RTF 321D Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Focus Features, Orson Welles, Hubris
6 Nov 2018
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Formed the mercury players when he was 22. Julius caesar to caesar (1937) set in contemporary fascist italy. In caesar, staging and lighting based on nazi rallies. Manipulation of sound as narrative device (cid:862)the war of the worlds(cid:863) o(cid:272)to(cid:271)er 30th, 1938. Illustrated hubris: so arrogant you think you can do anything. Illustrated hu(cid:271)ris: so arroga(cid:374)t (cid:455)ou do(cid:374)"t k(cid:374)o(cid:449) ho(cid:449) arroga(cid:374)t (cid:455)ou are. Like renoir, proponent of deep focus style of editing. Everyone and everything is important and everyone is connected morally. Everyone is responsible to and for everyone else. World is dark, treacherous, menacing; life reverts to inevitable darkness. Like renoir, moving camera, moving actors, deep focus style. His mise-en-scene = life is complex and uncontrollable. In citizen kane party scene, there is overlapping dialogue, singing, shouting, and diagetic music. Sound bridge = link shots with common sound. Sound + sound or sound + image = new meaning. U(cid:374)i(cid:448)ersal fo(cid:272)us (cid:894)deep fo(cid:272)us(cid:895) + (cid:862)u(cid:374)i(cid:448)ersal sou(cid:374)d(cid:863) (deep sound)
