An Introduction to Film
together continuously in a single shot. Depending on the story and plot situation, this technique can intensify the emotional im ...
the clothing originally created for movie stars. Yet Hollywood has tended to regard costume design less seriously than some of t ...
fabric.”^45 Although we do not yet know who Amy is, what she does, or why she’s going to Morocco, we certainly understand La Bes ...
are those of George Westmore and his six sons; suc- ceeding generations of the Westmore family have continued to dominate the fi ...
some recognized criteria, let’s discuss how we can bring our own experiences to the task. An actor’s performance on the screen i ...
to the requirements of the individual production. Thus one hairstyle served to depict two different characters at two different ...
warlord (based on Shakespeare’s Macbeth) in Akira Kurosawa’s Throne of Blood(1957); Marlon Brando as a Mafia don in Francis Ford ...
(^12) 3 4 ExpressionismHighly stylized sets and intertitles (insert titles)added to the radical look of The Cabinet of Dr. Calig ...
movie’s narrative. Such appropriateness in acting is also called transparency, meaning that the character is so clearly recogniz ...
expressionism gave rise to a new approach to com- position, set design, and directing. The object was to create a totally unifie ...
Each actor started in the movies in a different way. Stanwyck, who was born Ruby Stevens in Brooklyn in 1907, started on the Bro ...
and free manipulation of the decor, lighting, and camera work, expressionist films were generally shot in the studio even when t ...
Stella is a formidable character for any actress to attempt, but Stanwyck beautifully meets the challenge of balancing the chara ...
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, ...
Stanwyck arrived at this interpretation intuitively or at Vidor’s suggestion. Let’s look more closely at what Stanwyck expresses ...
Hans Dreier, whose design career includes such memorable achievements as Rouben Mamoulian’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde(1931) and Bi ...
flashbacks that show her falling for his boyish charm and promise of a life together to the nasty fight that ends it all. Their ...
Lord of the Ringstrilogy, 2001–3), Gemma Jackson (Marc Forster’s Finding Neverland, 2004), Sarah Greenwood (Joe Wright’s Atoneme ...
quality to the footage. The second stage began when the two principal actors—joined by Faith Wladyka, who plays Frankie, their d ...
Art direction and design are very important ele- ments in the films of the three Japanese directors best known in the West: Akir ...
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