GERM 1171 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Leni Riefenstahl, Triumph Of The Will, Long Shot

• School: UConn
• Department: German
• Course: GERM 1171
• Professor: Von Hammerstein

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Agenda: photography, editing, definitions: documentary vs. propaganda, historical context, weimar republic (1918-1933, hitle(cid:396)"s rise to po(cid:449)e(cid:396) 19(cid:1007)(cid:1007)/(cid:1007)(cid:1008) the fa(cid:373)ous i(cid:374)fa(cid:373)ous le(cid:374)i riefe(cid:374)stahl, triumph of the will, discussion. Which shots: close up, eye-level, medium, extreme long/establishing shot, deep focus, full shot. Where the camera is placed: high, lo(cid:449), (cid:271)i(cid:396)d"s eye, o(cid:271)li(cid:395)ue, eye le(cid:448)el. Function of editing/cutting: eliminating unnecessary time, selecting from many hours of footage, compressing years of plot time into 1. 5-2 hours of projection time, able to choose which shots to use for final product+ Cutting to continuity: preserve fluidity/continuity/sequence of event of development without showing every second, condensation without missing important information. Classical cutting (e. g. , by d. w. griffith): follows principle of association of ideas implicit in connected shots, creating psychological connections, editing for dramatic intensity and emotional emphasis, allo(cid:449)s di(cid:396)e(cid:272)to(cid:396) to (cid:272)o(cid:374)t(cid:396)ol audie(cid:374)(cid:272)es" pe(cid:396)(cid:272)eptio(cid:374)/e(cid:373)otio(cid:374)al (cid:396)ea(cid:272)tio(cid:374) Documentary: not scripted, real places, real events. Visual (cid:396)efe(cid:396)e(cid:374)(cid:272)es to ge(cid:396)(cid:373)a(cid:374) (cid:374)at"l he(cid:396)itage: moment of silence for battles during wwii.