Film Studies 1022 Chapter 2: Film Textbook Chapter 2 notes: film form
25 Sep 2018
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: the overall pattern of relationships among parts, the way parts work together to create an overall effect. Expectations: our involvement with a work of our depends largely on our expectations. Conventions: we need past experiences/conventions to understand the content. Emotions emerge from the formal pattern perceived. Criterions to judge a film (a degree of objectivity) When audiences are able to relate aspects of the film to real life examples. Wizard of oz, during the great depression : explicit meaning. The overall message or summary of the fim. When aspects of a film can be traced to social values. Ideology: when these social values are revealed. Wizard of oz about harsh american society in the 1930s The elements of form fulfill some kind of function. Motivation of characters/actions to fulfill the function: similarity and repetition. Patterns help us predict and make inferences. Motif: repeated element that contributes to form. Parallels: comparing and contrasting between elements of a film, usually.
