ShianneFilmStudies

Crash Course According to the Crash Course video, Why do cinema audiences end up with "only reboots and dystopian fantasies"?  It is because Hollywood is driven by trends as the success of one film or genre inspires others to do the same thing. According to the Crash Course video, what is Classical Hollywood Cinema? A particular style of film between the 1930's and the 1950's. What is high key lighting and who uses it? High key lighting is lighting that insures that the entire image is clearly visible. It is used in Classical Hollywood Cinema. What happened in the European Film Industry after WW2? There film studio was destroyed and nearly everything was in ruins. Who was Roberto Rosellini and what did he do? He  decided that he wanted a more raw film that the reflected the world around them rather than a classic hollywood film. Which film movement was he associated with?  Italian neorealism. What happened in the late 1950s in France? A group of opinionated...

'Selma' star David Oyelowo talks about the long path to becoming Martin Luther King Jr. British actor David Oyelowo has had a seven year journey trying to perfect the historic figure that is Martin Luther King Jr, whilst also battling to find a director that was take on this project. Eventually Ava DuVernay was the collaborating directer and they hoped that it appealed to a wide range of audiences.

Science Fiction Science fiction, often called “sci -fi,” is a genre of  fiction  literature whose content is imaginative, but based in  science . It relies heavily on  scientific  facts, theories, and principles as support for its settings, characters, themes, and plot-lines, which is what makes it different from fantasy. Some examples of sci-fi movies are Bladerunner , The Martian and Avatar.  Some sub genres of science fiction are:  *Alien Invasion - Independence Day  *Cyberpunk - Bladerunner  *Dying Earth - Take Shelter  *First Contact - Star Trek  *Galactic Empire - Star Wars  *Human Development - Shutter Island There are many other sub genres that make up science fiction.

Features of Film Noir The main features of a film noir film is to be an oppressive atmosphere of penance, pessimism, anxiety, suspicion that anything can go wrong, dingy realism, futility, fatalism, defeat and entrapment were stylised characteristics of film noir. The protagonists in film noir were normally driven by their past or by human weakness to repeat former mistakes. An example of a film noir movie that we are looking at this year would be the Lady From Shanghai. This movie shows some classic features of film noir as it consists of black and white image, shadows and the characters face a lot of deception throughout the movie. Also its ending scene "the hall of mirrors" shows a clear representation of the genre.

Microfeatures/Film Noir Some types of micro features include ; cinematography, mis-en-scene, sound, editing and performance. However, the two main micro features that we are focused on are Cinematography and Mis-en-scene. Cinematography  *use of camera to create meaning  *lighting  *compostition of shots  *framing and focus of shots  *use of different shots  *use camera movements Mis-en-scene  *helps to think of the elements you can see in the staging of the play  *a location of setting  *wardrobe for characters  *objects and props  *actors will move in particular ways  *lighting

 Editing Editing is the process of selecting from the range of different shots available and joining them together to tell a story or narrative. It is often known as the invisible art as we can not see anything but the final choices .   The first use of editing was in the turn of the twentieth century , audiences watched single reels of a few minutes in length and they were usually long shot. George Melies - La Voyage Dans La Lune , 1902  *he used many special effects  *it took three months to complete  *he used actors from the theatre  *it was filmed to provoke perspective Edwin Stanton Porter - The Great Train Robbery , 1903  *it was regarded as a the American action movie and one of the first western films which was silent  *he used a lot of close ups and cross cutting  *he joined reels together to make a longer film and develop the narrative  *on location shooting