September 3‚ 2014 Lecture 1 Professor Barry Keith Grant Terrance McDonald – Course Co-Ordinator Cinema – Industry‚ a social institution‚ entertainment‚ an art form. September 5‚ 2014 Lecture 2 Becoming a Film Student An introduction to screening and viewing practices September 10‚ 2014 Lecture 3 The Beginnings of Cinema Peter Mark Roget (1769-1879) Persistence of Vision Thaumatrope (1824) Animation Cel Zoetrope Invented in 1833 by British Mathematician William George Horner Panorama
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Parallel Editing within Birth of a Nation Birth of a Nation is a silent film which made by D.W. Griffith in 1915. This film basically chronicles the story of the Northern Stoneman family and the Southern Cameron family who are both experiencing the Civil War and Reconstruction. One of the most famous and important scenes in this film is the last-minute-recuse(Griffith‚ 180:18 – 189:06): the Ku Klux Klan charge to ride between the town to save Eliza and the countryside cabin for the Cameron
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This current semester‚ I am taking Introduction to Film. I decided to take the class only because it was in a convenient time slot‚ and not because I had any interest in taking the class. I am‚ however‚ enjoying it; for instance‚ we watched Quentin Tarantino’s‚ Reservoir Dogs — it was the first time I had ever seen the film‚ it was weird‚ but cool. Anyway… The first major paper in the class is a scene analysis. We could pick any movie‚ any scene. I choose the movie‚ Saving Private Ryan; hopefully
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LAURA (Preminger‚ 1944) TIME The narrative action in the film Laura occurs over a period of three days. It begins on a Sunday morning‚ two days after the murder takes place in Laura’s apartment. The narrative begins on this day because this is when Detective Mark McPherson begins his investigation of the case. Being the protagonist of the film‚ we follow him in his quest to solve the case and his pursuit of Laura. It is on Tuesday night that he succeeds in what he set out to do and therefore‚ the
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References: Spielberg‚ Steven (Director). (2011). War Horse [Film]. United States: DreamWorks Sporre‚ D.J. (2011). Perceiving the Arts: An introduction to the humanities (10th ed.). Upper Saddle River‚ NJ: Prentice Hall.
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cinema‚ David Bordwell‚ Kristin Thompson and Janet Staiger had performed a formalist analysis on a random selection of 100 Hollywood films from 1917 to 1960. They came to the conclusion that during this period a distinctive cinematic style had developed they called classical Hollywood cinema.1 After World War I‚ Hollywood had become the dominant market for producing films worldwide. Because of this global dominance‚ the authors claimed that the classical Hollywood style had become the dominant model
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eye-line match cut where the attention was focused on what Rick and his friend are talking about. The angle and camera movement was mainly focused on Rick and his surroundings. b. Discuss the use of at least three of the conventions of continuity editing used in this sequence
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collaboratively to transform a section of a printed text into a storyboard. You will also include a written explanation of the intended effects of your cinematic choices. Steps Planning 1. Revisit a short story from this unit that you could imagine as a film. As a group‚ select a small passage to transform into a storyboard of at least 20 shots. You will not be able to capture the entire story in your storyboard; choose a compelling section that contains many visual elements. 2. As director‚ decide
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Editing Essay Cast Away “Damn‚ how unlucky life can get sometimes?” or “What would have I done if I was on that island?” are the questions that often arise when people watch a movie about a person or group of people getting stranded on a lonely island. Such movies as “Mysterious Island‚” “Swiss Family Robinson‚” “Lord of the Flies” and “Cast Away” share this concept. However‚ “Cast Away” can really strike a viewer emotionally inside. Cast Away is a successful drama film about Federal Express
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The film stand by me (1986) directed by Rob Reiner is a famous and popular film and one which I have based my close scene study upon. The scene that I will be analysing during the course of the essay is the climax of the film which is evidently the scene where the dead body of Ray Brower is discovered. The film portrays many themes‚ some of which include mateship‚ trust‚ bravery‚ maturity‚ overcoming sorrow and friendship. To portray these themes noticeably‚ the film maker uses an assortment of
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