Film Studies

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...

  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:                                                                ...

- Opening of Scorpion documentary vignetting where 2 lovers are trying to consummate their relationship at a religious ceremony - this mocks a Catholic Church- juxtaposition of surrealist images. - The adverts coming to life - a womans hand is pleasuring herself and the stockings advert where the man is transfixed, which shows sexual themes of the film - The milk cow being dragged into womans bed - Toe sucking scene- The marble statue in the garden - The orgy in the castle- Alludes to Marquis de Sade- 120 days of Sodom. A bearded man resembles Jesus, who comforts a younger woman who has run out from the castle, before he takes her inside. Afterwards a womans scream is heard and he is beardless. the concluding image is a Christian Cross with the scalps of women. L'Age D'or L'Age D'or can translate to 'The Golden Age' or Age Of Gold' The story of L'Age D'or is a surrealist tale of a man and woman who are in love with each other however their attempts o...

  Un shien Andalou: - The film seems to go on in random scenes as it never follows what is expected/normal - The scenes feel random and confusing, which is why  Buñuel was considered one of the  greatest  pioneers of this movement, because everything feels out of the ordinary  or out of place while simultaneously making sense. Narrative theory... what is it? - Narrative is the content of the story (what is happening in the theory) - Narrative is the form used to tell the story There are 2 ways to describe parts of narrative structure are: -  Story - Plot Story refers to the events that happen in the narrative Story: spacial (location) & temporal (time) diegesis (from the story world) What event starts the story? (Inciting incident) Who are the main characters in the story?  What conflict do that face? What is at stake? What happens to the characters as they face this conflict? What is the outcome on this conf...

 Todorov narrative structure: - equilibrium - disequilibrium - disruption of disequilibrium - action against disequilibrium - restoration of new equilibrium Pam cook's Cause and effect - Linearity  cause and effect with an overall trajectory of enigma resolution Joseph Campbell - heroes journey - stages to reach the prize or the elixir Claude-levi-strauss - Binary opposites - Hero vs villain] Bartes narrative codes -Action code - Enigma code Propp -Character - Stock roles Mckee -Force that excites an incident

 - Opening key scene: Madeleine being followed - Second key scenes: Fake fall off of the cliff (where she allegedly fell) - Third key scenes : Psychedelic dream sequence - Final key scene is when Madeleine dies. Question planning: Introduction: Vertigo was tired by Alfred Hitchcock in 19 Vertigo was produced in 1958 and was directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Performance refers to