ARTH 354 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Edward Dmytryk, Edward Hopper, Street Photography

• School: McGill University
• Department: Art History & Communications
• Course: ARTH 354
• Professor: William O Straw

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** there are no notes for october 31st because we watched two films. Topic: the detective ii : film noir and the private detective. Paper #2: can concentrate on overall visual style, but provide specific examples (example: whole. Csi franchise, while providing specific examples from certain episodes: you can use stills to provide examples in the paper. Final exam: moving image (10%) - analysis, still image (10%) analysis. General points about film noir: very well liked, pro(cid:271)a(cid:271)ly the (cid:373)ost (cid:271)elo(cid:448)ed for(cid:373) of a(cid:373)eri(cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:272)i(cid:374)e(cid:373)a of the (cid:862)(cid:272)lass age(cid:863) (cid:894)(cid:1005)9(cid:1006)7 . 1955 approx. : type of film that causes endless debates and arguments (like reading this week) Main topics for today: move from the classical detective to the hard-boiled private eye, visual influences: german expressionism, new york street photography, edward hopper, Fre(cid:374)(cid:272)h (cid:862)poeti(cid:272) realis(cid:373)(cid:863: noir style: noir lighting, cameraman john alton. To(cid:449)ard the (cid:862)hard-(cid:271)oiled(cid:863) dete(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e: clips, solidification of characters over the course of the 3 clips.