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What is a movie? This topic is briefly explained by Natasha Lloyd Actress.
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What is a movie? (more specifically, What is a narrative movie???) Natasha Lloyd Actress
A story or event recorded by camera. • The sequence of photographs is projected onto a screen with sufficient speed to create the illusion of motion and continuity.
Movies depend on photography • Thus…movies depend on LIGHT. • Lighting is responsible for the image we see on the screen. • Lighting can enhance texture, depth, emotions, and mood. • Lighting also affects the way we see and think about the characters.
Space and Time • Movies manipulate space and time in ways that no other art form can. – Change from one space and time to another is made possible in movies unlike the possibilities of theater. – The lens determines the distance, position and angle at which we see images.
Form and Content • In a movie, the relationship of its form and content is central to its existence. • To distinguish between the two, think of the book version and movie version of the same title. Content is similar but the form very unique.
Content • Subject of the artwork. The who, what, when, where of the movie.
Form • The way in which the content is put into pictures and sound in order for us to see/ hear it. • How the content is portrayed. • Patterns- narrative patterns or visual patterns.
Realism, Antirealism and Verisimilitude • A movie can create a sense of realism and/ or antirealism, but it should also create verisimilitude.
Realism • An interest in or concern for the actual or real; a tendency to view or represent things as they really are.
Antirealism • Not exactly the opposite of realism. Interest in portraying the abstract, or fantastic.
Verisimilitude • A convincing appearance of truth; movies are verisimilar when they convince you that the things on the screen are “really there”. • A “timeless” film is one that can cross cultures and times.
Genres of Narrative Film (movies that tell a story) • Categories of film – Action – Biography – Comedy – Fantasy – Gangster – Horror • – Mystery – Musical – Melodrama – Romance – Thriller – War – Western
Historical Drama • Macbeth would fall into the genre of historical drama. It is a serious story with conflicts and emotions based on historical events.
Cinematic Language • A movie creates its effects and meanings through a unique mode of expression that we call cinematic language. • Examples – Lighting – Time – Space (close-ups or landscapes)
Making the Movie • Making a movie usually requires a collaborative effort of many artists and technicians.