FILM 2230 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Reality Film, Pop Art, Fine Art
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Film is more art -to convey an idea - "film is the art of light" -director of photography -manages the light. Eventually move from just representing reality to adding story. Fine art vs pop art ----- (top hat discussion www. tophat. com) Same question in classic theatre - shakespeare romeo + juliet vs west side story. Nick - look through a small window and use a hand crank. Cinema straddles a fine line between pop culture and mass culture. Cinema elevates pop culture and brings down high culture to meet at a middle ground. A marxist would say that it is deemed by the ruling class -they control the means of production and distribution. A new technology -associated with the big cities -urban culture. Why the city -hub of industry, social, commercial political activities. Films engage with the will of the people + Revolution culture may adapt folk lore to calm those scared of change.
