FILM 1F94 Lecture Notes - Verisimilitude, Sound Film, Moscow Art Theatre
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The farmer sows his field at the beginning, note the compositions. Note the focus on detail for dramatic emphasis and the use of close up. For us, cinema is the most important of the arts vladymer. The man with the movie camera dziga vertov, 1929 . 1890"s-early 1900"s famous experiments on conditioning with dogs. Music is recognized as essential from the beginning: atmosphere, emotion cues (cue sheets, enhancing action (the mighty wurlitzer organ)-piano. Music remains an important element across film history: wagners ride of the. Valkyries appears in both griffiths birth of a nation and coppolas. Music itself can be a motif or a leitmotife. Alternatives ways of bring sound to silent film. History of sound film: silent era- ca. 1895 to 1927: transition to sound ca. Simultaneous and nonsimultaneous (sound bridge and dialogue overlap) Brutal war-nature of warfare led to many horrific injuries. We see aspects of post war germany in film.
