FILM2202 Chapter : Criticism.docx
11 Mar 2014
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Characteristics: andre bazin (cid:224) represent special wholeness and ambiguities of reality; give audience freedom of, minimize the importance of editing: response, deep focus cinematography: a great distance separates sharply focused foreground and background objects, long take cinematography: shots of long duration. Appeal to large audiences; don"t want to offend anyone: african american, 1990s: more black directors appeared, silent era: black actors did not exist; white people put on black make up, hollywood era (1930s 50s): black actors played minor roles, blaxploitation = focused on drugs, crime, and violence in black culture instead of moral uplift to gain racial equality. Characteristics: analysis/describe the ways that films portray gender in visual techniques, ex. close ups on bodies to make women seem erotic/sexual, analyze the narrative strategies, ex. behavior of female characters will depict their personality, focuses on current male gender roles in cinema, ex. hard bodied superheroes, creates feminine films that show women in lead roles, daily struggles, etc.
