FILM 3401 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Sergei Eisenstein, Cinematic Techniques, Robert J. Flaherty
4 Apr 2016
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When nationalism is given too much importance, racism is born as certain groups that do not share certain features of one another are not part of that national portrait. Make sure you think critically about who is represented in canadian cinema and who isn"t. Canada thrice colonized: british, french, and hollywood (in terms of cinema). Establishment as a hollywood north": exotic adventure spot. Also used as government propaganda to attract settlers, new immigrants. Canadian cinema begins with images of people and places. Also begins with two gazes: gaze of the camera (director/filmmaker) and gaze of the viewer. Hierarchy of looks in classical hollywood cinema. Top: director/camera (controller of the gaze = subject) Middle: viewer who shares that gaze by looking". Objects of attention: camera directs viewer"s gaze toward something or someone that plays a significant role in a scene. Relations between the viewer and the object or person being looked at. (the scene from.
