Film Studies

  Gold Rush was directed by Charlie Chaplin in 1925, which was during the silent era. Camera shots have been used since the beginning of film with different connotations and denotations.  During the snow storm, extreme long shots and establishing shots are used to show the empty mountains, which connotes loneliness. When both The Tramp and Black Larsen get forced into the same cabin by gusts of wind it is instantly made clear that The Tramp fears Black Larsen. Charlie uses high angle and low angle shots when the two share the screen. It is clear that The Tramp is inferior, from his old, torn clothing to each little jagged movement he makes.  The acting style from Charlie creates verisimilitude as the lack of sound means the only way to create a narrative is in the expressions used by each actor.  

Casting     Casting is done in order for a film to be profitable. Actors are specifically cast to meet the requirements of the character they are playing.     Actors have mannerisms or apperances that are likeable.     Some actors have a wide range and play all sorts of characters from different genres.     Expression     Acting style     Expression plays a vital role in creating verisimilitude     Actors communicate meaning to their audience through expression on their face.     In the silent era there was no sound so the narrative was driven by expression.      Dialogue should be another sound that comes out of the mouth of a person, whose eyes tell the story in visual terms     Close ups emphasise and fetishise actor's faces Body codes     Speech     Eye movement/contact     Posture     Direct bod...

 Introduction: Define the terms in the question     Quite about key terms      Definition Which key scenes are you discussing Give your Point Of View  Main Body of text: Write about one film then do another Compare scene by scene     (In comparison) this is evident/ not evident Intertextuality     Post Modernism           Jean Baudrillard Theoretical concepts       

 Micro-Elements: - Mise-en-scene - Cinematography - Editing -Performance -Sound Aesthetics: Aesthetics in films are the visual techniques used to portray the style, mood, look or tone of a film. Performance: Performance is the acting, which includes expressions, movements, staging/blocking etc. Aesthetics and performance can link together through paralinguistics (looks) Challenge: A chain of events or actions that lead to the progression of the direction of the narrative AO1: Knowledge and understanding of elements of film. Understanding of film terminology and theory Camera shot types: - High angle - Low Angle - Level shot - Dutch Angle - Bust shot - Extreme close up - Medium Close up - Medium Long Shot - Establishing shot - Aerial (Birds Eye View) - Long shot  - POV  - Over-the-shoulder AO2: Apply knowledge and understanding of elements of film through analysis and comparison of chosen film. - Diegetic          - Dialogue      ...

 90-100% of sound and dialogue is added in post-production, even 'silent films added music Diegetic sound- Coming from the story world and the characters can hear it Non-diegetic- Not coming from the story world where only the audience can hear this. Non-diegetic sound can manipulate the emotions of audiences and creates meanings. Internal diegetic- A characters thoughts. It's coming from the story world but only the character and the audience can hear it. Synchronous sound- You can see the object making that sound.  Asynchronous sound- Sound that is offscreen. You can't see what is making the sound. Contrapuntal- The sound contradicts the images and they don't match. (this links to Sergei Einsenstein's Intellectual Montage) In this image, Sergei Eisenstein shows how his face next to different images creates different emotions. An intellectual montage is the editing together of clips to create an intellectual or ideological montage. Einsensteins intellectual montage...

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:                                                                ...