Film Studies

 Film form: - Mise-en-scene - Cinematography - Editing - Performance - Sound Gold rush: - Static cameras as cameras were huge and heavy - Extreme long shots were made using miniature models - Close ups for intimate scenes (bread dancing scene)          Used to exaggerate emotions -Ignored by society because he is poor and cant afford new and expensive clothes and wears a bag on his foot. - Jack wears a uniform to convey toughness and is very tall. - Proxemics between Tramp and Jack shows the distance between the low class and high class people. Vertigo: - Dolly zoon connotes confusion - Scotty's nightmare sequence looks unnerving as it is composed in the center with lines all pointing to his head - Green is conveyed with madeilline. Judy is blacked out as it shows that maddeleine is the only one that Scotty cares about. - Montage is put together to convey different meanings such as everything Scotty is worrying about - Red= lust, love, passion. When Scotty ...

Key theme throughout all 3 films is conflict. Film form Cinematography Mise-en-scne Camera work     - Shot types     - Movements     - Angles Cinematic technique of freezing to create dramatic effect Sound     Realism from diegetic sound     After the bombing, the director wanted you to feel sorry for Algerians by using non-diegetic sound. The film is new-real style as it shows the events after the bombing and the rioting. Battle of Algiers     The films is about political and social struggles. Saadi Yacef was the Algerian revolutionary leader who fought for his countries liberation from French colonial rule. French were known for not being kind to Algerians. Saadi also helped Gillo to create the 'Battle of Algiers'. Yacef starred as the revolutionary character. The film explores anti-colonial struggles from freedom fighters as Algeria did not want to be controlled by Colonized government. Algerian people are controlled by Fren...

Naturalism (Realism): - Its focus is on everyday aspects of life that are are mundane, boring or unspectacular. - Shots are more objective - Camera usually reflects human behaviour and movements by being placed at eye-level - Shots are often static on a tripod or with little movement - Lighting and composition feels open and random without added flair - Locations are usually real  - Focus of editing is on continuity - Music and audio is diegetic (coming from the story world) - Realism is a fundamental approach to filmmaking Italian Neo-realism:         No easy moral judgements         Not easily plotted         Documentary visual style         Exterior locations         Natural lighting         Conversational speech         Constructed to create a truth Formalism: - Considered classic Hollywood style. - Crea...