An Introduction to Film

48 CHAPTER 2PRINCIPLES OF FILM FORM 5 1 3 6 2 4 Lighting and character in AtonementFilmmakers often craft the interplay between ...

and otherness are emphasized by his costume and makeup. Other characters’ traits, such as conform- ity, sexual neediness, and br ...

in, the screen goes dark. Although the movies are distinguished from other arts by their dependence on light and movement, we sp ...

ahead. In Brian W. Cook’s Color Me Kubrick(2005; costume designer: Vicki Russell), a somewhat true story, John Malkovich plays A ...

are related mainly to time. But movies manipulate space and time equally well and are thus both a spatial and a temporal art for ...

On the movie screen, space and time are relative to each other, and we can’t separate them or per- ceive one without the other. ...

the clothing originally created for movie stars. Yet Hollywood has tended to regard costume design less seriously than some of t ...

52 CHAPTER 2PRINCIPLES OF FILM FORM 1 3 5 2 4 6 Manipulating space in The Gold RushFilm editing can convince us that we’re seein ...

are those of George Westmore and his six sons; suc- ceeding generations of the Westmore family have continued to dominate the fi ...

of what is seen. This is what mediation as a con- cept implies. Unlike a video surveillance camera or a webcam, the motion-pictu ...

to the requirements of the individual production. Thus one hairstyle served to depict two different characters at two different ...

Welles’s Citizen Kane(1941) and Todd Haynes’s I’m Not There(2007) both begin their exploration of a life with that character’s d ...

(^12) 3 4 ExpressionismHighly stylized sets and intertitles (insert titles)added to the radical look of The Cabinet of Dr. Calig ...

FUNDAMENTALS OF FILM FORM 55 1 3 5 7 2 4 6 8 ...

expressionism gave rise to a new approach to com- position, set design, and directing. The object was to create a totally unifie ...

cop’s smiling response is prolonged in a matching sustained freeze-frame. As you may have guessed, The Killeris an odd sort of l ...

and free manipulation of the decor, lighting, and camera work, expressionist films were generally shot in the studio even when t ...

that reflects everyday life. Realistic characters are expected to do things that conform to our experi- ences and expectations o ...

Verisimilitude Whether a movie is realistic, antirealistic, or a com- bination of the two, it can achieve a convincing appearanc ...

198 CHAPTER 5 MISE-EN-SCÈNE 1 3 4 2 Camera use in The Last LaughF. W. Murnau’s The Last Laugh(1924) is one of the most poignant, ...