September 3‚ 2014 Lecture 1 Professor Barry Keith Grant Terrance McDonald – Course Co-Ordinator Cinema – Industry‚ a social institution‚ entertainment‚ an art form. September 5‚ 2014 Lecture 2 Becoming a Film Student An introduction to screening and viewing practices September 10‚ 2014 Lecture 3 The Beginnings of Cinema Peter Mark Roget (1769-1879) Persistence of Vision Thaumatrope (1824) Animation Cel Zoetrope Invented in 1833 by British Mathematician William George Horner Panorama
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Open Rubric “Postmodernism has enriched film theory and its analysis by calling attenti0n to a stylistic shift toward a media conscious cinema” (Gonarkar 2012) Postmodenism can be characterised by various aspects including: Pastiche Nostalgia Disjointed narratives Emotional detachment Self-referentialism Time bending Altered realities ‘Quoting’ from different film genres and film movements/periods as well as from other visual media and actual historical periods
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The story and film “Monkey’s Paw” is about three wishes given to the White family. The family has all they ever wanted until the son‚ Herbert‚ has the idea to wish for 200 pounds to pay off their house. When Mr. White wishes for it‚ they receive it‚ but lose something more significant. They are later informed that their son‚ Herbert‚ has died in a machinery accident. Mrs. White then thinks to wish him back to life which results in a mysterious creature at their front door. Fearfully‚ Mr White finds
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[pic] 42nd ANNUAL WORLDFEST-HOUSTON FILM FESTIVAL TO SHOWCASE DOCUMENTARY “FOOD FIGHT” Houston‚ TX (Mar. 18‚ 2009) —The 2009 WorldFest-Houston proudly presents Food Fight as part of its award-winning documentary side bar. Food Fight is a fascinating look at how American agricultural policy and food production developed in the 20th century‚ igniting a California food movement that sparked a tasty‚ counter-revolution. The documentary dishes up topics including sustainable produce‚ farmers markets
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entire movie. The Birds movie trailer builds tension in different scenes which makes the film achieve horror aspect in addition to suspense. Additionally‚ in film genre‚ suspense puts the audience in a state of excitement or in a situation of expectancy. Aspects such as graphics‚ sound and the language used in movie trailer help to create suspense and the urge to watch the entire film. Focusing on the three films; The Birds 1963‚ Texas Chainsaw massacre 2003 and Scarface 1983‚ shall aim to define suspense
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and men were‚ without a doubt‚ on a higher status level than women. Heritage films or costume dramas help to remind audiences what life was once like and what the everyday thoughts and ideals were that surrounded communities. Heritage films not only serve as a visually pleasing treat to audiences‚ but also serves as a reminder to where we have been as a society and as individuals before us. When looking at heritage films‚ the obviously are a nodd to a community’s history‚ but most importantly they
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Gandolf da Grey Final Exam Circumstance Film In the film Circumstance‚ it is apparent that Iran’s culture is greatly different than our own. This can be seen through a modernism lens point on Iran’s subculture of sex‚ partying‚ and drugs. Iranian citizens are forced into underground communities‚ quite literally‚ in order to express their true sexualities and gender. This is enforced by Iran’s morality police‚ often shutting down underground events and using violent acts to prosecute those
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ATS 1305: Contemporary Film Studies Assessment Task 1: Film Form Assignment Name: Chong Sarah Man – Yee‚ 22882618 Film Form on Hero (Zhang Yimou‚ 2002) “Film form‚ in its broadest sense‚ we mean the overall system of relation that we can perceive among the elements in the whole film” (Bordwell and Thompson 49). In this formal analysis‚ I will be considering film form in relation to the film Hero directed by Zhang Yimou. Large aspects of film form such as mise-en-scene‚ shot‚ editing
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Code and convention of horror film: A horror film follows certain code and convection to achieve its purpose of scaring and alarming the audience. The following are some of them: Setting/location: The location used for this genre of a film is isolated and lonely area that has been abandoned or an area where the victim will feel vulnerable. For example small communities‚ dark streets‚ narrow alleyways‚ roads‚ woods‚ haunted places‚ farms‚ country sides and cities etc… sometimes places with ‘dark’
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Postmodernism and film This chapter will demonstrate the ways in which Jean Baudrillard’s and Fredric Jameson’s accounts of the postmodern have had a significant impact on the field of film studies‚ affecting both film theory and history. The most influential aspects of each theorist’s work are outlined in the first two sections. The first section focuses on two key texts by Baudrillard: Simulations and America‚ while the second addresses Jameson’s famous article “Postmodernism and Consumer
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