CIN201Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Mise-En-Scène, Carl Mayer, Tyrant
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German cinema offers an ex. of intersection of arts and cinema. Serves as a important case study of the relationship between cinema and the society that produces/views it. Comparing german to the other international cinema, it is weaker, until post-wwi, german becomes one of the prominent film producing nations. Most notable pre-wwi contributions by oskar messter. German theaters became interested in film: the increased involvement of the german theatre world in film, spurred by the success of the french film d"art, paul davidson helped put theatrical luminaries like asta. Nielsen into contact with filmmakers: playwrights were convinced to write for the cinema = autorenfilm. Author = scriptwriter: wwi led to a ban on imports, spurred industrial self- sufficiency, production increased in german in a short period of time, government forced major film companies to merge in. Term expressionism (spirit of reborn) was only used in. Became popular in 1912 in the various mediums: music, poetry, theatre.
