Not Penguin
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The existence of Not Penguin operates on three layers:
1. Fun of Films (sometimes books, rarely music)
2. Meaningful Talks
3. Random [REDACTED]
[bridged from https://mas.to/@NotPenguin on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
1. Fun of Films (sometimes books, rarely music)
2. Meaningful Talks
3. Random [REDACTED]
[bridged from https://mas.to/@NotPenguin on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
Why did I refrain from using Letterboxd for quite some time? This answers...
(joke is taken from Princess Mononoke (1997) reviews)
(joke is taken from Princess Mononoke (1997) reviews)
May 20, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Why did I refrain from using Letterboxd for quite some time? This answers...
(joke is taken from Princess Mononoke (1997) reviews)
(joke is taken from Princess Mononoke (1997) reviews)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L58ntNCg6TM
This is a great video essay. It covers some points I wanted to talk about: how Cure (1997) builds patterns of expectations.
This is a great video essay. It covers some points I wanted to talk about: how Cure (1997) builds patterns of expectations.
April 15, 2025 at 5:58 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L58ntNCg6TM
This is a great video essay. It covers some points I wanted to talk about: how Cure (1997) builds patterns of expectations.
This is a great video essay. It covers some points I wanted to talk about: how Cure (1997) builds patterns of expectations.
The opening of Full Metal Jacket (1987) is about faces. Ambiguous, impenetrable faces, wearing millions of vastly different and identical emotions.
And hair, of course.
[Photos WIP.]
And hair, of course.
[Photos WIP.]
March 31, 2025 at 8:00 AM
The opening of Full Metal Jacket (1987) is about faces. Ambiguous, impenetrable faces, wearing millions of vastly different and identical emotions.
And hair, of course.
[Photos WIP.]
And hair, of course.
[Photos WIP.]
Snowpiercer (2014) has three questions to answer:
1. What's the worldview;
2. How to push through the train;
3. How to build everything towards the confrontation at the end.
After a rather successful act 1 build up, Boon decided on the most forceful method to answer them questions... midway into […]
1. What's the worldview;
2. How to push through the train;
3. How to build everything towards the confrontation at the end.
After a rather successful act 1 build up, Boon decided on the most forceful method to answer them questions... midway into […]
Original post on mas.to
mas.to
March 30, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Snowpiercer (2014) has three questions to answer:
1. What's the worldview;
2. How to push through the train;
3. How to build everything towards the confrontation at the end.
After a rather successful act 1 build up, Boon decided on the most forceful method to answer them questions... midway into […]
1. What's the worldview;
2. How to push through the train;
3. How to build everything towards the confrontation at the end.
After a rather successful act 1 build up, Boon decided on the most forceful method to answer them questions... midway into […]
Ah yes, *reverse script writing* is my new favourite spare time hobby.
Pick a film and write as you pause. Great practice on observation. Getting into director's mind.
You can even check with the original if you wanna feel bad.
(Spent a little above one hour on 10 minutes of a film. 7 pages.)
Pick a film and write as you pause. Great practice on observation. Getting into director's mind.
You can even check with the original if you wanna feel bad.
(Spent a little above one hour on 10 minutes of a film. 7 pages.)
March 29, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Ah yes, *reverse script writing* is my new favourite spare time hobby.
Pick a film and write as you pause. Great practice on observation. Getting into director's mind.
You can even check with the original if you wanna feel bad.
(Spent a little above one hour on 10 minutes of a film. 7 pages.)
Pick a film and write as you pause. Great practice on observation. Getting into director's mind.
You can even check with the original if you wanna feel bad.
(Spent a little above one hour on 10 minutes of a film. 7 pages.)
Animated Short Formula, no. 1:
Characters try multiple ways to solve a problem, only to have the problem solved in a way simpler, more straightforward way...
Characters try multiple ways to solve a problem, only to have the problem solved in a way simpler, more straightforward way...
March 28, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Animated Short Formula, no. 1:
Characters try multiple ways to solve a problem, only to have the problem solved in a way simpler, more straightforward way...
Characters try multiple ways to solve a problem, only to have the problem solved in a way simpler, more straightforward way...
Why is there a metallic vibe to dialogues in Michael Haneke's films? Does it have something to do with recording equipments? Or just German in general...
March 27, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Why is there a metallic vibe to dialogues in Michael Haneke's films? Does it have something to do with recording equipments? Or just German in general...
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Creator's website peak design (tedilum.neocities.org)
March 23, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Creator's website peak design (tedilum.neocities.org)
Reposted by Not Penguin
Today I watched: “TWO DAYS" www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/...
This is my favourite frame:
This is my favourite frame:
March 23, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Today I watched: “TWO DAYS" www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/...
This is my favourite frame:
This is my favourite frame:
Automatic toilets designed for rumbles behind your back
February 28, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Automatic toilets designed for rumbles behind your back
I think the reason why I love 2001: a space odyssey (1968) a lot is the way it does visual storytelling.
A notable example is "Computer Malfunction" scene. Different camera angles, cutting back and forth to crewmates and the computer screen - you get what's going on.
Also the scene where Dave […]
A notable example is "Computer Malfunction" scene. Different camera angles, cutting back and forth to crewmates and the computer screen - you get what's going on.
Also the scene where Dave […]
Original post on mas.to
mas.to
February 28, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I think the reason why I love 2001: a space odyssey (1968) a lot is the way it does visual storytelling.
A notable example is "Computer Malfunction" scene. Different camera angles, cutting back and forth to crewmates and the computer screen - you get what's going on.
Also the scene where Dave […]
A notable example is "Computer Malfunction" scene. Different camera angles, cutting back and forth to crewmates and the computer screen - you get what's going on.
Also the scene where Dave […]
YES, this video essay on Cure (1997) is still up on Vimeo:
"Cure: or How to Be Happy While Saving the Species"
https://vimeo.com/238019139
The last time I looked for it on YouTube, it was not there anymore
"Cure: or How to Be Happy While Saving the Species"
https://vimeo.com/238019139
The last time I looked for it on YouTube, it was not there anymore
Cure: or How to Be Happy While Saving the Species
A film-essay inquiring into the form and philosophy of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's scarcely discussed "Cure". Warning: graphic content and major spoilers. Copyright…
vimeo.com
February 28, 2025 at 1:48 AM
YES, this video essay on Cure (1997) is still up on Vimeo:
"Cure: or How to Be Happy While Saving the Species"
https://vimeo.com/238019139
The last time I looked for it on YouTube, it was not there anymore
"Cure: or How to Be Happy While Saving the Species"
https://vimeo.com/238019139
The last time I looked for it on YouTube, it was not there anymore
I dream of a giant pack of shiny Oreos™️
February 27, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I dream of a giant pack of shiny Oreos™️
Think about it: Uzumaki shares the same theme as Cure, and Paranoia Agent. All three are basically telling the story of a society under threat of a supernatural being that attacks a collective psychological vulnerability that gradually shifts people compulsively crazy.
February 26, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Think about it: Uzumaki shares the same theme as Cure, and Paranoia Agent. All three are basically telling the story of a society under threat of a supernatural being that attacks a collective psychological vulnerability that gradually shifts people compulsively crazy.
...and the lighting change is also seen in Vertigo (1958).
For further reading, you can check out this post: https://alfredhitchblog.wordpress.com/2019/04/06/vertigo-deconstruction-of-a-scene-argosy-book-shop/
(not mine)
For further reading, you can check out this post: https://alfredhitchblog.wordpress.com/2019/04/06/vertigo-deconstruction-of-a-scene-argosy-book-shop/
(not mine)
February 25, 2025 at 10:32 PM
...and the lighting change is also seen in Vertigo (1958).
For further reading, you can check out this post: https://alfredhitchblog.wordpress.com/2019/04/06/vertigo-deconstruction-of-a-scene-argosy-book-shop/
(not mine)
For further reading, you can check out this post: https://alfredhitchblog.wordpress.com/2019/04/06/vertigo-deconstruction-of-a-scene-argosy-book-shop/
(not mine)
A lighting change in Cloud (2024).
Very subtle dim as the conversation goes on.
Very subtle dim as the conversation goes on.
February 25, 2025 at 10:29 PM
A lighting change in Cloud (2024).
Very subtle dim as the conversation goes on.
Very subtle dim as the conversation goes on.
Red, Green, Yellow. Three important colours of Vertigo (1958).
Halfway through, Midge (represented by yellow as always) suddenly dresses in red when she draws that parody portrait.
If green represents Madeline (obsession), red represents passion (driving the […]
[Original post on mas.to]
Halfway through, Midge (represented by yellow as always) suddenly dresses in red when she draws that parody portrait.
If green represents Madeline (obsession), red represents passion (driving the […]
[Original post on mas.to]
February 25, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Red, Green, Yellow. Three important colours of Vertigo (1958).
Halfway through, Midge (represented by yellow as always) suddenly dresses in red when she draws that parody portrait.
If green represents Madeline (obsession), red represents passion (driving the […]
[Original post on mas.to]
Halfway through, Midge (represented by yellow as always) suddenly dresses in red when she draws that parody portrait.
If green represents Madeline (obsession), red represents passion (driving the […]
[Original post on mas.to]
Chekhov's bulb.
Usually, an independent pre-title scene is supposed to be some visuals of... production company logos. Like an abstract hand lighting up a bulb in picture 1.
So it's a surprise how it ends up becoming a Chekhov's bulb.
A Brighter Summer Day (1991)
Usually, an independent pre-title scene is supposed to be some visuals of... production company logos. Like an abstract hand lighting up a bulb in picture 1.
So it's a surprise how it ends up becoming a Chekhov's bulb.
A Brighter Summer Day (1991)
February 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Chekhov's bulb.
Usually, an independent pre-title scene is supposed to be some visuals of... production company logos. Like an abstract hand lighting up a bulb in picture 1.
So it's a surprise how it ends up becoming a Chekhov's bulb.
A Brighter Summer Day (1991)
Usually, an independent pre-title scene is supposed to be some visuals of... production company logos. Like an abstract hand lighting up a bulb in picture 1.
So it's a surprise how it ends up becoming a Chekhov's bulb.
A Brighter Summer Day (1991)
I like how Snowpiercer (2013) doesn't take it seriously, especially in the middle. At the end of the day, Boon is an absurdist.
February 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I like how Snowpiercer (2013) doesn't take it seriously, especially in the middle. At the end of the day, Boon is an absurdist.
[Fight Club (Minor Spoilers)]
Unique film. It actually puts part of the premise in its twist. The real twist to me, however, is when Space Monkeys become office space
Unique film. It actually puts part of the premise in its twist. The real twist to me, however, is when Space Monkeys become office space
February 22, 2025 at 10:06 AM
[Fight Club (Minor Spoilers)]
Unique film. It actually puts part of the premise in its twist. The real twist to me, however, is when Space Monkeys become office space
Unique film. It actually puts part of the premise in its twist. The real twist to me, however, is when Space Monkeys become office space
Isn't it odd how this script (https://twopagesaweek.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/line-of-sight1.pdf) and this short sketch (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FN1vPSkfVkA) are sharing the same premise???
February 22, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Isn't it odd how this script (https://twopagesaweek.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/line-of-sight1.pdf) and this short sketch (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FN1vPSkfVkA) are sharing the same premise???
A variation of The Confrontational Front Shot:
"Confrontational Low Angle Front Shot"
Subject now looks way more intimidating.
(Again, Takeshi Kitano in p4 has a slightly different framing.)
"Confrontational Low Angle Front Shot"
Subject now looks way more intimidating.
(Again, Takeshi Kitano in p4 has a slightly different framing.)
February 20, 2025 at 3:48 PM
A variation of The Confrontational Front Shot:
"Confrontational Low Angle Front Shot"
Subject now looks way more intimidating.
(Again, Takeshi Kitano in p4 has a slightly different framing.)
"Confrontational Low Angle Front Shot"
Subject now looks way more intimidating.
(Again, Takeshi Kitano in p4 has a slightly different framing.)
Mastodon's schedule functionality is super buggy.
I discovered that posts with multiple images often change order randomly when scheduled.
It happens to both #tusky and #moshidon clients. (The official web interface doesn't support it.)
What's worse, as soon as you log into #fedilab app, Tusky […]
I discovered that posts with multiple images often change order randomly when scheduled.
It happens to both #tusky and #moshidon clients. (The official web interface doesn't support it.)
What's worse, as soon as you log into #fedilab app, Tusky […]
Original post on mas.to
mas.to
February 19, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The Confrontational Front Shot.
A technique seen in Cure (1997) where the character is placed in the dead center. It creates a direct, overwhelming and confrontational sense. A very deliberate type of framing. Framing is usually *bust* - cropping from chest up.
Also […]
[Original post on mas.to]
A technique seen in Cure (1997) where the character is placed in the dead center. It creates a direct, overwhelming and confrontational sense. A very deliberate type of framing. Framing is usually *bust* - cropping from chest up.
Also […]
[Original post on mas.to]
February 19, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The Confrontational Front Shot.
A technique seen in Cure (1997) where the character is placed in the dead center. It creates a direct, overwhelming and confrontational sense. A very deliberate type of framing. Framing is usually *bust* - cropping from chest up.
Also […]
[Original post on mas.to]
A technique seen in Cure (1997) where the character is placed in the dead center. It creates a direct, overwhelming and confrontational sense. A very deliberate type of framing. Framing is usually *bust* - cropping from chest up.
Also […]
[Original post on mas.to]
Music as a motif is very helpful with understanding the plot. Take Vertigo (1958) as an example.
(I happen to be listening to its OST after a rewatch)
- Opening chase and midpoint climax use similarly thrilling tunes.
- "The Dream" sounds the same as the scene at Ernie's
(I happen to be listening to its OST after a rewatch)
- Opening chase and midpoint climax use similarly thrilling tunes.
- "The Dream" sounds the same as the scene at Ernie's
February 19, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Music as a motif is very helpful with understanding the plot. Take Vertigo (1958) as an example.
(I happen to be listening to its OST after a rewatch)
- Opening chase and midpoint climax use similarly thrilling tunes.
- "The Dream" sounds the same as the scene at Ernie's
(I happen to be listening to its OST after a rewatch)
- Opening chase and midpoint climax use similarly thrilling tunes.
- "The Dream" sounds the same as the scene at Ernie's