Lesson 4 PART I Video Lecture and Examples Lecture Continues and Response
ALL LECTURE VIDEOS ARE IN ATTACHMENTS PLEASE READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS.
THIS IS A LONG LECTURE SO I HAVE POSTED THE LECTURE IN TWO PARTS. MANAGE YOUR TIME ACCORDINGLY. To help guide your notetaking please focus on the characteristics of each national movement as well as the two Modes of Production: Classical Hollywood Cinema and European Art Cinema
INSTRUCTIONS: Read CH 10 (studying cinema, US, France, German, Soviet Union, Italian Neo-Realism, French New Wave) Scroll down and read the two prompt for part 1 of CH 10. Watch the PART I lecture videos in their entirety and take notes. COMPLETE AND SUBMIT BOTH PROMPTS Be sure to properly cite lecture video material. (Be sure to turn on closed captioning for the lecture videos if you need it.)
Lecture Video 1 Approaches to Studying Cinema and origins of of filmmaking in US and France
Example Clip Muybridge Experiment
https://youtu.be/UrRUDS1xbNs
Example Clip Early films made by the Edison Co. employee WKL Dickson to be shown in Kinetoscopes
Lecture Video 2 Narrative Filmmaking in the US and France and the establishment of the Classical Hollywood Cinema Mode of Production
Example Clip The Lumiere Brother’s Workers Exiting The Factory (1895)
Alice Guy-Blache’s The Cabbage Fairy (1896)
https://youtu.be/L_B-3QSMit4
Example Clip short overview of the first known narrative filmmaker Alice Guy-Blache
Example Clip from Tom Hank’s limited series From the Earth to the Moon (1998) where his character explains the work method of George Melies
Lecture Video 3 German Expressionism and Soviet Montage
Example Clip scene from Robert Weine’s Cabinet of Doctor Caligari (1920)
Example Clip Kuleshov’s Mozzhukhin experiment
https://youtu.be/JlrHrrFv-Qk
Example Clip for Kuleshov’s concept of Creative Geography in this contemporary advertisement we see two lovers “running toward each other” even though for the majority of the ad the actors were filmed at different times and different places. Through editing the audience interprets that they couple is running to find each other
Example Clip a contemporary example of collision montage. Be sure to listen to my explanation of this scene in my Lecture Video 3 (you wont see anything violent, simply a man getting ready for his day in the morning. But with the knowledge that he is a serial killer the audience will find the simple task of cooking breakfast to be gruesome because of the way it is edited).
Example Clip the famous “Odessa Steps” scene from Eistenstein’s Battleship Potempkin (1925) This scene has been recreated in several films throughout the last 100 years. NOTE: This scene contains violent imagery that may disturb some people. Optional to view.
Lecture Video 4 Italian NeoRealism and the Establishment of European Art Cinema Mode of Production
Example Clip New York Times film critic provides brief overview of The Bicycle Thieves (note it was still referred to as Thief in English as late as 2009) a description of the significance of Italian NeoRealism
Lecture Video 5 French New Wave
Example Clip A trailer for Goddard’s A Woman is a Woman (1961) where the director provides voice-over narration explaining his approach to filmmaking. Offers example of both European Art Cinema characteristics and French New Wave Characteristics NOTE: This clip contains multiple shots of female nudity. French with English subtitles Optional to view.
ANSWER AND LABEL BOTH PROMPTS:
PROMPT1: In approximately 200-250 words discuss the similarities and differences between how film originated in both France and the United States. What what stands out to you as particularly significant? Be sure to properly cite lecture video material.
PROMPT 2: In approximately 200-250 words discuss what you think are significant DIFFERENCES between any two of the following movements: German Expressionism, Soviet Montage, Italian NeoRealism and French New Wave. Be sure to properly cite lecture video material.