FREN 1171 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Yvan Attal, Romantic Comedy Film, Establishing Shot
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Jealousy) or can be autobiography since director is the actor who plays his real life character. 1: ivan and wife complication with her being an actress. 2: ivan"s sister"s debate on whether to circumscribe the new baby. This film is very much a film about film: film making and film viewing. Film making: a lot of personal involvement/life of actors, also shows how the film is being made. Ex) charlotte talking about how she doesn"t want to be naked in the film. Film viewing: just merely watching the movie. Ex) when ivan watches charlotte"s new movie. How does attal represent the shift between reality and fantasy (real life and film life), the real and the unreal. Close-up shots: meant to see facial expressions. Woody allen: often illustrates similar characters with jealousy like ivan or. Each frame is 24 shots per second --> in order to see a smooth motion. Who/what is in and out of the frame.
