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Film is storytelling. Why do we tell stories?. To instruct To entertain To preserve history To shape morals and values. Actualities -- Early Filmmaking. Process of Invention 1890s. Edison/Dickson. Edison’s Black Marias. http://www.fandor.com/films/annabelle_butterfly_dance.
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Why do we tell stories? • To instruct • To entertain • To preserve history • To shape morals and values
Process of Invention 1890s • Edison/Dickson
Edison’s Black Marias http://www.fandor.com/films/annabelle_butterfly_dance
Realistic Movement of Actual People Amy Muller Dancing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwG3NT2GLaQ The Sneeze http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9kEDzc2qf4 Rice/Erwin The Kiss • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q690-IexNB4
Luis Martinetti http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LW0BZBFOiC0&feature=relmfu Leonard Cushing Fight http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiTXye62mAY&feature=endscreen
Lumiere Brothers in France Exiting the Factory http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO0EkMKfgJI Arrival of the Train http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dgLEDdFddk
Scenicshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcbfrUZVAXoNanookof the North
Magician of Cinema: Melies http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7-x93QagJU
Conventions of documentary • Following a person with a hand-held camera / sound equipment • Interview • Re-enactment • Narrative voice-over • Stock footage • montage
Following a person with a hand-held camera / sound equipment • Why is this necessary? • How is it different from non-documentary films? • What kind of mood does it create?
Interview • When would this be used? • Why would you interview someone rather than follow and record him or her?
Re-enactment • Why would a filmmaker re-enact an event? • What shows do you watch that use reenactments? • What is the filmmaker’s desire for the audience that causes him or her to reenact a key event?
Narrative voice-over • What is it? • When is it used?
montage • A series of shots are edited into one sequence to condense time / space / information. • Think about the filmmaker’s objective as we watch some: • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dh6O_9DSjYs • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veO_bGXuR6U • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFrMLRQIT_k