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Life after Death in the Cinematography of Citizen Kane
This weekend, I rewatched Citizen Kane, and I made a connection about the cinematography that I failed to fully realize on my first viewing. For a film about the life and death of Charles Foster Kane,... Read MoreGenre in Focus: Rear Window and The Grand Budapest Hotel
This week’s reading on film genres in Film Art explored how genres work, I specifically found the importance of genre conventions in shaping viewer expectations. As I read the chapter, I noticed... Read MoreRethinking Genre: Exploring Romance in Portrait of a Lady on Fire and All That Heaven Allows
Reading this chapter has changed my prior beliefs about what defines a genre. I thought it would be very clear and specific like comedy, science fiction, horror, and action. But as the book mentioned,... Read MoreHow Citizen Kane is Still Not Outdated
As a film from 1941, Citizen Kane did not bore me while I was watching it, which surprised me for a piece this old. Just like the book mentioned, the movie built the narrative using the non-linear plo... Read MoreNarrative form
In film the narrative is a chain of events linked by cause and effect and occurring in time and space. It refers to all the things that make up a story which includes plot/story, time, cause and effec... Read MoreThe Significance of Color and more in Singin’ in the Rain- Maxwel Gurkovic
For starters I would like to begin my viewer analysis with my initial opinions of the film. I typically don’t enjoy musicals and old movies as a matter of fact. However, I thought this film was ... Read MoreChapter 7: Searching for Diegetic Rhythm
Searching for Diegetic Rhythm Rhythm is a very fundamentally human concept. If you go back tens of thousands of years, there will be evidence of humans using basic instruments to create rhythm. Prof... Read MoreThe Sounds of Domesticity in The Zone of Interest
When we were told on Tuesday that The Zone of Interest would have a plot twist of sorts, I did not expect Glazer to show the cleaning and preparation of a modern Holocaust museum. While I could recogn... Read MoreThe Zone of Interest: What we see and what we don’t:
Jonathan Glazer’s 2023 Film, The Zone of Interest, takes a very different approach to what is made visible than most holocaust pieces. Instead of focusing on graphic depictions of violence or de... Read More- 3 of 4
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