ENGB70H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Sleepwalking, Soviet Montage Theory, Vsevolod Pudovkin
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[knife, key, letter] (distance): extreme close-up only presents one part of face/ object (usually face) referred to as the choker shot [not often] ex. lord of the rings / close up of the ring (distance): long shot. [object] filmed at a distance, object used to create proportions. The cabinet of dr. caligari (robert wiene, 1920) German expressionist film [1920-1927] period referred to as the weimar era [pre-world war] German expressionism [1905-1920] avant garde art form convey a sense of mass culture depicted in distortion of the objects world view not just traits and styles [weltanschauung meaning view/perspective of world] *jane and dr. caligari"s make up style draws our attention to what the characters may represent within the plot and how other charcters within the film may perceive them* Murnau, 1922] similar mood of turnmoil and darkness found within dr. caligari but less exaggerated. Fantasy [horror] = the imagining of what could happen.
