Film Studies 1020E Lecture : Film lecture 2.docx

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

Document Summary

As well as being aroused sexually and intellectually: bardwell and thompson claim that these forms are incredibly important. Two forms: narrative: the films story, non-narrative: stylistic elements. The way a story is told is linked directly to what it"s about (content) the narrative and stylistic elements form patterns. And our minds want to tie these two things together. Every component in a film works together to form these patterns: subject matter is treated differently between art forms. (ex. They are able to portray different meanings and cause us to feel in different ways: patterns queue our expectations, and are a form of play. We ask what the elements function is. (ex. Toto in the wizard of oz toto is grey that links back to the b/w kansas scenes early on in the film) function does not depend on the filmmakers intention.