photography lecture part one
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Here are the slides from the first Photography LectureTRANSCRIPT
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Journal Question 1
Did the Avant-Garde films help to expand your definition of film?
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Photography
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“Movies should be treated as texts
works to be analyzed and interpreted.
They are very similar to any other text,including a textbook.” Bernard F. Dick
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Realism vs. Formalism
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two tendencies have existed since the beginning of cinema:
Lumiere Brothers (Auguste & Louis) vs.
Georges Melies
MeliesLumiere Bros.
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Lumiere image:• recording of an actual event• available lighting• no actors• no set design
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Melies image: • shot in a studio• using actors • elaborate sets • special effects
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REALISM VS. FORMALISM IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
Images: Kids, Blade Runner
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Images: Bicycle Thieves, Spy Kids
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Sherry Baby
Mulholland Dr.
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Cinematographers use the camera in specific ways to convey meaning, mood, atmosphere, dramatic tone, and other visual subtext.
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SHOT SIZES
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Extreme close-up (XCU)
Citizen Kane
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Every picture tells a story
Close up
(CU)
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Close-up (CU)
Breathless
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CU
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Medium shot (MS)L’Avventura
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Long shot (LS)
City of God
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Extreme long shot (XLS)(sometimes called an establishing shot)
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Extreme
Long Shot
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POV SHOT (point of view)
Represents what the character sees
The Shining
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Over the shoulder shot
The Graduate
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LIGHTING
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3 basic placements for lights:
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3 basic placements for lights:
• Key light
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3 basic placements for lights:
• Key light
• Fill light
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3 basic placements for lights:
• Key light
• Fill light
• Back light
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High and Low Key Lighting refers to the
contrast of the image.
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High and Low Key Lighting refers to the
contrast of the image.
High Key=low contrast, evenly lit
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High and Low Key Lighting refers to the
contrast of the image.
High Key=low contrast, evenly lit
Low Key=high contrast, areas of light and dark
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High key Low key
Meet John Doe, Touch of Evil
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Low key High key
Touch of Evil, Platinum Blonde
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Low key High key
The Third Man, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
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Some Like It Hot Nosferatu
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High Key Lighting: as a rule is associated
with Comedies and Musicals
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High Key Lighting: as a rule is associated
with Comedies and Musicals
Low Key Lighting: often appears in horror,
mysteries, thrillers and gangster films and
Film noir
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FILM NOI
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FILM NOI
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Origins of FILM NOIR
- visual style came from German Expressionist cinema of 1920s and early 30s
Nosferatu (1922)
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
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Techniques also used in American horror films of 1930s
- Dracula, Frankenstein, etc.
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FILM NOIR
REALIST?
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FILM NOIR
REALIST?
FORMALIST?
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FILM NOIR
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Film Noir
A style of film (not a genre)
Specific time period in (American film history) beginning in the 1940’s and ending in the late 1950’s
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Typical Characteristics of Film Noir
low key lighting
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Typical Characteristics of Film Noir
low key lighting
ominous shadows and smoke
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Typical Characteristics of Film Noir
low key lighting
ominous shadows and smoke
skewed camera angles
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Characters of Film Noir
Protagonist: cynical, morally-ambiguous, anti-hero
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Characters of Film Noir
Protagonist: cynical, morally-ambiguous, anti-hero
Femme Fatal: seductive, manipulative, sometimes murderous
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anti-hero
protag. who lacks traditional heroic attributes (courage, idealism, etc.)
instead has opposite attributes (ineptness, stupidity, dishonesty, etc.)
An anti-hero acts heroically, yet in an underhanded and deceitful way
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Sunset Boulevard 1950
Directed by Billy Wilder
William Holden as Joe Gillis
Gloria Swanson as
Norma Desmond
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1. In what ways might the character of Joe Gillis be considered an anti-hero?
2. Why is Sunset Boulevard considered a film noir?
Response Questions - CHOOSE ONE OF THESE QUESTIONS TO RESPOND TO
RESPONSE PAPERS: Throughout the course of the semester, we will screen at least twelve films. You are required to write half-page response papers for at least five of the films. THESE PAPERS ARE DUE ONE WEEK FROM THE DAY THEY ARE ASSIGNED. Each paper is worth a maximum of 2 points. If you are not satisfied with your grade on a response paper, you may write another paper to make up the lost points. Topics for response papers will be given during class. These papers may constitute cumulative total of 10 possible points. All papers must be typed using 12 point Times Roman font, with 1” margins and be double-spaced. No handwritten pages accepted. Grammar, spelling, and punctuation are taken into account. Plagiarism is strictly prohibited.