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FILM: THE MOVING IMAGE

FILM: THE MOVING IMAGE. “There is something magical about films. The person you are looking at is also somewhere else at the same time. That is a condition of the god.” - Joseph Campbell. MOTION PICTURES. The Movies one stop removed from: photography comics / cartoons. THOMAS EDISON.

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FILM: THE MOVING IMAGE

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  1. FILM:THE MOVING IMAGE “There is something magical about films. The person you are looking at is also somewhere else at the same time. That is a condition of the god.” - Joseph Campbell

  2. MOTION PICTURES • The Movies • one stop removed from: • photography • comics / cartoons

  3. THOMAS EDISON • Thomas Edison

  4. THOMAS EDISON • 1891– Fred Ott’s Sneeze

  5. LUMIERE BROTHERS • 1894– August and Louis Lumiere • Cinematographe

  6. LUMIERE BROTHERS • 1895

  7. GEORGE MELIES

  8. DW GRIFFITH • Epics • Helped found

  9. COLOR vs. B/W • The Great Train Robbery • The World, the Flesh and the Devil

  10. GERMAN FILM • Leni Riefenstahl

  11. TECH SPECS • Projection Rate • Vitaphone • Phonofilm

  12. TECH SPECS • Cinerama • CinemaScope • Imax / Omnimax

  13. TECH SPECS • “Pan and Scan” • Letterbox

  14. TECH SPECS 1. Frame 2. Shot

  15. TECH SPECS • Shots can be: • Static • camera, lens does not move • Dynamic • camera, lens manipulated and maneuvered

  16. FILM EDITING • Wipe • Dissolve

  17. FILM EDITING • Fade-Out / Fade-In * • Defocus Shot • Rack Focus *

  18. FILM EDITING • Cut • Quick Cutting *

  19. FILM EDITING • Zoom Shot * • Reaction Shot • Montage *

  20. CAMERA EFFECTS • Pan • Tilt • Tracking Shot (crane shot) * • Truck

  21. CAMERA EFFECTS • Dolly-In * • Dolly-Out • Tracking Shot (crane shot)

  22. CAMERA EFFECTS • Deep Focus • Shallow Focus

  23. SOUND IN FILM • The Jazz Singer – 1927 • Speech

  24. SOUND IN FILM • Noise • Music

  25. FILM ARCHETYPES • Film reflects archetypes, myths • Genres:

  26. NOW… • Let’s look at some examples!

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