FS102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Intertextuality
Document Summary
Edward me lie s set up 24 cameras with trip wires to capture a horse galloping for 2 seconds then projected it using an early projector of his invention. 1915- feature films (1-3 hours), filmmakers leave nyc for la, edison gets patents for all film stuff in nyc 1920- Hollywood is an industry, silent films a sophisticated art. 1927- synchronized sound like in the movie the jazz singer, the death of silent film. Genre, directors, stars -narrative, motivation, closure: details. Motif: objects gain symbolic meaning, often through repetition. Metaphor: implied comparison made between two unlike things that are similar: connections and reference -intertextuality: references to other films -self-reference: reference to itself as a film - rewards for viewership.
