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| Purposes of Cinematography |
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• To transmit narrative information. Direct our attention to pertinent details.
• To mark motifs.
• To distract or mislead or deflect our attention.
• To mark parallels, differences.
• To express an attitude towards the story world. |
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Sets/Props
Costuming and Makeup
Lighting
Acting/Figure Movement |
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• The physical environment in which the action is taking place
• How this provides characterization and narrative information.
• The staging of the scene. Where objects, characters are placed within the image. |
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• Realistic vs. Stylized/expressive. Depends on genre/story.
• Can reveal something about a character, character type.
• Can reveal changes in a character over the course of the film. |
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• Looks at the addition of light to a scene and how it is shaped.
• To focus out attention
• For expressive purposes
• Narrative effect, to hide/reveal characters or objects within the frame. |
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• Not what the characters do, but HOW they perform.
• Gesture, expression, performance |
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Rhythm
Fidelity
Spatial Dimension
Time |
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| Three notable uses of sound in Marriage of Maria Braun |
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Ambient Sound
Sudden Crescendos
Silence |
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| Five assumptions of auteur criticism |
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• Film is an art.
• Art is the expression of the emotions, experiences, and personality of creator
o Romantic ideal of the artists.
• Though film is produced collectively, it’s most valuable when it’s essentially the product of the director.
• When the director is a real auteur, film is expression of his or her personality
• Mark of auteur can be traced through thematic and stylistic consistencies within all or most of director’s films |
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| Benefits of Auteur Criticism |
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A shift in film criticism. No longer just looks at theme. Focus on analysis. Looking at a lot of films.
Re-evaluation of American films that had previously been dismissed because of genre or low budget.
This brings back genres, helps form canon.
Impact on Filmmaking
Cahiers writers go on to make films. Movie brats also. |
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| drawbacks of Auteur criticism |
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Focus too much on director? Critics may now ignore other people involved.
Easy to forget to look at the context. |
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themes
plots
settings
characters
iconography |
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| Functions of Mobile Framing |
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+Space
reframing, reveal details, tell us about character/setting
+Time
expectation and fulfillment. speed can effect pacing, rhythm.
Patterns
highlight motifs, link elements |
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| Genre structure in a movie |
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Establishment
Animation
Intensification
Resolution |
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