Some criticisms of Citizen Kane include; its narrative structure is unduly complicated, its technique calls attention to itself and its intellectual content is superficial. ... While some people criticize this unusual structure as unduly complicated I think that the complexity of the narrative adds to the movie. ... Another Criticism of Citizen Kane is that the technique calls attention to itself. ...
Rather, advanced technology is advantageous in that it broadens the toolset available to the filmmaker from which he or she can discern which equipment and techniques are best suited to a given production. French film theorist Louis Delluc would call these filmmaking techniques and methods cinematic formal elements, or those elements unique to film as an art form, such as editing and camera movement (Jaramillo). ... Further they cannot be seen as solely preparatory, for, like later narrative films, they presented a subject for view in a uniquely cinematic way. ... The innovative use of these ...
This technique is very common, as it seems that effort was made to create a seamless uninterrupted procession of images, as the film flows very smoothly, unlike a typical art film. ... A discontinuous narrative, in part, means that the protagonist is not goal-oriented. ... Clearly then, Shoot the Piano Player is far removed from art films in terms of narrative continuity. ... Moreover the art is supposed to distract from the narrative in an art film, but again this is not the case. ... The narrative is assuredly the most important aspect of this film, and actually distracts us from...
Hitchcock then uses some special editing techniques to finalize the murder, and address the shock of the audience. ... Hitchcock has created a mini-narrative with this shower scene made up by a long introduction, a long conclusion, and a flash of violence that interrupts the audience's privacy with Marion, and ultimately destroys their relationship. ... Psycho is one of Hitchcock's greatest films, a classic horror that was ahead of its time both narratively and cinematically. I believe that this particular scene, with its masterful use of editing and musical accompaniment, serves ...
Narrative Conventions and Techniques Kubrick in both visual texts 2001 and The Shining uses narrative structure that subverts the norm, which is a unique element to his film making. ... Kubrick has constructed tone throughout his movies which utilize narrative constructive elements. ... The film therefore does not rely on dialogue, a crucial Hollywood convention of narrative structure, to achieve its intended purpose. ... Artificial gravity is also used, by manipulating camera techniques and constructing a revolving set, to create the scene where Bowman is exercising in a complete circle aro...
Using a combination of documentary style film techniques and fictional film techniques, Burnett's choices effectively ˜hit home' in relation to the Post Rebellion context. "Rather than replicating Hollywood's classical realism and linear narrative structure, members of the L.A. ...
"The subject of neo-realism film is the world; not the story or narrative. ... Its unique characteristics and filming techniques made an everlasting, worldwide impression in film history. ... In order to portray Italian life during this time, signature techniques were used in Neorealistic films. ... Since the films required the use of actual locations, rather than studios, editing techniques remained simple. ...
This example well embraces Eisenstein's techniques in capturing conflicts of planes, volumes, lights and tempo added with visual metaphors that enable the consciousness of audience to leap to awareness with the newly exploded meanings. ... In the movie, for example, "Man With The Movie Camera", the narrative montage speeds up as the sequence reaches its climax. ... I can thus decipher a world that you do not know" and this montage technique was his unique and original way of expression and explanation which was very different from Eisenstein's collision montage. ... They, how...
The beginning of Moulin Rouge is set as a narrative, with the lead male part Christian (played by Ewan McGregor), narrating the story line and telling of how his one true love is dead. ... There for using this technique we can rule out the fact that the audience is ever lead into a false sense of security. This is one technique never present throughout the Red Curtain Trilogy. ... This all again is a technique of drawing the audience further in and enabling them to relate more closely with their own personal feelings and opinions being provoked. ... Romeo and Juliet has sections of hi...
He uses many different techniques to get his point across. ... Modleski has come to the conclusion that " Vertigo, like all narrative films, is "cut to the measure of male desire" because it is from the male point of view- (Modleski, 87). ... Many of the styles and techniques that Hitchcock uses in his films sometimes go unnoticed but Modleski was able to sort through them and find their true meaning. ...
This blockage plunges him (and us) into a subconscious dream world of nightmares, fantasies, and flashbacks that interpenetrate his perceptions of the present and jumble narrative logic. ... This was heavily used in his Jury Prize winning L' Avventura, where Antonioni created a film that contained seemingly aimless narrative and lacked final resolution. ... With their stunning visuals, ambiguous narratives, and still relevant focus on modern alienation, films of this period have stood the test of time. ... As the war began, The Crown Film unit merged their documentary style into narrative...
As a result she tried her hand at fictional narrative. ... This book is known in the West mostly for its exhaustive (and exhausting) lists of sexual positions, and for its carefully delineated caressing techniques. (Concerning the pressing of the nails against the body, for example, I have always much preferred the subtle ``leaf of the blue lotus'' technique to the more abrupt ``jump of a hare''). But there is much in the book beyond technique: It is a work of art, dance and philosophy, and Maya proves a good student, telling her teacher: ``I want to learn the rules of love...
The definition of the word in this context is "Presenting facts objectively without editorialising or inserting fictional matter, as in a book or film" (Dictionary.com) However no documentary is totally objective, decisions on where to place the camera, editing choices and use of devices such as narration, music and close ups all serve to create a narrative of sorts serving the purpose the director intends. ... The structure of Moore/Broomfield's films is often very much like a narrative fictional film, there is a 3 act structure in place in a lot of the films, we are introduced to the ...
Parallel action - a device of narrative construction in which the development of two pieces of action are presented simultaneously He first started to use it all in dramatic ways to get closer into the psychology of the characters in the 1908. ... Five years spent at this studio - this formative period of artistic personality Griffith, his techniques, methods of working with an actor with the installation. ...
Films are probably the closest medium we have to experiencing the inexplicable quality of the dream in our waking lives. Rich in symbol, metaphor, movement and mystery, films, like dreams, enable us to participate in another reality, and, through that participation, to be transformed. Films are li...
Film Studies FS4 Auteur research study Chosen Auteur: David Fincher Topic Area: David Fincher is seen as a postmodernist in cinema. He achieves his style through the cinematography and mise en scene in his films. I will show how he is rapidly gaining auteur status on his rise through Hol...
David Fincher is a director with a distinctive film style that he has made his own. With very little titles under his belt, Fincher is effortlessly one of the most talked-about directors to emerge from the 90's. Some of his most arguably popular movies and the ones that I will be going into are Fig...
