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  Genre, Zombies & Pontypool | 6.16

  http://www.fadedrequiem.com/zoetrope/?p=964

  An interesting conversation moving from just how many genres are there to zombies.  We then explored the world of Pontypool.  What exactly is the purpose of the piece after the credits? We tend to say many genres, but we do need to be careful about saying unlimited or infinite.  This helps criticism as much as saying there is only one genre. Frank McConell – 4 character types & 4 genres which correspond to 4 stage historical cycle of culture

  King establishes the state – Epic Knight consolidates the state – Adventure Romance Pawn is trapped in the institutionalized state of laws – Melodrama Fool points out craziness of institutionalized state – Satire

  a fifth stage he adds Apocalypse – breakdown into anarchy and decadence which requires establishment of new order – new cycle based on archetypes Thomas Schatz (Hollywood Genres) – Adopts thematic &…

  

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  June 18 2010, 1:26pm | Comments »

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  David Byrne: How architecture helped music evolve | Video on TED.com

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  Interesting talk on how architecture impacts music.

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  June 16 2010, 9:45am | Comments »

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  Narrative, Genre & Survive Style 5+

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  What a better way to introduce narrative and genre by showing you the potential for breaking them.  Survive Style 5+ was an interesting departure from Hollywood, tell me what you think in the comments for bonus points. Narrative cinema begins with the written word

  scripts adaptations – issues with adapting

  actualities (no narrative form) to documentary and “story” films narrative structure = story +plot plot – sequencing of events story – larger set of events (true chronological sequencing) linear plot – chronological classical narrative structures – viewer is aware of shaping of storyline, move towards resolution

  use of flashbacks

  formalistic narrative – author is overly manipulative to maximize thematic idea mixed up plot sequences – Pulp Fiction, Run Lola Run narrator & narrative point of view films have multiple authors – real vs. implied narrative POV

  1st person – voice over, POV shots 3rd…

  

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  June 15 2010, 2:02pm | Comments »

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  Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-13

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  Sickness put me out this weekend, notes will hopefully be posted Monday. # Some Like It Hot screening http://yfrog.com/mh51nj #

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  June 13 2010, 3:59am | Comments »

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  RT @wilw: But let's be honest, USA fans: we pretty much got the draw because Rob Green rolled a 1 on his save vs. Dempsey...

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  June 12 2010, 5:28pm | Comments »

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  RT @stephenfry: Now THAT'S embarrassing...

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  June 12 2010, 2:24pm | Comments »

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  RT @warrenellis: England apologises for fielding a goalkeeper who quite clearly took rather a lot of heroin before the match commenced.

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  June 12 2010, 2:23pm | Comments »

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  I want to hire Shakira to dance for me. Although the whole She-wolf humping speaker move is getting old.

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  June 11 2010, 8:40pm | Comments »

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  Listening to the "British Chicks Rock" station on #SlackerRadio ♫ http://slacker.com/r/CKcQ2

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  June 10 2010, 3:19pm | Comments »

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  Editing, Sound & Some Like it Hot | 6.10

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  We cleaned up some editing and went right into sound.  And then we laughed along as we watched Some Like it Hot. Principles of Continuity Editing spatial continuity

  continuous flow of action – viewers are supposed to be unaware of the film’s technical side matching to master shot – ms defines layout of scene establishing shot – beginning of a new scene, establishes time & space reestablishing shot – reorient viewer with time & space after many cuts constant screen direction eyeline match – characters looking at each other shot – reverse – shot series – used for dialogue, cameras over shoulder of characters 30° rule – between shots camera position must change by at least 30° in order to avoid a jump cut 180º rule – nothing is sacred, used to stabilize space of playing area so spectator isn’t confused or disoriented

  temporal…

  

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  June 10 2010, 11:43am | Comments »

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  Acting & Editing | 6.7

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  While my sinuses began closing, we entered into a discussion on acting and editing.  While we will continue our discussion, I think the acting discussion went really well and in-depth in relation to Do the Right Thing. Acting becomes design element

  unique body language choreographing expression

  histrionic – precise & exaggerated gestures in silent film

  typage – actors and performances are visually stylized, suggest that character embodies a particular social or psychological type

  social typage – actors expected to portray a typical representative of a social class or historical movement psychological typage – portray typical representative of mental state

  visual mediation of performance – use of visual elements top affect how viewer understands a character (one way is using lighting)

  approaches and methods method acting (Lee Strasberg) – actor seeks to portray a character by using personal experience & emotion as foundation for the…

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  June 9 2010, 12:42pm | Comments »

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  Listening to the "Faded Requiem Radio" station on #SlackerRadio ♫ http://slacker.com/r/MtsB

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  June 8 2010, 4:05pm | Comments »

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