Films A Trip to the Moon, The Haunted Castle: Synopsis, Analysis
This order consists of 8 pages. The four pages for firm journal and the other four pages for final exam(Final Research Project).
For the four pages of firm journal, I missed 5 points for quizzes and I want to make up those points, so I was asked to expand the regular Film Journal entries by 4 more entries covering those films.(For more detailed information, you can view the picture of the instruction 1 about quiz make up )
For the final research project, the instruction can be found in the picture of instruction 1, 2 and syllabus.
The film list can be found in the syllabus. Section VIII of this syllabus.
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Part I
Film Title: A Trip to the Moon
Year of Production: 1902
Synopsis
Members of the Astronomic Club have gathered to listen to their president (Professor Barbenfouillis), who proposes a moon trip. Some of them are against the idea, while five brave individuals agree to accompany the professor. They develop a space capsule, whose shape resembles that of a bullet. A huge cannon is also built to shoot the vessel into space. The six astronomers embark on their journey, and the capsule is fired with the marines' help. The man on the moon watches the approaching capsule, which eventually hits his eye.
The six men land safely on the Moon and get out of the vessel without their spacesuits. They stare at the Earth, rising in the distance. Exhausted, the astronomers unroll their blankets and sleep on the lunar surface. While sleeping, the Big Dipper appears, a comet passes, the old Saturn in his ringed planet leans out of a window, and the goddess of the Moon (Phoebe) appears seated in a swing that is shaped like a crescent moon (Méliès, 1902).
She causes a snowfall, awakening the astronomers. During their stay, the six men realized that though the place was fantastic, it was life-threatening. They were attacked by different insectoid aliens, some of which they killed, and others were too powerful. To find a way out of the alien predicament, the astronomers get back into their canopy and fall through Space and into an ocean on Earth. A ship rescues them, and the explorers are then towed ashore. The film ends with a celebratory parade in honor of their return.
Analysis
A Trip to the Moon is a 14-minute science fiction film directed and produced by Georges Méliès. It was inspired by different books such as The First Men in the Moon, From the Earth to the Moon, and Around the Moon (Méliès, 1902). The silent adventure took three months to film. This is one of the films that captivate my attention. While the plot behind A Trip to the Moon may appear relatively simple today, it is incredibly ambitious for such an early cinema. Emotion and motion are at the core of this science fiction. Also, the space capsule crashing into the face of the moon is one surreal image guaranteed to stick in your head forever.
Film Title: The Haunted Castle
Year of Production: 1896
Synopsis
The film begins with a large bat flying into a medieval castle. It flies slowly within the castle while flapping its huge wings. The bat suddenly changes into Mephistopheles (the devil). The demon then prepares a cauldron and produces ghosts, skeletons, witches, and other supernatural creatures from its bubbling contents. All these are intended to help him scare two cavaliers.
Eventually, one of them flees. Mephistopheles' assistant plays several tricks on the second cavalier, but none makes him leave. The explorer is then stunned by the beauty of a woman who emerges from the pot, which he later discovered to be an illusion (Gifford, 1969). When the cavalier comes face to face with the Devil, he holds up a large crucifix, causing the demon to vanish in a blast of smoke.
Analysis
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