Window vs. Frame? Sergei Eisenstein: The Formalist Andre Bazin: The Realist The language of cinema has been developed by trail and error over the past one hundred years by pioneers venturing into uncharted territory. Today anyone with a T.V. set is accustomed to the language‚ perhaps without even realizing they are taking part in a “conversation”. This conversation has to be created by using a cinematic language. Among such pioneers that crafted this language are‚ Sergei Eisenstein‚ a man who
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trends around the turn of the century that reacted against realism and turned towards extreme distortion to express an inner emotional reality rather than surface experiences” 2 As cinema became more popular and widely available‚ a new way of conveying expressionist ideas to an audience was found. One of the first major expressionist films that shocked those who first viewed it
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Since the beginning of film there have been many styles and genres that have been portrayed on the silver screen. Each style has it’s own distinct qualities‚ laced with the talented individual who created it. These styles have been evolving and changing according to the technologies and resources available at the time. One of the most prominent styles has always been realism. Realism in films has been around since the beginning of films and is still present and making a huge impact today. Realistic
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Between 1907 and 1913 Kracauer studied architecture‚ eventually obtaining a doctorate in engineering in 1914 and working as an architect in Osnabrück‚ Munich‚ and Berlin until 1920. From 1922 to 1933 he worked as the leading film and literature editor of the Frankfurter Zeitung (Frankfurt Newspaper) in Berlin‚ where he worked alongside Walter Benjamin and Ernst Bloch‚ amongst others. Between 1923 and 1925‚ he wrote an essay entitled Der Detektiv-Roman (The Detective Novel)‚ in which he concerned
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Louis Gianneti in his text Understanding Movies- Eleventh Edition‚ realism and formalism are general terms. These terms can be applied to portions of or scenes in a movie. They can show the tendency of the movie to lean toward one style over the other‚ but rarely can be applied to an entire movie. Both realism and formalism use reality as a foundation‚ but differ in how the reality is emphasized or shaped. The style of realism typically captures events as they happen‚ similar to how a person
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of Total Cinema Andre Bazin in his article‚ The Myth of Total Cinema‚ asserts that motivation behind cinema is realism. He explains his theory by examining the technology of cinema. He argues that cinema was not born from the technology advancement but rather from innate desire to reproduce the realism of our world. “The basic technical discoveries [are] fortunate accidents… essentially second in importance to the preconceived ideas of the inventors” (Bazin‚ 200). What Bazin means is that the invention
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Response Paper: The Complete Film The introduction of sound films in the late 1920’s was a divisive issue among those involved and interested in the emerging motion picture industry. Even though it wasn’t the sudden breakthrough it is often perceived to be‚ the addition of sound and voice to mainstream cinema revolutionized movie making and led to conflicting viewpoints as to whether or not this innovation was a positive progression for film as an art and as an industry. While
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reluctant to turn against Siegfried‚ since the hero had helped him win his war and his wife for him. But Hagen managed to persuade his king that it was best for Siegfried to die. It seemed Hagen envied Siegfried’s great wealth‚ power and prowess. Though Hagen was Gunther’s best warrior‚ Hagen was really no match for Siegfried. First‚ Gunther would announce false news that Liudeger and Liudegast was going to invade his land again‚ and was to ask Siegfried for aid. Which Siegfried had readily agreed.
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Siegfried Sasson Siegfried Sassoon was born on 8 September 1886 in Matfield‚ Kent. His father‚ Alfred Ezra Sassoon‚ was part of a wealthy Jewish merchant family‚ originally from Iran and India‚ and his mother part of the artistic Thorneycroft family. Siegfried had one older brother‚ Michael‚ born in October 1884‚ and one younger brother‚ Hamo‚ born in 1887. His parents separated when he was very young‚ meaning that in his younger years he saw his father only rarely. Alfred died of consumption
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“They” by Siegfried Sassoon The poem exists out of two stanzas‚ with a rhyme pattern of ababcc dedeff. The tone of the poem appears to be a little sarcastic and mocking. The poem is a direct conversation between a Bishop and boys (soldiers)‚ it can be seen by the use of the double quotations. I assume for the boys to be soldiers as they know the other soldiers by their names. In line 1-6 the Bishop‚ is telling the boys that when the soldiers return from the war‚ they will not be the same
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