CIN307H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Marcel Pagnol, Jean Epstein, Sound Film
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Ways in which the exhibition takes an idea discussed in class. Camera becomes mobile for the first time until the introduction to sound in the 1920s. Technology is the enhancement of human capabilities. Gives us a way to understand things. Placing the camera in different places may be strange the first 10 times, but it gives us a way of seeing things in angles we haven"t seen. Access to experiences in the (cid:449)orld (cid:894)that (cid:449)ere already there(cid:895). It does(cid:374)"t cha(cid:374)ge reality, rather it gives a sense of how good reality can be. (the camera shows us the complexity of reality) Problems of sound films in 1930s: point of aesthetic aggression. It does(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e to rely o(cid:374) other (cid:373)odes of art for(cid:373)s. E. g characters speak, along with writing on the screen (repetitive/unnecessary) Sound has to be used in its own creative way in order to avoid becoming redundant. (avoid doing things that the image already does)
