FAMST 96 Lecture 6: Section 6 Notes
27 Jun 2018
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ESSAY DUE SATURDAY MAY 12 BY 5PM -- REWATCH THE FILM ON GAUCHOCAST
Think about cueing and patterns in terms of visual and auditory constructions of
space
How do sight and sound cue is to construct certain spaces in the film?
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Thesis needs to be global
Patterns have to be found throughout the film
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Think about the film from beginning to end
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The argument should apply to everything from the beginning to the end
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MAIN POINT: How the space is constructed should be connected to how
the narrative is unfolding
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What about the narrative is enhanced or supported by the spatial organization?
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See Bordwell pgs. 113-130
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Sample paper on GS
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IDEA 1: Holly and her feelings of constriction and loneliness
Kit tells her to call it "solitude" because it's a better term
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Oxymoronic in a way, or ironic
Such wide spaces and freedom but feels constricting
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Holly's familial constrictions
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IDEA 2: No growth or mountainous movement in the film
No climax
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Just something that has occurred
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Narrative is as flat and endless as the plains they travel across
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Space constructs the physical progression… while also reflecting lack of
personal development
Kit packing and we realize he's invading a space (Holly's house)
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Holly being pulled along through space, doesn’t make any choices and
also doesn’t have much say (until the very end)
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Kit trying to control the space
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IDEA 3: imagined closeness between Kit and Holly as if they were in constricted
space when the space around them is really endless
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IDEA 4: enjoyment of space between the characters functions to humanize
them as more than criminals
Framing
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Depth cues
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Lack of close ups
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IDEA 5: The more they try to find freedom the more restricted they end up
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IDEA 6:
How the audience is constantly thinking about what's offscreen to
construct a narrative about what is onscreen
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Focus on off-screen space concept
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Could also relate to sonic space and concepts of distance, sound
perspective, etc.
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Pay attention to how voice-overs can impact the way that we read the
space, even if the image is the exact same
How do we form hypotheses based on what we are told by the
characters' narration?
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Section 6 Notes
Tuesday, May 8, 2018
1:00 PM
Document Summary
Essay due saturday may 12 by 5pm -- rewatch the film on gauchocast. Think about cueing and patterns in terms of visual and auditory constructions of space. Patterns have to be found throughout the film. Think about the film from beginning to end. The argument should apply to everything from the beginning to the end. Main point: how the space is constructed should be connected to how the narrative is unfolding. Idea 1: holly and her feelings of constriction and loneliness. Kit tells her to call it solitude because it"s a better term. Such wide spaces and freedom but feels constricting. Idea 2: no growth or mountainous movement in the film. Narrative is as flat and endless as the plains they travel across. Space constructs the physical progression while also reflecting lack of personal development. Kit packing and we realize he"s invading a space (holly"s house)
