VM100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Titicut Follies, Richard Leacock, Frederick Wiseman
31 Oct 2018
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Universal box of ce hit, but also has brechtian distance , alienate spectator, social class as character development. Alienation effects - conventions exaggerated in a highly-stylized direction. Stylized camerawork (long shot, no pov), re ections, frames and screens, color, blocking of action, petri ed along- non-naturalistic acting. Nicholas ray and rebel without a cause (1955) Middle class malaise the grey annels suit the lonely crowd . The contrived looks contrived- stylized (method) acting, blocking of action, stylized image and music (color, camera angle, iconography), overt narrative symbolics. Edward r. murrow from hear it now (radio) to see it now ("52-"55) Copycats = nbc"s white paper, abc"s close up (but contract with time inc. and drew. Life"s candid photography to lm- not staged photos. The rules of direct cinema- no script, no directing (interviews are a no no), no. Acting (subjects are unaware), edit chronologically, and no dubbing (no music, sound effects voiceover narration).
