For my video commentary, I chose August Rush, one of my favorite movies. It tells the story of a boy, August, who lives in an orphanage but believes his parents are still alive, and if he can just ‘follow the music,’ he will find them. Meanwhile, his mother discovers he is not dead like she thought and starts looking for him while his father has spent 12 years missing his mother and finally decides to find her again. It’s sappy, it’s funny, it has Robin William as an uncharacteristic bad guy (and he does it beautifully!) and I just love it.
I have split my commentary into two movies – the first is of just one scene, while the second is of two. But the second includes the final scene of the movie and I didn’t want to ruin it for anyone who has not seen it yet. Also, the second scene has a lot of music that is important to comment on, but you can’t do so during the music or you won’t hear it. So, there is one place where I added a little text so you can read it, and I tried to keep my commentary shorter and to the point so that you can see/hear what I am trying to say by actually watching the clip.
As a last note, the girl singing is actually singing. She is AMAZING!! Only eleven years old, I think, when this was filmed. There is another song she sings in the movie that is incredible, which you can see here. This song was nominated for a grammy, and it totally was better than the other nominations. =]
I watched the first clip because while I had seen the movie awhile ago I had never seen the ending, because it was shown in class to make up for the absence of a teacher. Your commentary makes me want to go find a copy and watch it again! All the way through this time :D
ReplyDeletewhy are you so good at everything?? I have never seen the movie but the scenes you chose were really good and now I want to see it!
ReplyDeleteI love this movie! You did a great job high lighting the scenes that really show August's passion and natural ability with music. I'm glad you played the long clip at the end, I couldn't stop watching! I got goosebumps listening to it :) great job!
ReplyDeleteI love this movie too! The way you highlighted the scenes and what you liked about this movie was excellent. This movie is so inspiring and you chose excellent scenes to demonstrate how powerful it is.
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