Analyse how the German Expressionst or the French new wave film you have studied developed a distinctive style that has contributed to film aesthetics.
German Expressionism: Visual distortion Hyper-expressive performance Inner conflicts of 1920's Dramatic, revolutionary interpretations of human conditions Chiaroscuro lighting All Movements: German Expressionism French Impressionist Cinema Soviet Montage Italian neorealism Japanese New wave British new wave French new wave Hong Kong new wave Metropolis: High angle/establishing shots Long shots of the city Metropolis contained images of slavery after WW1, as it showed the economic destruction caused by the war. The rich benefits from hyper-inflation whereas poor suffer and have to work even harder for their money. Rich vs Poor (Claude Levi Strauss) Binary opposites Class conflict and division: Introduction What is German expressionism?: consists of Visual Distortion, Hyper-expressive performance, inner conflicts of 1920's, dramatic interpretations of human conditions and uses chiaroscuro lighting. I am studying Metropo...