FILM 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Dont
20 Sep 2016
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Reading 1 understanding movies, writing about movies pg. Types of writing about movies: (much writing on film includes elements of all 3: reviews: Written for readers who haven"t yet seen the film worth seeing?) Subjective to the ideas and opinions of the writer: critical essays: Usually assuming the reader has seen the film but knows less than the writer. Asks questions about how the film creates the effects and meanings you discover in it. Expected writing style varies and between the colloquial style of reviews and the. First step = look for cues about how the film makers want us to respond specialized vocabulary theorists use. Most include research into the films background and social and historical context: theory: uses films as examples to explore and test hypotheses about film language, culture, philosophical/political implications of certain kinds of film making. Theorists often assume their readers are familiar with a wide range of subjects.
