December 3rd

My film presentation went alright. I believe that M. Martel enjoyed it, I was nervous as all hell, but it went smoothly enough. I spoke about the differences that I had found between French and American cinema. I focused on three genres, comedy, action, and drama, and discussed differences between two films in each category. However, I started the speech with a brief history of film. I really made it brief. It covered no genres, no Oscars, no Hitchcock, just major events that changed film. Film was born in France so I began with France. It then was rapidly adapted and changed in the States. I then switched to the Stars and Stripes. I actually showed the very first film made by the Lumière Brothers, the one when the train arrives at the station. It isn't much, but it's cute to show. After my history lesson I compared the various films. These were the pairings, as follows from drama to action to comedy; The Graduate and Paris Je T'aime, The Transporter and Batman the Dark Knight, Brice de Nice and Anchorman. I concluded that French films tended to lean towards artistic and moral beliefs, meaning characters have a change of heart and it ends in a better situation or at least a solved situation. American films do whatever the hell they want and have so much variety it is almost incomprehensible. My final slide said that regardless of what I found, if you really want to know just watch some films. Everyone clapped and I ran back to my desk. All is well that ends well with power points.