After reviewing all the films in Week Two’s content, discuss at least 5 storytelling/narrative/plot devices or editing choices that you have seen in recent films or TV shows. How did these devices or choices help drive the story? Link those narrative techniques to the films you watched from the content this week.
For example: In Walk, – You, Walk! (1912) Rose gets the help of friends to teach someone who mistreated her a lesson. This is common plot device in today’s situation comedies.
Admiral Cigarette – 1897 (film & reading)
Read about the short Admiral Cigarette (Heise, 1897) before watching the film. This is among a collection of early shorts to view and learn about to inform you for your first discussion for this week. Each short has been selected to offer a variety of filmmaking styles, history, and content. Reference to this short and the five other shorts should be made in your discussion entry for this week. This has background music, but no voice-over.
https://www.filmpreservation.org/sponsored-films/screening-room/admiral-cigarette-1897-sfg
The Gilded Cage – 1915 (film & reading)
Read about the short Gilded Cage (Lowe, Jr., 1915) before watching the film. This is among a collection of early shorts to view and learn about to inform you for your first discussion for this week. Each short has been selected to offer variety of filmmaking styles, history, and content. Reference to this short and the five other shorts should be made in your discussion entry for this week. This has background music, but no voice-over.
https://www.filmpreservation.org/preserved-films/screening-room/the-gilded-cage-1915
U.S. Navy of 1915 (film & reading) Admiral Cigarette – 1897 (film & reading)
Read about the short Admiral Cigarette (Heise, 1897) before watching the film. This is among a collection of early shorts to view and learn about to inform you for your first discussion for this week. Each short has been selected to offer a variety of filmmaking styles, history, and content. Reference to this short and the five other shorts should be made in your discussion entry for this week. This has background music, but no voice-over.
https://www.filmpreservation.org/sponsored-films/screening-room/admiral-cigarette-1897-sfg
Mutt and Jeff: On Strike – 1920 (Animated) (film & reading)
Read about the short animated film Mutt and Jeff: On Strike (1915) before watching the film. This is among a collection of early shorts to view and learn about to inform you for your first discussion for this week. Each short has been selected to offer variety of filmmaking styles, history, and content. Reference to this short and the five other shorts should be made in your discussion entry for this week. This has background music, but no voice-over.
http://www.filmpreservation.org/preserved-films/screening-room/mutt-and-jeff-on-strike-1920
Path̩ News, No. 15 Р1922 (News Reel) (film & reading)
Read about the short newsreel Path̩ News, No. 15 Р1922 (1922) before watching the film. This is among a collection of early shorts to view and learn about to inform you for your first discussion for this week. Each short has been selected to offer variety of filmmaking styles, history, and content. Reference to this short and the five other shorts should be made in your discussion entry for this week. This has background music, but no voice-over.
http://www.filmpreservation.org/preserved-films/screening-room/pathe-news-no-15-1922
Hollywood Snapshots – 1922 (film & reading)
Read about the short newsreel Hollywood Snapshots (1922) before watching the film. This is among a collection of early shorts to view and learn about to inform you for your first discussion for this week. Each short has been selected to offer variety of filmmaking styles, history, and content. Reference to this short and the five other shorts should be made in your discussion entry for this week. This has background music, but no voice-over.
http://www.filmpreservation.org/preserved-films/screening-room/hollywood-snapshots-1922