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Component 2 section C; Film movements: Silent cinema

Silent Cinema Realism Vs  Expressionism - This debate centres on wether film should be realist or an expressive medium - Should a filmmaker be concerned with representing the world as is e.g. documentary - or should a filmmaker regard the medium as a creative one in which the everyday world is transformed - in history this is all traced all the way to 1895-1902 in France - the lumbers conceived this view Film: Realist or expressive? This debate centres on whether film should be a 'realist' or an 'expressive' medium. In other words, should a filmmaker be concerned with representing the world as is-for example, in the manner of a documentary-or should a filmmaker regard the medium as a creative one in which the everyday world is transformed? The Lumiéres Brothers conceived of this new invention as one for recording found reality and in so doing encouraging the spectator to gaze freshly on a world that might otherwise be taken for granted. By contrast George Mél...

Generating ideas

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What if the sun disappeared for a hour What if the Uk was a feminist run state What if the germans won WW2 What if every time you are the universe and every-time a version of you dies a black hole is formed What if ben chebabo and mrs foster moved in together the sun slowly starts to fade as the sky is filled with red eternal darkness the earth starts to get colder as it looses all heat and life starts to die people try to find a way to survive without the sun all the scientists come together to create a way to survive global warming is reversing create heat lamps from the core of the earth to power the heat all the human made tech in space is transported along with the sun to a alien planet where there sun is dying so they stole earths By stealing their tech they go through all the reality to get back to earth where on this journey they see the earths creation but when they get back to earth it is 1000 years later as they went outside of time but they did not a...

Film essay

discuss how aesthetic’s are used to communicate themes in City of god & Pand Labyrinth make references to specific sequences in your answer The use of sound helps to create meaning in pans labyrinth by giving the spectator a good idea of the feel of the scene. An example of a  scene where this is done is in the pale man scene. The use of the soundscape of the labyrinth this is the creepy noises in the background, this dissonance shows the audience that it is a old creepy place which is unwelcoming and has not been entered in a very long time. the way this is done is through the change of music from when she is in her bedroom to when she enters the labyrinth, it goes from quite and slow music to loud and fast music. This is then further emphasised by the foreboding noise that sounds as though it could be coming from the Pale man, by using the Asynchronous sound it helps to give them more interest by not letting them see it further emphasises the idea of the labyr...

Component 1 Section C British films

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James Bond Bridged jones diary Dr. no Star wars indiana jones Harry potter sherlock holmes Films or movies produced, directed or filmed anywhere in the uk or directed by a person from the Uk. The story must be based in the uk or a large part of the filming taking place in the Uk Fish Tank Hand-held camera Documentary feel establishing shot Blue colour palette All the sound is diegetic Lack of artifice documentary social realism Levi-strauss' Binary opposition narrative tension is based on opposition or conflict. This can be as simple as two characters fighting, but more often functions at an idealogical level. theorised that since all cultures Conflict in screenwriting At the very core of every piece of film or television their is a conflict Propp's theory 8 character types - Villain - Conor - Helper - Tyler - Princess or prize - Billie - Her father - Joanne - doner - Conor - Hero - Mia - False hero - Conor - Dispatcher - Val Todorov...