Hi guys! I'm back and today I am going to compare Titanic and Revolutionary in terms of performance. I will talk about the performance in a scene from both and explain the performance, and then lastly I will compare each performance.
Titanic performance:
I really like this scene
because this is when Rose and Jack share their first kiss – the scene is when
Rose says “I’m flying Jack”. The scene
starts off with Jack starting out at sea and then Rose appears, Jack asks Rose
to grab his hand which she does and he leads her to go in front of him.Jack grabs Rose’s other hand and leads her
onto the top step of the deck (Rose has her eyes closed when this is all
happening).Jack tells Rose to open her
eyes and this is when she says “I’m flying Jack, I’m flying”.
The performance in this scene
is breathtaking because as the scene goes on you see that both characters
become more comfortable together and then start to trust each other. Especially
Rose, in this scene she finally starts to trust Jack.Jack (Leonardo DiCaprio) acting in this scene
is remarkable.This is because at the
start of the scene you see Jack surprised to see Rose coming towards him.Afterwards, he seems to take it all in and
becomes more relaxed. You can tell he became more relaxed by his facial expressions.
In an interview once, Kate said that she is embarassed by her Titanic performance - she said "even my American accent, I can't listen to it". This shows that
Even though as an audience member I thought it was really good and very confincing, Kate doesn't think so.
Revolutionary Road performance:
This scene is a lot different than Titanic because this is when Frank and April have a fight after April's first show at the theatre. The scene starts off with an awkward silence in the car and then Frank pulls over and starts to slowly have a go at April. This then turns into a very heated argument and it ends in April stepping outside the car and have a cigarette in order to calm down. As Titanic is one of my favorite and I love the chemistry between Jack and Rose, I found watching this scene very difficult to watch as both characters are fighting all the time.
In this film Winslet had to do an American accent again. I still think it is amazing and Kate did a really good job.
Hi guys! Today I am going to write a review on Revolutionary Road, the 2nd film that DiCaprio and Winslet starred in together.
At first, I thought that this film was really interesting because it started from the past (when April and Frank first met). After within 15 minutes watching it I did start to get a little bit uncomfortable watching it. It is completely different from Titanic because Titanic is a romantic film whereas Revolutionary Road is drama. I didn't like the fact that most of the scenes were about the 2 characters (April and Frank arguing all the time)
My favourite scene from the film was when April (Winslet) and Frank (DiCaprio) had their first major fight and this caused a lot of tension between the couple. Kate and Leo's performances in this scene are incredible because they change emotion twice through out the scene which is very hard to do, and also when both characters shout each other it is very realistic.
Hi guys! This blog today is about comparing Titanic and Revolutionary Road. I have included some similarities and differences.
Both films have Kate Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio and Kathy Bates in them.
DiCaprio and Bates in Titanic
Kate and Kathy at an event
In both films they mention Paris - in Titanic you see Rose looking at Jack's drawings he drew on French women in Paris and then in Revolutionary Road April wants to move to Paris to become an actress.
Titanic scene when Rose looks at Jack's drawings
Titanic is a very romantic film and Rose and Jack are clearly deeply in love, Rose says to Jack "When the ship docks, I'm getting off with you" so this shows she is going to leave Cal for Jack. However in Revolutionary Road, Frank and April DID love each other but then later on life they gradually started hating each other. They were in a difficult and violent marriage - I found it quite hard to watch because I love Rose and Jack's love.
Titanic
Revolutionary Road
In Revolutionary Road April dies and then in Titanic Jack dies.
Titanic's genre is romantic and Revolutionary Road's is drama
Revolutionary Road is set in the late 1940's whereas Titanic is set in 1912 (28 years apart)
Hi guys! Missed me? Well I am back now and today I am going to talk about a scene from Titanic. The scene is when Jack is invited to first class and has dinner with Rose, Cal (her fiancée), mother and a few other first class passengers. I am focusing on performance.
Here are the videos...
Photos from the clips:
Meeting at bottom of the stairs:
Dinner scene photos:
The main focus during the clips isn't the dialogue, it is about what Kate and Leo do during the 2 scenes. Eye-line match, gestures and finally their acting skills. Eye-line match means that the gaze of a character in one shot has to line up with the next shot with a different character. Examples of gestures are starring at each other, smiling, linking hands and laughing (all what Rose and Jack do).
Meeting at the bottom of the stairs clip. In this scene, When Rose walks down the stairs, Jack just stares at her and Rose stars back. When Jack kisses Rose's hand he said " I saw that in a nickelodeon one, and I always wanted to do it.". This makes laugh, Jack laughs as well. This is showing that Rose and Jack are comfortable with each other and this is when they start falling in love with each other. I really like the acting in this scene because Leo and Kate make it look really natural and also even though I have watched Titanic loads of times, this scene always makes me smile.
During the dinner table scene, you notice every once in a while you notice Rose and Jack exchanging looks and smiles. For example when Jack is talking about how great is life is and how he loves waking up in the morning not knowing what is going to happen or who is going to meet, Rose just stares at him. Rose smiles at Jack which causes Jack to smile too. I really like the acting in this clip because you are mainly focusing on the gestures and eye-line match between Leo and Kate.Also in this scene you can see Kathy Bates (Molly Brown) give Rose's mum (Ruth) the evil stare. The evil stare symbolises that Molly doesn't really like Ruth. She is a little bit up-herself and also she is suggesting to Jack she has more power than him as Jack is third class and Ruth is in first class, this is shown by Ruth saying "you find this sort of things appealing do you?".
When Jack says goodbye to everyone and then kisses Rose's hand again (just like the beginning of the night) and puts a note in her palm. They share glances at each other and when Jack leaves, Rose/Winslet looks down and smiles.
Script
I found the whole script for the film on a website and I found it very interesting to look at the script while playing the scene at the same time. At some bits, it is hard to follow but Jack still says the same lines.
Hey guys! So I don't know if you heard but today (11/11/2014) is the one and only Leonardo DiCaprio's birthday! - he is 40 years old today. I decided that I would create a blog post dedicating all of what Leo has done through-out his acting career.
Early life
Leonardo is an only child
Leonardo DiCaprio as well as an actor, he is a film producer and an environmentalist
He was name Leonardo because his mother was looking at a Leonardo Di Vinci painting when he first kicked
His mother is called Iremelin
Father is called George - he is half German and Italian
His parents divorced when DiCaprio was only 1
For most of his childhood, he lived with his mother
DiCaprio can speak German fluently
Films
Leo's first film was Critters 3 which is played the step-son of an evil landlord. After that he became a recurring cast member for Graving Pains, he played a character called Luke Brower. Below is a video that the company IMB listed the top 10 films Leonardo has done so far. Titanic is mentioned in it.
Co-stars/Friends
Carey Mulligan on Leonardo DiCaprio (in The Great Gatsby)
Tobey Maguire and DiCaprio when they were younger
Social media
Twitter (https://twitter.com/leodicaprio) Joined in April 2010
Hey guys! Today I am going to talk about behind the scenes in the 4 chosen films, but mainly focusing on Titanic and Revolutionary Road. I am focusing on those 2 films because while watching behind the scenes you can see the relationship Leo and Kate have.
Titanic
I really like these behind the scenes shots because it is very interesting to watch what the actors do not in front of the camera. I love watching Winslet and DiCaprio scenes because you can see that they are clearly very good friends and close. There is one behind the scene where you see Kate and Leo dancing and it is showing that they are just having such a great time and a laugh.
Revolutionary Road
This video is about behind the scenes during the filming of Revolutionary Road. The director and also Kate's husband at the time, Sam Medes is interviewed with Kate and Leo and also some other crew members such as the screenwriter and producer. If you skip to 5:53 they start to talk about making Leo DiCaprio finally take the role. Kate said that "it took a good 2 1/2 years to finally nail Mr DiCaprio ..." and even the producer of the film said a bit about Kate and Leo's friendship. He said "I think Kate said that they got on really well when they did Titanic, she had always wanted Leo...'.
The Great Gatsby
The Holiday
This video is showing the bloopers from the film - it is a bit like behind the scenes but it is showing when the actors forget the lines or they just trip and laugh. This video is very funny.
