Kylas Film Journal

      When viewing the film Seven, I realized how far ahead of time the director thinks in order to create a masterpiece. Every little detail in the film is connected and hints to the next. The film has structure, conflicts, repetition, cues, and a lot of symbolism to get to the bigger picture.      In the film, the big climax moment occurs within the last 10 minutes, which is unlike other films that I have seen. The quote “what’s in the box” from detective Mills is the highest most suspenseful scene in the whole film. The film is based upon Somerset's last week on the job and in the city that they live in, while it is Mills first in a new city. Somerset is an older very calm understanding and well experienced detective who is set to work with Mills, a young hothead detective, on his last week. The two detectives did not get along very well due to their very different personalities, they were originally assigned different murder cases that end up being conn...

       Before my viewing of “The Truman Show”, I was under the impression that the film would be a reality Tv show about a man by the name Truman, this expectation was based off of what the title was implying to me. In the beginning of the film I was very lost. As a viewer I felt there was not enough context in the first half for me to get a complete picture and fully comprehend what was going on. I believe that the directors did this to create a sense of mystery. There were many hints throughout the first half that didn’t fully click in my brain until the plot was laid out more, that then made complete sense. One scene that stuck out to me was when Truman and Meryl are arguing and out of no where Meryl puts on a smile and starts to talk about ‘coco powder’ causing Truman to look around the room in confusion. After realizing halfway through the film that Trumans life and reality has all been a lie, it made me feel disoriented about my own life. It is crazy to believe...

Hi, my name is Kyla Dickey and I chose to take film class this semester because it sounded interesting, and since it s a college class I can earn college credits. I hope to gain knowledge about how actually works  behind the scenes, and possibly be able to notice these things that I learn while watching other films in the future. Something about me is that I love Disney movies, specifically older princess movies, they have always had a special place in my in my heart ever since I was little and always will. My all time favorite Disney movies are “Tangled” and “The Nightmare Before Christmas”. Aside from Disney movies, my favorite movie is “Split” it is such an interesting film with many plot twists, and the story is also continued into another very interesting movie. Another film that I like is “Miracles from Heaven”, this film has changed my perspective on the world, and the good and bad things that happen. It has helped me see that everything happens for a reason, and that everyt...