RTF 321D Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Proscenium, Tracking Shot
6 Nov 2018
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Shot = one continuously exposed length of film. Shot = one continuously exposed series of images. 1897-1907 film director and head of production. Made 100+ short sound films, 1900-1907 = chronofilm. Narrative films adopt the theatrical convention of the invisible 4th (cid:449)all, do(cid:374)"t acknowledge camera. The (cid:272)i(cid:374)e(cid:373)a of (cid:373)agi(cid:272), (cid:373)aster of (cid:862)tri(cid:272)k fil(cid:373)s(cid:863) Scene = mini-narrative with beginning, middle, and end. Movie = 1 reel = 1,000 feet = 15 minutes. Most earlier fil(cid:373)s told si(cid:374)gle, li(cid:374)ear, episodi(cid:272) (cid:894)(cid:862)the(cid:374)(cid:863)(cid:895) stories. A trip to the moon tells a linear (cid:862)the(cid:374)(cid:863) stor(cid:455)li(cid:374)e. The great trai(cid:374) ro(cid:271)(cid:271)er(cid:455) tells (cid:862)(cid:373)ea(cid:374)(cid:449)hile(cid:863) stor(cid:455), (cid:449)ith (cid:373)ultiple threads. After the geta(cid:449)a(cid:455), the (cid:374)e(cid:454)t shot is (cid:862)(cid:373)ea(cid:374)(cid:449)hile,(cid:863) (cid:271)a(cid:272)k at the telegraph offi(cid:272)e i(cid:374)trodu(cid:272)i(cid:374)g the. 3rd story line = dancers, so the narrative is now 3 threads. 3 threads 2 as the dancers become posse. 2 threads 1 as the posse chases the robbers. Shift in time and space + information gap.
