It has just been announced that due to class cancellations form the the snow. Finals week will be shifted so that we can make-up those missed classes. This means that we will be having class Monday, May 10th. This should not effect our final exam which will still take place Wednesday, May 12th. I will keep you informed of other changes as they come up.
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Make-up Days
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March 1 2010, 10:12am | Comments »
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Mise-en-scene & Review | 2.24
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We went much deeper this evening with our discussion of mise-en-scene and reviewed for the midterm. Yes, the midterm exam which will take place next Wednesday. And a quick reminder, revised copies of your film reviews need to be emailed to me by midnight on Wednesday, March 17th.Aspects of mise-en-scene Setting
can become more than just a setting and influence character action color use of props
prop can become a motif (a reoccurring theme) – shower curtain in PSYCHO
Costume & Make-up
sometimes committed to authenticity of period of film can be stylized language system of costumes
Lighting 4 major features of lighting
quality – relative intensity of illumination (hard & soft light) direction - path of light from source to object lit
frontal lighting, sidelight, backlighting, edge or rim lighting, underlighting, top lighting
source – may use real light or studio lighting
key…
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February 25 2010, 3:12pm | Comments »
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Camera + Mise-en-scene = City of God | 2.17
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Due to some (I use that term loosely) snow, we played a bit of catch up tonight and continued our discussion on cinematography. We began looking at mise-en-scene and tried to grasp City of God. mobile framing – possible to move frame with respect to framed material camera movement (basic)
pan – move camera from left to right (vertical axis) tilt – move camera from top to bottom (horizontal axis) roll - rolling camera on side
tracking shot – camera travels in any direction on ground crane shot Steadicam – gimbal balanced camera mount, allows cameraman to walk with camera w/o camera shake hand-held camera – used to create subjective point-of-view, in the action duration of image – the long take – unusually lengthy shot that may incorporate all aspects of mobile framing to create shot without edits After discovering the “how” of what…
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February 18 2010, 6:52pm | Comments »
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Clarification on Film Reviews
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A paper copy of your film reviews is due next Wednesday. You only need to give me a paper copy next Wednesday. Once it is grade and returned, you will be editing it and then resubmitting it electronically. So please do not send me the review in electronic format yet! I want to be able to give you a chance to edit it before it being posted here.
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February 10 2010, 2:00pm | Comments »
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HACC Closed Wednesday February 9th
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Well it looks like the weather is going to rob us of some class time! We will continue what we were discussing but we will still be watching City of God next Wednesday. Also due to the weather, your film reviews will be due next Wednesday as well. Please keep checking the HACC website in case things change and evening class are held.
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February 9 2010, 2:58pm | Comments »
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Cinematography & Sunset Blvd. | February 3rd
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The camera is a vital component to the system of film. It is the “how you see it” aspect. What began as a static method, cinematography has evolved into an art form. In addition, we watched one of the all time great films, Sunset Blvd. Cinematography
photographic aspects of the shot framing of shot duration of shot
photographic aspect filmmaker can control visual qualities by manipulating film stock, exposure, and developing process speed of motion – frames per second (fps)
silent era until sound was 16 to 20 fps to synchronize with sound it becomes 24 fps fewer fps = greater acceleration of screen action more fps = slower screen action – slow motion
the lens = focal length – distance from center of lens to point where light rays converge to a point of focus on film
short-focal-length (wide-angle) – exaggerates depth, show…
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February 4 2010, 8:46pm | Comments »
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Form & Writing About Film | January 27th
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This evening we covered film form and writing about film. If you want to see more writing about films, check out the film review links on the sidebar. You can even visit my review site, Resonance. And yes, I am quite okay with you disagreeing with my reviews. Remember that reviews are opinions, and everyone will perceive a film in a different way. Form as System artistic form – mind never at rest, constantly seeking order & significance, testing world for breaks in habitual pattern
artworks rely on unifying quality of human mind
film has form – overall system of relations that we can perceive among elements in whole film
set of narrative elements – the story stylistic elements – way camera moves, patterns of color in frame, use of music mind wants to bring two elements together
Form versus Content exist together in…
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January 28 2010, 10:35am | Comments »
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Spring Semester Begins
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For anyone wondering, the spring semester begins January 13th. If you are in (or are considering taking) my Art of the Cinema class, the syllabus and schedule are now posted in the Class Materials section of the site. I will soon be posting a viewing schedule and the assignments in full. If you are in one of my History of the Cinema classes, you are probably just here browsing since all of your material will be located in Blackboard. I will hopefully be drawing both classes together for some discussion and will certainly referring to this site as a great way to see what we are doing in the Art of the Cinema. I wold suggest that both classes follow FilmClasses on Twitter. I will use twitter to announce items and also provide interesting observations or even images (my collection of iPhone pictures from…
January 7 2010, 8:55am | Comments »
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Spring Registration Starts November 2
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It’s official, registration for Spring semester began today and both of my film classes are available! You can either take ART 185 – The History of Cinema in an online format or ART 184 – The Art of Cinema in a face-to-face format to be held Wednesday evenings. Please sign-up and join the fun in an educational manner.
November 2 2009, 10:32am | Comments »
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Classes for Spring 2010
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After a brief hiatus for the Fall semester; I am proud to announce that not only will Art 184 – The Art of Cinema be taught as a face to face class in the Spring, Art 185 – The History of Cinema will be offered as an online class. I am very excited to be able to be offering both classes and hope that you will spread the word. The Art of Cinema will be held Wednesday evenings from 5:30 to 8:30. Just a note, this all could change – but I hope not!
August 26 2009, 10:53am | Comments »
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Volver & Review | June 29
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Volver was a nice way to end our class. Anything else to comment? Post a comment (for extra credit perhaps?) and voice your ideas. Now on to the important stuff. Exam Review You will be answering 5 out of 8 possible essay questions. Each questions will be worth 20 points for a possible 100 points. Each question can be answered in at least one well developed paragraph. Can someone besides a director be an auteur? Give examples. What is mise-en-scene? Give two example from a film viewed in class. Those were just two hints so you know what the essay questions will be like. You will have the entire 3 hours and 20 minutes to take the exam, but it should only really take about an hour or so.
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June 30 2009, 2:54pm | Comments »
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Postmodern Film, Theory & All About My Mother | June 24
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A full evening of postmodernism, theory, and Almodóvar. Only two classes left! more on Postmodern Film pastiche blank parody – take skeletal form of work & place in new context without ridicule intertextuality organization of film industry – mass production to flexible indie production exemplify postmodern themes – dystopian sci-fi=loss of faith in idea of progress upset mainstream conventions of narrative structure & characterization aesthetic features (such as those mentioned with genre) Film Theory & Criticism (a rapid overview & listing – you can look up some of the ones that I do not focus on) classic film theory – designate specific value of cinema formalist (creationist) film theory – Rudolf Arnheim, Sergei Eisenstein, Bela Balazs
cinema more than “the feeble mechanical reproduction of real life” transforms and constructs reality the how of artistic expression – editing, cinematography
realist film theory – Andre Bazin,…
June 26 2009, 1:32pm | Comments »
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