SP 472 American Film History, Week 9

8/2/2019 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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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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Space

Stage player interactswith viewers - audience isactive

Adjusts to audience Contemporize older

material

Alfie


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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

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