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21 Cards in this Set
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what were busby berkeleys poetics
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- music is visual
- diegetic music - musical numbers independent of story - relational editing transitions - cinematic camera - eroticism |
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2 examples of music as geometric pattern
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gold diggers of 1933
footlight parade |
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who was busby berkley
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choreographer
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how did berkely work with other directors
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musical numbers indep of story
often a "2 director system" (director of story and busby berkeley) |
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goal of relational editing
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make the long musical numbers look like a continuous shot, dont notice cuts
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example of using relational editing
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42nd street
when they look up, cut to a shot from above |
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purpose of 42nd street stills
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transitions covered with relational editing
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camera in busby berkeley
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cinematic (not proscenium, enters the performance space)
moving camera overhead shots footlight parade (waterfall still, also moving actors towards camera) |
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why did he use different camera angles
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to differentiate from theater
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what was berkeley's camera trademark
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overhead shots
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how did berkeley push what he could get away with
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eroticism
gold diggers (dancers changing) im young & healthy |
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what nubmer shows eroticism
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im young and healthy
42nd street |
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who were the 2 types of musicals
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busby berkeley
fred astaire, ginger rogers |
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where did fred astaire and ginger rogers startidea for partnership
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the flying rio
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what was astaire and rogers' first success
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top hat
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char of fred astaire and ginger rogers
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1. non-diegetic music
2. music and dance integral to story (part of romance and courtship) 3. proscenium/moving cam (to cover fa and gr movement) 4. long shots (capture whole routines) 5. long takes (maintain performance flow and capture talent |
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was music and dance integral part of fagr stories
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yes, development of romance/courtship
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why was there proscenium & moving camera for fagr
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moving camera solely to capture movement of the 2
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why were there long shots for fagr
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capture all of dancers' bodies
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why were there long takes (fagr)
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maintain performance flow (capture talent)
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astaire-rogers clip/
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swing time
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