COM-260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Rudolph Valentino, Romantic Comedy Film, John Barrymore
6 Apr 2016
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Deadpan, flat performance where he gets his comedy from. Crashes the train, no cgi, really blew up a bridge and crashed train in real life. Most expensive shot in cinema history at the time ,000, single shot of the train crash. Ten years after birth of a nation [which cost ,000] Comedy lives in a wide shot, theories of comedy. The more you see at once, the funnier it is, drama lives in the close up [b/c of emotion] Tracking shot, on a train and you see all of union/confederate forces. He"s on the train and it"s moving as he"s chopping while people are riding in the back, timing out even today is difficult, Title cards are dialogue too, not that many. Almost entirely action in film, little dialogue, mostly in beginning. Taking a significant war and turns it into a comedy. Brother in law is prideful, confederate officers. Hero is southern, desperate to become soldier.
