COM-261 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Antonio Gramsci, Italian Empire, Citizen Kane
23 Apr 2017
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Postdubbed: dubbing of actors voice by other actors. Fascinated w/ pictorial beauty & psychological exploration. Each thing existing in the world know another existence on the screen. Shows the souls of people and the essence of objects. Rhythm: visual rhythms formed in juxtapositions of movements within shots. *it was more of a tendency than a film movement. Heightened aestheticism (ex. glossy studio style, long takes, deep focus shots, & diegetic sound techniques) Fatalistic themes (ex. tragic fates, emotional performances of desperation, cynicism, & dark humor) Films: l"atalante (vigo, 1934), , p p le moko (duvivier, 1937),children of paradise (carn , 1945) Audience didn"t need to know everything show don"t tell . Jump cuts/panning (can open up the frame)/hand-held cameras/ Film theorist/ critic of cashiers du cinema, film magazine. Recognized renoirs"s brilliance in essay the french renoir. Inspired by fran ois truffaut"s essay a certain tendency in french. Arguments: the film director is the author of his/her works.
