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Kuleshov Effect |
Two shots work together to create a new meaning |
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Goal of Classical Continuity Editing |
1. Narrative Coherence 2. Invisibility |
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Godard and La Nouvelle Vague, what did they change? |
Challenged Hollywood conventions, used jump cuts (Breathless), broke continuity |
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What is Master Scene? What is the advantage? |
Shoot a long shot of the entire scene, then have separate angles on different actors. Gives the editor lots of flexibility and control to combine them and tell the story. |
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What elements of style express a director's unique vision? |
1. choice of genre/narrative 2. recurring theme 3. camera style 4. editing |
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Carol Reed |
1. Adopted novels, emphasized plot (changed bad novels) 2. great acting performances 3. life is unfair, things don't work out, unpredictable --> The Third Man (sewers, runs from cops) |
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Federico Fellini |
1. juxtaposition of reality and fantasy in life 2. minimal plot/drama, ironic 3. life is deplorable but marvelous, fantasy included in life --> 8 1/2 (dream, ugly girl gives water, thinks she's hot) |
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Yasujiro Ozu |
1. Individuals v. society 2. low camera shots 3. life is sad, things change with time, life = nature --> Late Spring (Japanese bikes bar) |
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Michelangelo Antonioni |
1. Visual emphasis, location of objects/people 2. People cannot adapt to modern world 3. lost spirit, non-material emphasis --> Blow Up (photographer, murder, models) |
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Zhang Yimou |
1. transcience of life/ power of image 2. beauty of past/ color/ slow motion 3. women are powerful force of nature --> The Road Home (pedophile, road, chinese) |
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Technical Acting |
OUTSIDE IN. Intellectual understanding of character, observe people, training voice/body, correct behavior |
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Method Acting |
INSIDE OUT. emotional understanding of character, rich memory bank of different emotions, put themselves into character. |
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Four Essential Types of Actors |
1. Leads - stars, carry narrative 2. Supporting - character actors, typical roles 3. Nonprofessional - represent natural types (waiter, cop) 4. Extras - background actors for atmosphere |
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Types of Star Actors |
1. Personality - role fits persona, public history in line with characters (ex. tom cruise, arnold, seth rogen) 2. Actor - wide variety of roles, transform themselves (clooney, day-lewis, deniro) |
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Bresson's approach to actors |
Used nonprofessionals, directed every single action, repeat takes over and over until perfect, wanted actors to appear to be sleepwalking until an "illumination" (Thief, pickpocket movie) |
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What do Production Designer or Art Director do? |
work closely with the cinematographer to provide objects, colors, and textures to photograph
The goal of successful art direction should be to give theaudience an instant “feeling” about the character |
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What are some team members of production design/ their roles? |
Art Director – PD on smaller productions, works under a PD on larger ones Set Designer – a draughtsman for the interiors of a set Set Construction – carpenters to build sets Set Decorator – set dressers: who arrange the furniture and other objects of the set Painters – for sets and backdropsCostume Designer – selects and/or creates clothing for the actors Costumer – makes sure that the actors are wearing the proper costumes from scene to scene Make-up Artist – prosthetic applications to actor (ageing, werewolf transformations, etc.) Hair Stylist – designs and maintains hair continuity and changes for actors Property Master – in charge of items handled by actors (firearms, etc.) Model Maker – makes miniatures of the set for planning the shots Greens Department – in charge of plants, grasses, and trees etc. |
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Diegetic Sound |
Sound that comes from the world of the film |
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Non-Diegetic Sound |
Sound that comes outside the world of the film (music) |
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Foley Artist |
Guy who makes sounds sound better for the movie using special tools and random equipment. (footsteps, swords, punching sounds, bitch slapping) |
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What 4 questions do theorists ask about film? |
1. What are the "raw materials?" 2. What methods/techniques were used? 3. What are the forms/shapes? (kinds of movies) 4. What is the value of the film? |
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Hugo Munsterberg |
Theorist 1. Formalist 2. Cinema as Art of the Mind 3. illusion of nature |
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Rudolf Arnheim |
Theorist 1. Formalist 2. Disapproved of sound in film (ruined the illusion) 3. material limitations must be utilized to create a perfect illusion in a film |
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Sergei Eisenstein |
Theorist 1. Formalist 2. Used editing to create meaning (montage) |
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Siegfried Kracauer |
Theorist 1. Realist 2. form less important than real photographic world 3. photography makes real world seem more important |
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Andre Bazin |
Theorist 1. Realist 2. Auteur idea of director 3. valued documentary, captured reality |
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Dwight MacDonald |
Critic 1. Intellectual 2. High-brow, middle-brow, low-brow idea |
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Stanley Kauffmann |
Critic 1. Intellectual 2. Historical/literary/world background, tied movies into bigger context |
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John Simon |
Critic 1. Intellectual 2. emphasized influence of drama and fiction |
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Manny Farber |
Critic 1. Cross-Over |
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Andrew Sarris |
Critic 1. Populist 2. promoted auteurism above all else |
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Pauline Kael |
Critic 1. Populist 2. wanted to be "turned on" by films, must be gripping |
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Sarris - Kael Controversy |
Style alone (auteurs) do not make a great film, it must have other virtues as well. |
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What is a Film Canon? |
A group of movies that everybody should know/see |
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What Films did Sight and Sound say were the best of all time? (10 or 3) |
1. Vertigo 2. Citizen Kane 3. Tokyo Story 4. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans5. La Règle du jeu (The Rules of the Game)6. 2001: A Space Odyssey7. The Searchers8. Man With A Movie Camera9. The Passion of Joan of Arc10. 8 ½ |
