Comparing Le Jetee, the short, and 12 Monkeys, the full-length movie

 From the short film of Le Jetee, it began with a black and white setting displaying a French man directed by Chris Marker. The character reflects on the one woman and scars from the past as machines creep by and select Parisians of the past to aid the future.

For my film, I envision the black and white effect of the past being used to demonstrate past memories with my teammate. This would show that there was once a period in time where trust was unbreakable and we have experience with each other's company. Just how the audience could not predict the next scene in Le Jetee, I aim to create the same effect with the editing. 

Jumping to the 12 monkeys full movie, a shallow yet colorful  setting is present directed by Terry Gilliam. A virus takes over in 1996, to which the underground prisoners are sent on tasks or experiments to find out the cause. James Cole, the main character takes on the experiment.

In my film, I have the goal of adopting that technique of manipulating the plan from the pitch used in previous blogs. The cast member chosen will go onto their own route, differed from the original plan to rob a group to now being left alone as the main character takes the financial gain for themselves.

Le Jetee is a 1962 short film narrated through timed images and limited graphics. The main editing tool used were fade, hard cut, and cross dissolve. The usage of angles to portray the narrator's passions and feelings of his experiment. The plot then switches to the climax of the man witnessing a death right in front of him.

On the other hand, 12 monkeys is a 1995 film produced by a cast with many scenes and angles portraying the main idea of the experiment. Untimely, it consisted of what started the virus that killed 5 billion people. The plot switches to the climax of the child witnessing his own death as an adult. The pair go through obstacles to finally witness the cause of the virus being the assistant of the woman all along.

In comparison, both films have these 'experiments' that are designed by scientists to save the future that is controlled by animals above. They have an underground setting in place to protect the characters from death. Early on in the beginning scenes, death is introduced by the above operations on the planet, seeming warning the main character to act cautiously. The protagonists are uncontrollably attached to the women as their mind foreshadows the past of the women being reflected upon and needed to continue the experiment. In the end, both films attempt to alter the future.