-Realism: celebrate raw material
-film as "recording art"
-mise-en-scene
-Expressionism: manipulate raw material
-film as "plastic art"
-montage
Three things to take into consideration-> Birth of film as art
- What technology allows us to do?
- Complexity of message itself
- What can/will audience receive?
-Shadow puppets, magic lanterns, motion toys
-Reynaud's "theatre optique", Muybridge's horse camera, Morey's photographic gun
Lumiere Brother's: Arrival of a Train Response
-Arrival of a train was very simple and quick, yet would have shocked audiences in its ability to capture a quick moving train. I found it interesting where the camera was set up and the angle it had when it arrived and the subjects got off. The front of the train went out of sight, so that the camera had a great view of the riders when getting off in a bustle.
Group discussion: What is art?
-Types/forms: Dance, acting, photography, music, fashion, culinary, film, drawing/painting, poetry
-Creative form of self-expression
Art: Form & Content
Form: Means by which a subject is expressed
Content: Subject of an artwork
Readings:
The readings were really interesting in the fact that I saw how the basis for almost all the foundations of film were created. I especially loved the quote from Pudvokin which stated, "to show something as everyone sees it, is to have accomplished nothing." There are hundred's of possible ways to express "plastic material" but as Eisenstein stated, "one must try to express one's concepts in clear and vivid visual images". These elements helped define film as an art and lure in the audience away from other forms of entertainment, ultimately leading film to be (arguably) the most successful art form of all time.
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