CINE 386 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Flight Of The Red Balloon, Canal Saint-Martin, Transmedia Storytelling
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Movie characteristics: long takes, reflection shot on different materials (i. e. glass, water) means multilayers; you see many things at once, diegetic/nondiegetic (background music) sounds, documentary of the imagination. 1. 30. 17 lecture: francois traffaut (1932 84), 400 blows. Timeline: 50s in france, nothing new is happening in french film, lots of things happening in italy (neorealism, post-war: neo-realism impacts french film, movement away from studio- taking cinema out of the studio, can control parameters easily. French new wave (1: trendy journalistic expression already in vogue in the 50s, new type of apprenticeship through cinephilia and film criticism, key role of andre bazin, sense that french cinema had lots its vitality. French new wave (2: 1st new wave = 400 blows, height of new wave = 1959-1964, young directors, young actors, new generation of tech, new governmental financial aid rules (cnc) Intro of new tech led to quicker, on-location shoots. Improvisation: alternative of interior scenes/movie theaters and exterior.