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30 Cards in this Set
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why did john ford change his name, what before
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didnt want to shame hsi family because film wasnt a good profession
sean feeney |
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what is john ford's huge thing
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unresolved dialectic
fighting between love for and criticism of country |
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at this point was film grammar still being decided
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no, it's how you use it
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thematic tension in ford?
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outsider (minorities) v. insider (patriots, maintream)
because grew up Irish American (black race) but loves country > dualistic american history |
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what is a motif
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repeated situation/image with special meaning
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recurring situational motifs in ford
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- song & dance (strength and unity of outsiders)
- parades & military marching (celebration of patriotic pride) |
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example of song and dance in ford
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camp dance in The Grapes of Wrath: can't be fooled into a fight
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importance of camp dance in grapes of wrath
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- shows solidarity ofthe minorities that is expressed in song and dance
- wont be fooled into a fight |
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example of parades in ford
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- grapes of wrath: workers marching with pails to work
- drums along the mohwak - soldiers on horses - horse soldiers - cadets & soldiers on horizon |
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what does light and dark mean in ford
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hopeful but troubled/tragic
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what is the meaning of military in ford
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- pride
- bonding together of minorities - a way for minorities to get up and out of the gutters |
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who was grapes of wrath dp
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gregg toland
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how was dark v light in grapes of wrath
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almost complete darkness (muley, ma watches tom leave, fight in the river with goonies)
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in dark v light wath does dark mean
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bad, sad, trouble, tragedy
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what does foreground v. background mean
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separates character from us (sadness & relationship strain)
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examples of foreground v. background
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- grapes of wrath tom separated from ma: distance between characters( and then huge long shot)
- stagecoach - ringo kidd and dallas come together but then are pulled apart by sheriff (distance again) |
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what are the 3 compositional motifs
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- dark v. light
- foreground v. background - framing with doorways and windows |
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purpose of framin with doorways/windows
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- focus attn
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how did ford solve problem of griffith's iris shot
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framing with doorways/windows
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example of doorways/windows to focus attn
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GOW
- window of the truck - two kids of fence - tent and comforting rosasharn |
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how doorways and windows are used
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- focusing using doorways/windows
- add depth - represents beginning and end (moment of transition - togetherness v separation |
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example of doorways and windows to add depth
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gow
- guys driving, steering wheel, desert - running through the shack |
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example of doorways and windows to represent beginning and end
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GOW
- tom comes back from hiding and realizes that he cant get involved (at doorway) |
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example of doorways and windows as bittersweet life
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together but torn apart
- how green was my valley (family puts wages in apron and goes through door) - the searchers - john wayne goes through the door, when he comes back at end does not go through door |
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what are key recurring themes in ford
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sense of loss
- qualified happy ending (happy never quite resotred) |
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what is ford's humanism
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focus on people over events (character over lot)
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examples of ford's humanism
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"the way it happens...the way ti happened ot me (muley)
- story of one person to represent the whole - story of the rev war becomes story of soldier's farewell |
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3 types of camera angles, who is in power
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high angle - diminishes character
low angle - increases char importance eye level - neutral power |
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example of high angle shot
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high noon clip (diminishes gary cooper)
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example of low angle shot
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- high noon - low angle of bad guys
- gone with the wind - woman realizes she cant control everything - drums along - long angle of wife |
