COMP 251 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Silent Film, Semitone, Diegesis
24 Aug 2018
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Note: if you want an extension, make sure to request it before next monday, when the. Note: if you want professor whitesell"s input, make sure to send him you draft by thursday. Inaudible; as in, not getting in the way. Signifier of emotion; tells the audience what they should be feeling. Narrative cueing; referential; connected to specific ideas; or point of view of a character note: this is an area that is rich in content for papers, etc. Continuity; how to get from one scene to another. Unity; providing formal unity to a whole film. Any of these rules can be broken, but usually the breaking of the rule creates another meaning intentionally. Leitmotifs: guiding motif or leading motif (roots in wagnerian opera) Various style topic" signifiers that give emotional interpretation, etc. Jazz, tango, military, exotic, love, pastoral, agitato, heroic, etc. Conventional musical figures/styles/genres with commonly associated expressive meanings. Often used in movie music because of efficiency of expression.
