ENGL 300 Lecture 1: The Significance of Film Form

• School: University of Arizona
• Department: English Main
• Course: ENGL 300
• Professor: Rodrigo

Document Summary

Artworks involve us by engaging our senses, feelings, and mind in a process. This process sharpens our interest, focuses our attention, and urges us forward. Form: the overall system of relationships among the parts of a film. The viewer is expected to follow a pattern of narrative elements (a story) Viewers also notice stylistic elements, such as the way the camera moves, the arrangements of color in the frame, the use of music, and other devices. Every component functions as part of a pattern, big or small, that engages the viewer. Creating expectations is central to advertising any product. One guide to your expectations is your prior experience. Emotions represented in the artwork is not typically felt by the spectator, while emotional response is. Meaning: what the film is trying to say or suggest. Referential meaning is allusion to particular items of knowledge outside the film the viewer is expected to recognize.