THTRFLM 1T03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: The Formalist, Fourth Wall, Studio System
20 Jul 2018
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Week 1- theatre, film and ideology/ elements of theatrical production. The realist tendency in cinema: the lumi re brothers: the inventors on cinema, in december 1895 they had their first paid screening on 30 second movies, first film (sortie d"usine 1895) - has realist tendency, with real workers. The formalist tendency in cinema: george m li s: the untameable whiskers (1904) first use of special effects. He layers the film in order to get the special effect: a trip to the moon (1902) everything is staged and formalized. Basic theatrical production elements: set establishes interpretive frame through which actions should be read, defines: Period (in the past, future: creates possible patterns of movement. Creates a mood: costume define characters: Culture: establish period, location, clarify the social expectations of the fictional world, lighting lighting does not just illuminate the set and the actor. Furthering our understanding of character actions and thoughts. Attributes of lighting: quality (hard/soft, placement (directions of light)
