FPA 135 Study Guide - Final Guide: All That Heaven Allows, Dallas Buyers Club, Run Lola Run

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Contemporary Arts
• Course: FPA 135
• Professor: Robert Christie

Document Summary

Documentary about vancouver"s chinatown and it"s slow disappearing. Melies previously magician and trick filmmaker; early sci-fi and special effects; very elaborate sets. Oscars for cinematography, visual effects, and art direction. Awards for best costume, nominated for best art direction, director of. Cinematography; vertical lines (like a prison) the director is famous b/c: diegetic montage; disjuctive editing. Uses everyday noises as a soundtrack for the movie. Use of sound to bring action to life. Won many oscars, including best picture; silent film. Two story sequences, one in chronological order and one in reverse. Classic narrative film; colour and music usage (melodrama) One of the first films out of studio d (the women"s studio) This film won the nfb its first oscar and was also the first documentary to win this coveted award experimental film; art. 1956 the film uses the technique known as pixilation, an animation technique using live actors as stop-motion objects.