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orson's experience that helps him in film
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theater
radio |
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orson's theater experience
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- mercury players in ny
- learns how to tell a story |
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what did he learn about narration
where did he learn it |
how to tell a story:
- freshway to tell an old story - narrative econ - stagina dn lighting broadway ny |
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eg of fresh way to tell a old story
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- voodoo macbeth with all black cast
- julius caesar in contemp fascist italy |
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hat was welles arrival on broadway
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voodoo macbeth
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eg of narrative ecom
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- caesar only 90 mins instead of forever like usual
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from what did he learn narrative econ
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- theater (caesar)
- radio (condense to an hour) |
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importance of staging and lighting?
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visual tells the story
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what inspired way of staging and lighting on broadway
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hitler's nazi rallies (hail caesar)
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where did he get money to put on plays/mercury players
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radio shows (many roles a day)
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why was orson in demand on radio
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perfect radio voice
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name of orson's theater group
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mercury players
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what was the name the radio program that he got finally
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mercury theater of the air
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important radio broadcast
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war of the worlds
people believed aliens were invading the planet |
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what did he learn from radio
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narrative economy (condensing story into an hour)
sound design for nattarive |
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why did he get on times
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partly cuz of war of the worlds + panic
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what studio gave him the cit kane offer
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archeo
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what kind of offer did he get from archeo
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complete control on project (very very rare)
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who is cit kane based on
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will randolph hearst
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who opposed cit kane
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hearst's newspapers (campaign)
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what is welles theme
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how to act ethically in a morally complex corrupted world
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how did welles use low shots
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ironic: low shots = power but he is not in control
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what is welles favorite shot
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ironic use of low angle shot (seems like power but not in control)
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examples of low angle shots
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ironic
- he is in the newsroom in front of the kane banner - streamers everywhere in newsroom (you see ceilings) |
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what was different about use of low angle shots from other movies at the time
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you never see such low angles/ceilings because thats wehre the lights were
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what kind of focus did he use
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extreme deep focus (universal focus)
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why did welles ask for universal focus
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didnt know it is very technically difficult so asked gregg toland
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who was welles' dp on cit kane
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gregg toland
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what does universal focus mean
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everyone&evertyhing is important.
everyone is responsible for everone else |
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eg of universal focus
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- parents signing son away to thatcher, kane playing outside "the union forever"
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what does deep focus mean
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relationship between people, you are responsible for the people you are connected to
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variable lighting schemes are?
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shadows and darkness (light streaming in,nighttime scenes)
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why variable lighting schemes, what does it say
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bitterweet view of the world
dark,treacherous, life goes into darkness |
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eg of variable lighting schemes
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- kane throws alexander into shadow
- light streaming in window (reporter goes to thatcher diary), assigning the assn |
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why didnt welles understand 180 rules
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stagecoach ford violates axis
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welles' complex mes, whats it mean
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spatial relations > character relations
moving camera, actors, deep focus trouble makingmoral decisions in clmplicated world |
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what do spatial relations say
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character relations
alexander doing puzzles, swallowed by fireplace relationship history |
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what do moving camera actors deep focus say about welles
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life is complex, how to make moral decisions - you cant
e.g. after they bought the staff, kane dancing with girls in window reflection as leland/berenstein talk |
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how does welles use soundmontage
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collage (layers of sound)
pudovkin's relational editing eisensteinian dialectal montage |
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how is collage sound montage used
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overlapping dialogue, diegetic and non-dieg music, sound fx
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how is sound relational editing
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transitional device
lightning mix |
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lightning mixes def, eg
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- link shots with common sound
- thatcher: merry christmas. merry christmas.. and a happy new year - applause fo Alexander > crowd applauding leland > leland >who entered the campaign, for one reason only. |
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eisensteinan dialectical montage
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image + sound = new meaning
slap at picnic + woman screaming susan's opera montage |
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susan's opera montage eg of?
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eisenstein dialectic montage
diegetic opera music, nondiegetic drums beating, soud fx (whirring), light burns out as the sounds get softer |
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slap at picnic + woman screaming eg of?
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eisenstein dialectical montage
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