Topic: Film and Movie

Words

• jogging 跑步
• Choreography 编舞
• heroine 女主角

Movie History

• 1870s: birth of movie picture, Horse in Moving
• Thomas Edison, Brothers, pioneers
• Early 20th: narrative, detailed charcters, more complex, stories
• Comedy
• Montage Theory: five methods of montage, different shots, the cutting in film is as important as the images. Film Grammar
• Sound Stages: Talkies, combied with images, Studio system, the big five, The Golden Age Hollywood
• Color Theory
• Production, Movie theaters
• CGI computer generated image, super heros
• 2020: Streaming Service, Subscription, Block Booking? Monopoly

Articles

Lecture on Choreography Class

• super-imposing: adding a fire background
• illusion of flow: 流动错觉; entering and exiting the frame several times.

The Problem of Narrative Clarity in Silent Films

Conversation: film review

• film review: analysis, strengths and weaknesses, comparasion to other films and personal opinions
• synopsis 大纲
• subjective or objective