SP 472 American Film History, Week 4

8/2/2019 SP 472 American Film History, Week 4

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Movement

Camera Moves

Pans

Tilts

Crane Shots

Dolly Shots

Zooms

Hand-Held Shots

Aerial Shots

Hero


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Movement

Kinetic Symbolism

Certain moves

connote meaning

The Return of the King

Vertigo


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Movement

Pans to keep the subject

within frame--if a personmoves from one position

to another, the cameramoves horizontally tokeep the person in thecenter of thecomposition--theseshots emphasize theunity of space and theconnectedness ofpeople and objectswithin that space

Following & Reframing


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Movement

Tilts these are vertical

movements of the camera

around a stationary

horizontal axis; they can be

used to keep subjects

within the frame, so they

emphasize spatial and

psychological

interrelationships


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Movement

Crane Shots

Jibs


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Movement

Dolly Shots does not change the

focal length of lens The subject and the

perspective changeand objects pass bythe frame giving thefeeing of movingthrough space

Creates sense ofmovement


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Movement

Dolly Shots

Extreme Dolly in Rope

Dolly Track


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Movement

Dolly Shots


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Movement

Zooms Zooming in and out changes

the focal length

The Viewer is brought closer

without changing perspective The entire image is magnified

equally. This flattens the

space and calls attention to

the act of filming. Used to pick

out a piece of detail in subject

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Movement

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Movement

Zooms and more...

The Dolly Zoom

Its CRAZY!

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Movement

Hand-Held Shots

Jaws

The Blair Witch Project


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Movement

Steadicam

The Shining


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Movement

Aerial Shots

Charlies Angels: FullThrottle


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Movement

Animation

Slow Motion

Fast Motion

Reverse Motion

Freeze Frame


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Movement

Animation each frame is

photographed separately

rather than continuously,

and it usually involves the

photographing of subjects

that do not move by

themselves

Wa

llace & Gromit

:

The Curse of the Wear Rabbit

SnowWhite


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Movement

Slow Motion

this effect is created by

photographing events at a

faster rate than twenty-four

fps, then projecting the filmat a normal rate of speed

CrouchingTiger, Hidden Dragon


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Movement

Reverse Motion this effect is created by

photographing an actionwith the film running

reversed

Superman


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Movement

Freeze Frame this effect suspends all

movement on screen; asingle image is selected

and reprinted for as manyframes as is necessary tosuggest the halting ofmotion

The 400 Blows


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Movement

Formalism/Realism

Defined by the frame not

the stage

Setups redefine the stage

Winters Bone, The Manchurian Candidate & Bullitt


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Movement

Right to left Movement in this direction

seems inexplicably tense

and uncomfortable

Traffic


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Movement

Left to right Movement in this direction

seems psychologically

natural because the eye

tends to read a picture thisway

MidnightCowboy


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Movement

Away from camera Movement in this direction

seems to decreaseintensity and make thecharacter seem remote

The Third Man


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Movement

Toward the camera Movement in this direction

may seem threatening ifthe character is a villain butfriendly if the character isattractive

Goodfellas & Collateral


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Movement

Angles

Low & close - speed

up action

Long & high:movement seems

slower

Raging Bull


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Movement

Framing

Tight vs. Long &

Medium

Joan of Arc

Eyes Wide Shut

Bullitt


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Movement

Vertigo

1958

Dir. By Alfred Hitchcock

With James Stewart, Kim

Novak & Barbara Bel

Geddes

Distinctive credits by Saul

Bass


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The Studio System James Stewart, 1908-1997

Portrayed many iconic roles in American Filmalthough not immediately successful becauseof his gangly looks and shy, bumbling manner

Flew bombing missions over Germany in

WWII & eventually became a BrigadierGeneral

One of the first independently contractedactors

Married for 45 years to the same spouse!

5 Oscar nominations won forPhiladelphiaStory

Famed later collaborations with AlfredHitchcock and Anthony Mann (Westerns)

Films include: You CantTake It With You,Harvey, Itsa Wonderful Life, Mr. Smith Goesto Washington, Vertigo, Rear Window, TheMan Who KnewToo Much, Rope, Anatomy ofa Murder, The Man Who Shot Liberty

Valance, Destry Rides Again


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The Studio System


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The Studio System Kim Novak, 1933-

Began as a model

First movie (uncredited) at 20 (1953)

While a great actress, her beauty captureda lot of attention

Career began to decline in the early 60sand she began to prefer having a life to acareer

She did sporadic parts that interested heras well as television

Lives in Oregon with her second husband &raises horses & llamas as well as being an

accomplished painter

Said she would return to the screen if theright thing came along


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Movement

Collaborated with wife ofover 50 years, Alma

"I beg permission tomention by name only fourpeople who have given me

the most affection,appreciation, andencouragement, andconstant collaboration. Thefirst of the four is a filmeditor, the second is ascriptwriter, the third is themother of my daughter Pat,and the fourth is as fine acook as ever performedmiracles in a domestickitchen. And their namesare Alma Reville."


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Movement

Started as a title designer atParamount in London & workedhis way up to director with ThePleasure Garden (1925) & TheLodger(1926)

After many successes in England,he was enticed to the U.S. byDavid O. Selznick

First film here was Rebecca in1940 (Best Picture Oscar)

Retired afterFamily Plotin 1976

Never won a Best Director Oscar Said actors were cattle hated

Method actors although heguided many actors to some oftheir finest performancesHitchcocks cameo in Vertigo


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Movement

Storyboards Hitchcock used them all the time

so he could edit in camera so noone else could re-cut the film in

any other way than what heenvisioned as there would be noalternate takes

Supposedly said it was his favoritepart of filmmaking this hasrecently been challenged by newresearch

Often shot in chronological ordermaking his films expensive andover schedule

Artists rendering of Hitchcock original and an original


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