FILM 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Super Size Me, Direct Cinema
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> represents actuality, depicting people &/ or situations that exist/ existed in the real world. > like fiction films always narrative construction. > tend to assume there"s a wide separation between fact & fiction . > factual: present people, places, processes designed to entertain & instruct on the surface without influencing audiences. > instructional: educated viewers about common interests to educate them (ex. cook books, yoga lessons, etc) > persuasive: concerned with presenting particular perspective of particular social issues (ex. government, social injustice, etc) > propaganda: constructed to persuade the audience produced by gov"t/ institutions to carry messages . ==> films should be shaped by their processes. > people are ahead of their time push movies. > try to represent inner thoughts of character/ filmmaker. > objective: see what"s outside of the film world, by exploring the properties themselves. > construct/ represent patterns of inner thoughts (subjectivity) > challenge structure challenge notions of perception & causality.