Notes from film: What is Cinema January-10-13 8:13 PM • An art form‚ an artistic spectacle‚ an aesthetic language with its own grammar and style‚ a ‚medium of communication and expression • A series of still image on a strip of plastic which‚ wen run through a projector shown on a screen‚ creates the illusion of moving images. • Form ( film language) and content ( message) are linked. The message is understood through its form or language by exploring how it uses
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Synopsis of film Introduction The second wave feminism has brought about several new feminist film theories. Concepts such as the gaze and scopophilia were introduced in the analysis and study of films‚ notably from individuals such as Laura Mulvey‚ Gaylyn Studlar and Gilles Deluze. Laura Mulvey uses Freud’s psychoanalytic theories and concepts as “political weapons” to argue that cinematic spectatorship is influenced by patriarchal society (Mulvey‚ 746). Women in films are often used to depict
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Film Techniques Folio Defining what you need to know about film ______________________________________________________________ What do you know about film? ( How did they do that? ( Why did they put that in? ( What was the point of that? ( Why did that character do that? ( What’s this film really about? These are just some of the questions which might arouse you when you are viewing‚ or studying‚ a film. And‚ clearly‚ your
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The film subgenre “Coming-of-Age” has been around since American Graffiti in 1973 and continued to flourish with movies including‚ but not limited to‚ The Breakfast Club (1985) and Almost Famous (2000). These films started off as a way to express the transition from childhood and adulthood‚ while including current issues of the time. For example‚ American Graffiti was able to reflect the time period in which it was made‚ taking issues from the current day. American Graffiti can be described as‚“Taking
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The debut film of Francois Truffaut‚ The 400 Blows is world-renowned for being the epitome of the French New Wave movement. Following the award for best director at the 1959 Cannes festival‚ Truffaut’s The 400 Blows entered theatres of all nations ranging from its domestic French theatres to the foreign theatres such as in the United States. Domestic (French) reception of the film was quite positive‚ and commented by Jean-Luc Godard declared it to be “most free‚ film of the world” of the time (Godard)
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photography‚ It is because of my admiration of classic Hollywood movies I have decided to recreate Film noir style images that will look like film stills‚ most of them staged‚ models performing and dressed as different characters as expected in Film noir style movies. I see Film noir as stylistic approach to photography‚ it is beautiful and inventive cinematography that is still highly popular within modern film industry. What draws my attention to it is black and white contrast photos with intense shadow
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The advent of television and television shows may have come long after film‚ but it enhanced film production almost instantly. Television naturally derived from early film since each uses basically the same medium: the motion picture camera. Since film had already set a base in the industry and mastered the new techniques and technology of cinematography‚ television had the opportunity to learn from film?s mistakes and advance itself quickly. For this reason‚ television evolved very rapidly and was
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Literature vs. Film Literature can‚ at times‚ have a fascinating connection with film. In some cases‚ it is evident that the two are intertwined in many more ways than the average person may realize. Whether it is a film or a piece of literature‚ both are written by someone that wants to impact readers or a viewing audience. With that being said‚ it is always a question of whether or not the author accomplished his or her goal and if the audience was impacted in the way he or she wanted. Is this intent
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that speaks truths to audience today. Discuss. The themes presented in the film ‘Witness’ are definitely still existing to the audience of today due solely to the fact that the Amish still remain in present society. The Amish are a community where modern technology does not exist. The film establishes a culture clash between the Amish and the ‘English’ which still occurs today. The idea of a culture clash in the film ‘Witness’ is played on by Weir as he establishes a clear difference in the ‘English’
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Since 1968‚ there have been at least 25 films made that portray the events of the Vietnam War. Historians have to ask themselves when watching these films‚ "Did the fictional character represent historical figures accurately? Is this how a soldier would react in this situation?" The point of view of the director of the film can change with simple alterations in camera angles. For example‚ a view from the ground of a battle seen can show how the innocent people had the war in their own backyards
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