Adobe After Effects Text Effect

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Rip Curl Pro Project

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3D Lip Syncing Animation

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Vector Image

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Grid & Styles Assignment: 03

First one:

The Dark Knight: Movie Review

The Dark Knight Movie Review

The Dark Knight was made in 2008 and was a huge hit in the cinemas across the globe. It was such a thrilling movie with everything you could imagine put into a movie. Batman was in charge once again of Gotham city fighting crime that would lay on the streets of Gotham. It was him that was the superhero, the one that could save the day, not only the day but lives.

The Genre of this film was Action,Crime and Thriller what more could you want. This movie had all of those type of genres. The camera work that was involved in the making of this film was remarkable, excellent to watch on a big screen. Personally myself i went and saw the movie at the IMAX cinemas and was amazed how good the quality, the camera work for example a shot from the bottom of a building as batman climb’s up, just looked amazing. Another great work of camera work was the close ups of intense build ups on the characters especially Heath Ledgers roll as The Joker. When he licks his lip then says his favorite quote “Why So Serious” the camera would be right on his face nothing else so the audience could feel the intensity. Bruce Wayne/Batman, Christian Bale played his roll and played it fantastic, i would have to say the best out of all the Batman’s i have seen. Very well acted.

The Audience would of been blown away with this film no matter what type of film you are in to, everybody loved it. It made it so suspense you had people jumping from there chairs while they were watching it because it was that thrilling. It was targeting the audience so every shot in the movie your eyes wouldn’t move, their would always be something happening and that’s what made this film such a success.

The biggest strength of the Batman universe lies within the balance of Batman and his villains. Almost all of them have some sort of connection with our hero. However, the treatment of villains yet again is disappointing, as we see a few villains limited to mere cameos, and the Joker himself (despite the trailers) does not get as much screen time as you may assume. In the infamous 1989 version, we saw the Joker rise from lowly punk criminal to a serious threat to the entire city. In the Dark Knight, unlike Batman, there is literally no explanation as to why he is the way he is. There is no backstory revealed, nothing that could possibly explain his physical appearance and mental state. Surely he may craft some tales, but why believe a madman’s tale as he wields a knife to your lips?

Dark Knight’s best moments were not the action sequences, but the immense tension and suspense predating the payoff .Rarely could you predict the outcomes of some of the conflicts, and for the most part all the payoffs were grand, sometimes leading to applause. The chases and action-packed moments themselves were also well-crafted and made great use of special effects. Yet with so many problems flying at you at the same time, it’s impossible to expect them all to be concluded and wrapped up in the end. Nolan’s direction is stunning from time to time, but then he runs out of steam towards the end of the third act, when the movie is almost finished. The ending, albeit unexpected, was a bit underwhelming and quite vague, especially considering the fact that The Dark Knight is 150 minutes long.

Bottom Line: The negativity is sprinkled about in this review, but don’t let that fool you. The Dark Knight is indeed a great blockbuster flick that will have you forgetting that there’s popcorn and soda by your side. From the dazzling performance of the late Heath Ledger to the carefully-constructed action sequences that keep the pace flowing, there is plenty to praise about. That being said, it’s still not the best superhero movie of all-time. Batman is a comic book, and the cast of this new franchise must remember this. You can dwell as much realism as you’d like, but the fact remains that this isn’t a realistic franchise nor should it ever be treated as such.

Gotham City is still missing its gritty, Gothic, dark architecture and style of Burton’s films, and needs more emphasis on the villains that are in Batman’s world. The villains are the “yang” to the Batman mythology, and Batman himself is the “yin”; you can’t have too much of one and not enough of the other. While it isn’t Batman and Robin or Fantastic Four (both of them…) The Dark Knight still falls short of masterpiece quality simply because of its exchange of comic book style for realistic crime drama. The Dark Knight is a great ride, but not an epic one to Quality Heaven.