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WE’RE OFF TO SEE THE WIZARD
I have to be on campus on Saturday for a theatre workshop. I would be happy to show Wizard of Oz at 12:30 in BG 09 if there is enough interest. Please respond to this posting if you want to come. I will do it if five people are interested.
FILM FORM AND MEANING
FORMALISM AND REALISM READ BORDWELL 56-67 CONTENT: What we see through the window FORM: The frame. How the elements of the film are arranged to create patterns. REALISM pays attention to the subject matter. We look at what the film depicts. FORMAL CRITICISM (FORMALISM) pays attention to these patterns. We look at the film […]
FILM 101: COURSE OUTLINE AND SCREENINGS
1 Course Introduction Narrative and Documentary Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Night and Fog Edison, Melies and Lumiere Shorts: The Great Train Robbery 2 The beginnings of the mass audience Early Genre Birth of a Nation (excerpts) Metropolis(excerpts) Nosferatu(excerpts) Modern Times 3 The Shot: Editing Propaganda Man With a Movie Camera (excerpts) Triumph of the […]
CLASS DISCUSSION PREPARATION
On Monday, we will discuss the two short films we saw on Friday. Please read the entry “NARRATIVE THEORY” and think about how it applies to Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. Is Night and Fog a narrative? How is it constructed? Is there any way in which the two films are alike? Have your thoughts ready.
COMMENT SPACE: NIGHT AND FOG
Here is the IMDB link to Night and Fog. Here is the link to the United States Holocaust Museum, for more information on the history of the death camps. Feel free to comment.
COMMENT SPACE: OCCURRENCE AT OWL CREEK BRIDGE
Here is the IMDB link. Feel free to comment on the film any way you want. Would it have been better in color?
SHOULD NIGHT AND FOG BE SHOWN IN MALAYSIA?
In 1994, the Malaysian government banned the Steven Spielberg movie about the holocaust, Schindler’s List. Later, they allowed the film to be shown, but only after major cuts were made. Given the reasons Schindler’s was banned, should Night and Fog have been shown at Taylor’s University? What is your response? Do comment.
NAZI AT CANNES
Even more than the Academy Awards, the Cannes Film Festival is the most important gathering of film-makers, talent, and distributors on the planet. It is very glamorous and very prestigious. And the “Palme”D’Or” (Golden Palm) is awarded every year by the jury to the top film. At this year’s festival (going on right now). Lars Von […]
ET 2: YOURSELF AS AUDIENCE
Friday’s screening will be of two powerful short films. Each one is about 30 minutes long. The first thing I want you to do is observe yourself in the role of audience as you watch each film. After each film, I will ask you to write down notes on your own reaction as part of […]
THE PROGRESSION OF EARLY CINEMA: FRANCE
Lumiere Brothers (1895) Cinematographe Arrival of Train at La Ciotat Georges Melies (1902) Studio outside Paris Voyage To The Moon
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