CA 135 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Fourth Wall, Shared Belief, Arena
16 Apr 2021
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Tools for formal analysis of cinematic elements including: Motifs (visual, colours, sounds recurring use to develop themes) Theme(s): the big idea representing, the underline concepts. Movies are the most popular art form today. Composed of myriad integrated techniques and concepts. Connect the viewer with what is happening in the movie. Cinema: from the greek kenesis (movement) often implies art films. Movie: short for motion pictures; motion is the essence of the movie medium. Film based on footage documenting actual events doesn"t mean it can"t tell a story. Looking straight into the audience (breaking the fourth wall) *technique. Shot: an unbroken span of action captured by an uninterrupted run of a motion-picture camera. Editing: the joining together of discrete shots. The expressive agility of movies: a viewer of a theatrical production has only one unchanging view of the action - a single wide angle view.
