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Drama
The function of the cinema is
³to bring to light certain details
that the stage would have left
untreated.´
Andre Bazin
North by Northwest
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Drama
Stage vs. Screen
W est Side Story
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Time, Space & Language
Time
± Scene vs. Shot
± Theatrical ³continuous
time
± ³Temporal dislocation´ in
film
Run Lola Run
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Time, Space & Language
Space
± Film - audience is passive:The details have beenprovided bycinematography, mise en
scéne, movement, editing,sound, sets & costumes
± Plays are language basedwhile film is visual
± Adaptation of plays toscreen & vice versa
± ³Opening´ it up ± Close-ups & non-synchronous visuals
R omeo & J uliet
1996, 1936, 1968
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Time, Space & Language
Space
± Stage player interacts
with viewers - audience is
active
± Adjusts to audience
± Contemporize older
material
Alfie
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Time, Space & Language
Space ± Limits of theatrical space
means usually dealswith closed forms ± all
the relevant informationis in the frame
T he Addams Family
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Time, Space & Language
Closed forms in film ± All the relevant
information is inside theframe like a painting or
stage proscenium ± Calls attention to the
frame limitations
± Stylized with visualeffects
± Literal truth is sacrificed
for beauty ± Director imposes order
T ouc
h of Evil
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Time, Space & Language
Open forms in film ± A moment is reality
± There is life outside theframe
± Director documents afound world or spaceopening a window onsomething in particular
± Informal & unobtrusive
± Truth over beauty
Si ck o
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³Auteur´ theory
± Dominance of the director
as opposed to theatre
which the writer is
dominant
± Precision of film is not
doable on stage
T he Little Foxes
The Director
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Auteurs
Spike Lee, Quentin Tarantino, Stanley Kubrick, Catherine Breillat
The Director
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The Director
Film director has more
control
Camera can go anywhere
Each shot is a different³space´
Clarity in scenes as
opposed to shots
T he T hird Man
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Setting & Decor
Set & Décor is a part of
mise en scéne or an
extension of theme &
characterization Set is not constant as in a
play
Babel
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Setting & Decor
Reality vs. Stylization
Some genres require
deliberate unreality i.e.
musicals, horror Not a hard & fast rule
Sei nfeld vs. Mid night Cowboy
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Setting & Decor
T he Sound of M usi c & Mary Poppi ns
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Setting & Decor
Realism & Formalism -
not absolute but most
films tend to one or the
other Kinds of realism - poetic
& documentary
T he Last Ki ng of S c otland
Barton Fi nk
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Setting & Decor
Formalist treatment of a
realistic set
Amar c ord
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Setting & Decor
Production Designer: Responsible for designing the overallvisual appearance of a movie.
The Art Director: Oversees the artists and craftspeople whobuild the sets.
Set Designer: Responsible for translating a productiondesigner's vision of the movie's environment into a set whichcan be used for filming - The set designer reports to the artdirector.
Set Decorator: A person who has total charge of decorating theset with all furnishings, drapery, interior plants, and anythingseen on indoor or outdoor sets.
Set Dresser: A person who maintains the set per the SetDecorator's requirements, placing elements such as curtainsand paintings, and moves and resets the set decoration toaccommodate camera, grip and lighting setups.
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Setting & Decor
Checklist for Setting &
Décor Analysis
± Exterior or Interior ± Style
± Studio or Location
± Period
± Class
± Size ± Decoration
± Symbolic Function
Drawing for Scarlett¶s Bedroom in Gone
with the W i nd by William Cameron Menzie
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Setting & Decor
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Costumes & Makeup
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Costumes & Makeup
Period
Class
Sex
Age
Silhouette
Fabric
Accessories
Color
Body Exposure
Function
Body Attitude
Image
R oxanne
Cyrano de Bergerac x 2
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Costumes & Makeup
Period
Class
Sex
Age
Silhouette
Fabric
Accessories
Color
Body Exposure
Function
Body Attitude
Image Roxanne
Cleopatra 1934
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Costumes & Makeup
Caesar & Cleopatra 1945
Cleopatra 1999
Cleopatra 1963
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All About Eve
± 1950
± Dir. & Prod. JosephMankiewicz
± Bette Davis, Anne Baxter,George Sanders, CelesteHolm, Gary Merrill
± Won Mankiewicz BestDirector & BestScreenplay as well asBest Picture &Supporting Actor
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All About Eve ± Extremely large amount of
quotable lines:
± "Fasten your seat belts, it's
going to be a bumpy night!" ± ³I detest cheap sentiment.´
± ³Nice speech, Eve. But Iwouldn't worry too muchabout your heart. You canalways put that awardwhere your heart ought to
be.´ ± ³The cynicism you refer to, I
acquired the day Idiscovered I was differentfrom little boys!"
±
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All About Eve ± Later adapted into Broadway
musical, A pplause - shortstory to movie to musical
± " It's all about women²andtheir men!´
± Holds the record for the filmwith the greatest number of female acting Oscar nominations
± Bette Davis on being cast byMankiewicz: "He resurrectedme from the dead."
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All About Eve
Me and Celeste Holm (Mrs. Lloyd Richards)