FTT 44235 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Ancient Greek Comedy, German Expressionism, A Single Shot

• School: ND
• Department: Film, Television, and Theatre
• Course: FTT 44235
• Professor: Clive Bloom

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Have at least 3 films that you know really well. Go over all of the theory again. If you"re going to do something about britishness, know something about. You can pull anything from your previous essays. Just be aware that what you think you remember from your essay might not be what"s actually from your essay. So he recommends you learn something new, because it becomes more complicated to get the answer out. Just dump it since don"t understand it) Semiology = all sounds contain within them 2 things: Bottom level: mythic aspect of the film. In other words, cat on a christmas card is really saying cute. The point is that it means that it allows the audience to interpret what they"re looking at. It"s an interpretive theory of film, not intention. Silent movie, each shot refers to each other. A single shot is different in photography, because a single shot contains all of the meaning.