sp 472 american film history, week 9
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Drama
The function of the cinema isto bring to light certain
details that the stage would
have left untreated.
Andre Bazin
The Birds
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Drama
Stage vs. Screen
West Side Story
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Time, Space & Language
Time
Scene vs. Shot
Theatrical continuous
time
Temporal dislocation infilm
Run Lola Run
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Time, Space & Language
Space Limits of theatrical space
means usually dealswith closed forms
Long and Medium Shots
Film frame masks askobjects & people onlytemporarily
Extreme close-ups toextreme long shots
Touch of Evil
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Time, Space & Language
Space
Stage player interactswith viewers - audience isactive
Adjusts to audience Contemporize older
material
Alfie
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Time, Space & Language
Space
Film - audience is passive:The details have beenprovided bycinematography, mise enscne, movement, editing,sound, sets & costumes
Plays are language basedwhile film is visual
Adaptation of plays toscreen & vice versa
Opening it up Close-ups & non-
synchronous visuals
Romeo & Juliet
1996, 1936, 1968
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Autuer theory
Dominance of the directoras opposed to theatrewhich the writer is
dominant Precision of film is not
doable on stage
The Little Foxes
The Director
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Autuer theory
Dominance of the directoras opposed to theatrewhich the writer is
dominant
Spike Lee, Quentin Tarantino, Stanley Kubrick
The Director
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The Director
Film director has morecontrol
Camera can go anywhere
Each shot is a differentspace
Clarity in scenes asopposed to shots
The Third Man
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Setting & Decor
Set & Dcor is a part ofmise en scne or anextension of theme &characterization
Set is not constant as in aplay
Babel
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Setting & Decor
Reality vs. Stylization
Some genres requiredeliberate unreality i.e.musicals, horror
Not a hard & fast rule
Seinfeld vs. Midnight Cowboy
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Setting & Decor
The Sound of Music & Mary Poppins
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Setting & Decor
Realism & Formalism -not absolute but mostfilms tend to one or theother
Kinds of realism - poetic& documentary
The Last King of Scotland
Barton Fink
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Setting & Decor
Formalist treatment of arealistic set
Amarcord
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Setting & Decor
Production Designer: Responsible for designing the overallvisual appearance of a movie.
The Art Director: Oversees the artists and craftspeople whobuild the sets.
Set Designer: Responsible for translating a production
designer's vision of the movie's environment into a set whichcan be used for filming - The set designer reports to the artdirector.
Set Decorator: A person who has total charge of decorating theset with all furnishings, drapery, interior plants, and anything
seen on indoor or outdoor sets. Set Dresser: A person who maintains the set per the SetDecorator's requirements, placing elements such as curtainsand paintings, and moves and resets the set decoration toaccommodate camera, grip and lighting setups.
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Setting & Decor
Checklist for Setting &Dcor Analysis
Exterior or Interior
Style
Studio or Location
Period
Class
Size Decoration
Symbolic Function
Drawing for Scarletts Bedroom in Gone
with the Windby William Cameron Menzie
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Setting & Decor
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Costumes & Makeup
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Costumes & Makeup
Period
Class
Sex
Age
Silhouette Fabric
Accessories
Color
Body Exposure Function
Body Attitude
Image
Roxanne
Cyrano de Bergeracx 2
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Costumes & Makeup
Period
Class
Sex
Age
Silhouette Fabric
Accessories
Color
Body Exposure Function
Body Attitude
Image Roxanne
Cleopatra1934
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Costumes & Makeup
Caesar & Cleopatra1945
Cleopatra1999
Cleopatra1963
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Writing
Casablanca 1942
Dir. Michael Curtiz
Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid
Bergman, Paul Henreid &Claude Rains
Voted #2 film of all time by theAmerican Film Institute
Nominated for 7 Oscars - won3 - Best Picture, Best Director& Best Screenplay
Written by Murray Burnett andJoan Alison (play: EverybodyComes to Rick's), Julius J.Epstein, Philip G. Epstein and
Howard Koch (screenplay)
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Writing
Casablanca Here's looking at you, kid"
was voted as the #5 moviequote by the American FilmInstitute
"Louis, I think this is thebeginning of a beautifulfriendship." was voted as#20
"Round up the usual
suspects." was voted as#32
"We'll always have Paris."was voted as #43