1. Garden State. First discovered this movie at a time in my life where it felt really applicable; since, I've just been able to really appreciate the beautiful story and love everything about it.
2. Pulp Fiction. Quentin Tarantino is a mastermind, and it is very evident through how masterfully he weaves this tale together.
3. Serenity. This is the non-epic epic that deserves so much praise, from great characters, to great fun, and everything in between.
4. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. This is the kind of movie I want to make.
5. The Matrix Trilogy. These films tell and excellent story, all while inspiring you to believe.
6. The Dark Knight Trilogy. Batman is amazing, and this was the most fantastically told Batman story; so powerful.
7. Breaking Bad. One of the most well crafted, genius, intriguing, dark, and awesome shows I have ever seen.
8. True Detective. Brilliant from start to finish, I never wanted to stop watching.
9. Community. One of the most unique shows I know because rather than giving you characters you identify wanting to be like, they give you characters you identify not wanting to be like; It's hilarious and so well done.
10. The Wedding Singer. My go to get happy movie, this is just delightful.
1. Mise en scene is basically the visual telling of a story in film. Every aspect of it goes into creating kind of a visual theme if you will, from staging to direction to acting to props, etc. It's hard to define.
2. A pan is a stationary camera following some action from left to right or right to left, while a tracking shot is a moving camera (on a dolly perhaps, though not exclusively) following action and moving with the action.
