Film Studies 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Cinematic Techniques, Classical Hollywood Cinema, Motion Picture Patents Company

• School: Western University
• Department: Film Studies
• Course: Film Studies 1020E
• Professor: Barbara Bruce

Document Summary

Stuff in the intro is plot, not story. Direct attention to certain characters, affects the way we judge them. 8 general characteristics of the classic hollywood narrative. Personal psychological causes (decisions a person makes) determine the action of the narrative and constructed by the writers and the filmmakers. Do not think beyond what"s written on a page. Nature and society are subordinated into individual characters. Character"s attitude, skills, etc are written into narrative to serve a special purpose: character desires and goals (public goal and private goal) Dual-focus narrative: public goal and private goal (romance), often interwoven: obstacles: leading to conflict. With no obstacles, film would be short and boring: change: development; character arc . Characters change over the course over the story (character arc or character development) Character arc ex: lola and manny learn to solve their own problems: unrestricted over restricted narration (range of story information) Unrestricted (omniscient) if audience knows more than any given character on.