FS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Classical Hollywood Cinema, Diegesis, Pulp Magazine
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Definition of film form (a collection of elements): a system of relationships among elements. arranged in a particular to tell a story, thwart expectations and confuse you, argue point etc: narrative elements. Not looper, eternal sunshine , inception, lost etc. , killers, relies heavily on flashbacks so we can mentally construct the story. Film provides us with cues so we can arrange the scenes in chronological order in our mind and piece together a narrative: stylistic elements (week 3 and 5) Visual and sonic devices through which a film tells a story. Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004: documentary form (voiceover, interviews) United 93 (2006: narrative form (story, actors, causeeffect, plot) Principles of film form: function: the role or effect of any element in a films form. How would the plot differ in the absence of the element: no flat tire, no mob, no escape, protagonists don"t meet!
