Herman’s room with bees. This all results in the love for the teacher, and they get together to build her an aquarium. Later on Max focuses on his play and spending time with his dad at his barbershop.
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