Weekly Reading - 9/6 - Kelly Ikemenogo

Hello:

While reading the Bordwell & Thompson article, I was enlightened on how much information actually goes into filmmaking/movies. What stood out to me the most was the fact that the plot and story were not the same thing. As silly as it might seem to some, I genuinely thought they were the same thing. This article made me think about two of my favorite sci-fi movies: Avatar & the Alien Series (including Prometheus, Alien: Covenant, etc.). Unless I still completely misunderstand what the definition of a plot is, from my understanding, the plots of both movies change during the film. In Avatar it was to explore the planet that they landed on but it ended up becoming about a human man who tried to save the natives of the planet. Similar to Avatar, the Alien Series initial plot was to discover a designated planet where the staff and crew were headed but the plot changed to defeating an alien life-form they had picked up from a different planet that was not the designated one. (Example: Initial plot of Alien: Covenant - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeMVrnYNwus) & (Plot change of Alien Covenant - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svnAD0TApb8)

This article was very in depth with information and without a doubt peaked my interested and expanded my knowledge of filmmaking. 

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