GERM 1171 Chapter Notes - Chapter 19: Direct Cinema, Glib, Melodrama
23 Apr 2019
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Realists often borrow their structures from cycles of nature. Such movies center on rites of passage. A nonintrusive implied author who reports objectively and avoids making judgments. A rejection of clich s, stale conventions, stock situations, and predictable characters in favor of the unique, the concrete, the specific. A fondness for expos , with shocking or low subject matter that is often criticized for its grittiness and bad taste. An anti sentimental point of view that rejects glib happy endings, wishful thinking, miraculous cures, and other forms of phony optimism. An avoidance of melodrama and exaggeration in favor of understatement and dedramatization . A scientific view of causality and motivation, with a corresponding rejection of such romantic concepts as destiny and fate. An avoidance of the lyrical impulse in favor of a plain, straightforward presentation. There are three broad classifications of motion pictures: fiction, documentary, and avant-garde.
