Summary
Summary Film Art: An Introduction (12th Edition)
- Module
- Institution
- Book
English summary of H1 t/m H7 of the book 'Film Art: An Introduction'
[Show more]
Connected book
Book Title:
Author(s):
- Edition:
- ISBN:
- Edition:
More summaries for
-
Film Art An Introduction 12Th Edition By By David Bordwell- Test Bank
8 reviews
By: topcomma • 1 year ago
By: leyton_hagenswold1 • 2 year ago
By: josejuliannn10 • 2 year ago
By: mikealvarez14 • 2 year ago
By: jordan3 • 2 year ago
By: coreydasilva • 3 year ago
By: ehuber050803 • 3 year ago
Seller
Follow
lottebartelds
Reviews received
Content preview
Summary Film Art: An Introduction (12th edition)Table of Contents
Summary Film Art: An Introduction (12th edition).......................................................................................... 1
Chapter 1: Film as Art: Creativity, Technology, and Business..........................................................................2
Chapter 2: The Significance of Film Form..................................................................................................... 10
Chapter 3: Narrative Form........................................................................................................................... 12
Chapter 4: The Shot: Mise-en-Scène............................................................................................................ 15
Chapter 5: The Shot: Cinematography......................................................................................................... 17
Chapter 6: The Relation of Shot to Shot: Editing.......................................................................................... 21
Chapter 7: Sound in the Cinema.................................................................................................................. 24
1
,Chapter 1: Film as Art: Creativity, Technology, and Business
Unusual features of film:
- It depends on complex technology = without machines, movies wouldn’t move
- It requires collaboration among many participants = they follow well-proven work routines
- Firmly tied to their social and economic context = distributed and exhibited for audiences, money
matters at every step
Films:
- Communicate information and ideas, and they show us places and ways of life we might not
otherwise know
- Offer us ways of seeing and feeling that we find deeply gratifying = they take us through
experiences;
o Often driven by stories centering on characters we come to care about
o Might also develop an idea or explore visual qualities or sound textures
- Experiences don’t happen by accident = films are designed to create experiences
- Filmmakers ask themselves = If I do this, as opposed to that, how will viewers react?
Basic areas of choice and control in the art of film:
- Form = the overall patterning of a film, the ways its parts work together to create specific effects
- Style = the film’s use of cinematic techniques;
o Mise-en-scène = the arrangement of people, places, and objects to be filmed
o Cinematography = the use of cameras and other machines to record images and sounds
o Editing = the piecing together of individual shots
o Sound = the voices, sound effects, and music that blend on a film’s audio track
Split of art and entertainment:
- Art = serious and worthy
- Entertainment = superficial
- Cinema is an art = it offers filmmakers ways to design experiences for viewers
Split of art and business:
- Related to entertainment = it is sold to a mass audience
- Films are paid by:
o Consumers who want to see it
o Patronage = investor or organization
o Public money = countries who want to see a specific movie
Where do movies come from?
- Imagination and hard work of the filmmakers who create them
- A complex set of machines that capture and transform images and sounds
- Companies or individuals who pay for the filmmakers and the technology
La La Land:
- Old-fashioned movie in a modern time (2016)
- Mise-en-scène:
o Saturated color:
Bold color design:
Classical movies shot in Technicolor and had vivid color schemes
Technicolor is no longer used = filmmaking team worked together to
get an overall combination of colors
Stylized sets:
Colors less saturated when the future of the main characters is in
question
Set helps with telling the story through the use of color
- Cinematography:
o Important decisions:
Widescreen ratio = imitation of the older musicals
2
, 35 mm film instead of common digital formats = enhancing the bright, saturated
colors of the sets, costumes, and lighting
Moving the camera as freely as possible
o The camera dances:
Camera mobility in sets in La La Land:
Steadicam:
o Harness and support that allows the camera operator to walk
or run with the characters
o Used for musical numbers and other scenes where characters
were moving around
o Camera mobility upward = Steadicam operator able to film
from above
Oculus mount:
o Can rapidly pivot the camera in any direction
o Camera put in a circular frame which is attached to a crane arm
o Lengthy scenes to consist of a single shot
- Editing:
o Coverage approach:
Shooting every single scene several times from different angles
Great deal of footage and many editing options
Whip pans = rapid, blurry movements of the camera that give the impression of
a continuous shot
Long takes = shot with a single camera
Shot/reverse-shot = filming both of the characters during their romantic dinner
- Sound:
o Music before lyrics
o Advantages of playback = recording the music in advance
Audio engineers are able to get a clean sound mix with strong vocal projection
Allows the performers to concentrate on the number’s blocking and dance
choreography
o Beds of sound:
Emphasizing rhythm, harmony, and texture over melody
Don’t show the dramatic development that clear
Filmmaking relies on technology and financing:
- Filmmakers need fairly complicated machines
- Involves business = the expensive technology has to be paid for by companies
Impression that we see continuous movements instead of separate frames:
- Persistence of vision:
o What people believed at first
o The tendency of an image to linger briefly on our retina
o Not possible = we would see the superimposed stills instead of smooth action
- Critical flicker fusion:
o A film is shot with 24 frames per second
o Projector shutter beams when a frame leaves the shot and when it is in place = actually
shown twice, so 48 frames per second
- Apparent motion
o When a visual display is changed rapidly, our eye can be fooled in seeing movement
Photochemical media:
- Most older movies were shot on photographic film
- A ribbon of still images = each one slightly different than the one before
- The projector that is being used is basically an inverted camera
- Negative filmstrip = its colors and light values are the opposite of those in the original scene
o A positive print must be made to be projected = done on the printer
- The film:
o Shiny side = transparent plastic base
3
The benefits of buying summaries with Stuvia:
Guaranteed quality through customer reviews
Stuvia customers have reviewed more than 700,000 summaries. This how you know that you are buying the best documents.
Quick and easy check-out
You can quickly pay through credit card for the summaries. There is no membership needed.
Focus on what matters
Your fellow students write the study notes themselves, which is why the documents are always reliable and up-to-date. This ensures you quickly get to the core!
Frequently asked questions
What do I get when I buy this document?
You get a PDF, available immediately after your purchase. The purchased document is accessible anytime, anywhere and indefinitely through your profile.
Satisfaction guarantee: how does it work?
Our satisfaction guarantee ensures that you always find a study document that suits you well. You fill out a form, and our customer service team takes care of the rest.
Who am I buying these notes from?
Stuvia is a marketplace, so you are not buying this document from us, but from seller lottebartelds. Stuvia facilitates payment to the seller.
Will I be stuck with a subscription?
No, you only buy these notes for £4.71. You're not tied to anything after your purchase.
Can Stuvia be trusted?
4.6 stars on Google & Trustpilot (+1000 reviews)
67232 documents were sold in the last 30 days
Founded in 2010, the go-to place to buy revision notes and other study material for 14 years now