ENGB70H3 Lecture : Lecture 2
Document Summary
Film: the means by which the subject is expressed. The story, the background; what we know to have happened. 3rd term-> extra-diegetic: stuff you don t see at all-> parallel editing, cinematic apparatus (camera angles looking down) > need to look at diegetic, non-diegetic and extra diegetic. D. w griffith a corner in wheat (1909) > shows us the limitation of the capacity to make us feel. Juxtaposition of images brought about by certain kinds of editing the creates an effect. Dr. caligari shows what trauma feels like and how it destroys time space and causality. Cinema is uniquely capable for showing the effective stage of trauma. Germany-> about the aftermath of war-> about what it all felt like for people who experienced it-> visually we are in the trenches-> a lot of medium and closeups; not much camera movement. How ptsd is handled and dealt with. Webber trying to tell a story through pieces and words.
