FS103 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Roundhay Garden Scene, Kuselan, Long Shot
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Within a genre, you can have different kinds of films. A specific period of popularity of a genre. Every national cinema has its own genres. A film that is complete but continues the story of a preceding work. Group of films with common elements but no hard and fast rules. Each genre has its own recognisable elements or conventions. Physical space the actors are walking on. Present a person in a specific way. Motion picture ( movies ) aren"t moving at all. Series of still photos in a strip. Cinema was made possible by new technologies. Cinema = 1: movement, 2: projection: film= movement. Roundhay garden scene (1888: magic lantern = projection. Lumiere brotheres screening at the grand cafe, paris. The aim of film analysis is to. Break a film down to components parts. It reveals how the film is put together and what it means. Understand how a director uses the components/elements.
