| Jorge Solis' first bio written
during his freshman year at college. Never in a million years did
I think I would ever write an introduction about myself. If I come across
as snobbish or a jerk, I'm sorry. I'm really not. I'm just a guy who likes
to watch movies. I'm also a Communications Major with a minor in Writing
at the College of Mount Saint Vincent. Now enough about me and let's talk
about movies.
Why do I like movies so
much? I guess it's because movies can be taken seriously and can also be
entertainment. A serious piece of work in my opinion is The Shawshank
Redemption and an entertainment piece to me is Face/Off. I like
all kinds of movies but my favorites are horror movies. I can talk about
James Whale's Frankenstein to Sam Raimi's Evil Dead to John
Carpenter's The Thing for hours.
When I was young, I was
watching movies, cartoons, and reading comic books. Alfred Hitchcock would
make storyboards before he went to work on his movie. Back then, many
filmmakers didn't use storyboards unless they were making cartoons. His
storyboards contained the camera angle, the movement of the character, and
shadows. When I see storyboards, I see a comic book.
I don't look at the visual
aspect of a movie so much. Instead I think of how the story is
being told. I believe a good script makes a good movie. I care
more about character development, dialogue, and the story. For
example, the tension in the movie, Reservoir
Dogs, between the men in suits builds up and explodes where
everyone is involved in a Mexican shootout. In the beginning,
everyone is having their own kind of conversation as they eat
while the camera is circling around their table. Reservoir Dogs
is about a bank robbery even though you don't see it. Quentin
Tarantino wrote a good screenplay, which is why he was able to
direct a good movie.
You can prove me
wrong though on my theory. You just need to give me a good
example. I think the best-written screenplay ever for a movie was Ben-Hur.
The story is about a rich man who becomes a slave and loses
everything he has. It is also a revenge story as he seeks
vengeance against the man who betrayed him. You can disagree with
me on this of course and this is why movies are great. Film is
subjective, not objective. Everyone has their own opinion. |
