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Introduction to Film

Introduction to Film. Screenplay Adaptation. Rashomon. Directed by Akira Kurosawa 1950 Set in Feudal Japan Best Foreign Film Award. 黒澤　明 Akira Kurosawa. 1910 to 1998 Witnessed Japan rise, fall, and rise again. Kurosawa’s best-known films are set in Japan’s feudal period

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Introduction to Film

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  1. Introduction to Film Screenplay Adaptation

  2. Rashomon • Directed by Akira Kurosawa • 1950 • Set in Feudal Japan • Best Foreign Film Award

  3. 黒澤　明 Akira Kurosawa • 1910 to 1998 • Witnessed Japan rise, fall, and rise again. • Kurosawa’s best-known films are set in Japan’s feudal period • Loved Shakespeare’s work: • Ran based on King Lear • Throne of Blood based on Macbeth

  4. Story • How is the story set up? • Is it linear or nonlinear? • How will this affect theaudience? • Is it an allegory?

  5. Conflict • What is the conflict in the story? • Rape? Murder? Suicide? • What is truth? What is reality? • Are the characters lying or do they actually believe what they are saying? • “Rashomon Effect” • How is the conflict resolved? • It isn’t. Why?

  6. The Context of Rashomon • Why did Kurosawa need to talk about fact, reality, and truth? • What happened in Japan from 1940 to 1950? • 1937 – 1945 2nd Sino-Japanese War • 1941 – 1945 WWII • 1945 – Atomic attacks on Japan • 1946 – 1948 Tokyo War Crimes Trials

  7. Setting Predictions • What locations are needed?

  8. Character Predictions • Which characters have to be in the movie? • Bandit, Samurai, Samurai’s wife • Who would Keanu Reeves play?

  9. Plot Predictions • Can you just have seven separate scenes? • Did the story end on a happy or sad note? • “And once and for all I sank down into the darkness of space.” • Will the movie have a sad ending? • Examples of movies with sad endings: • A Clockwork Orange, 12 Monkeys, One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, Life is Beautiful

  10. Japanese Culture • Bandit’s performance is over the top. • Facial expressions are exaggerated. • Eyes are culturally significant. • Invisible authority. • Do we hear the policeman speak? • Sword fights are stereotyped. • In Japanese theater and film, a raped woman is to blame for the crime. • Samurai value honor over life.

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