Final Test Flashcards
genre
kind or type of film - tacit agreement between audience and spectators
first appearance of
the genre; conventions not in place
primitive or nascent phase
genre conventions established & codified
classical phase
response to feeling of stagnancy in the genre
parodic baroque phase
films use genre to critique or
question conventions & their implications
revisionist phase
return to genre as nostalgia
homage phase
what term was coined by grieson / what does he say about it?
documentary, ‘the creative treatment of actuality’
voice conventions of documentary
who is talking to whom about what
herzog conventions
ecstatic truth, romantic, uncomfortably long takes, exploitative
3 key concerns in documentaries
- form: structure and presentation
- representation: how reality and subjects are portrayed
- ethics: moral responsibilities of filmmakers
documentary conventions
vo / narration
explanatory titles
interviews
real events / ppl
naturalistic style
archival footage
expert testimonials
herzog born and where
munich, 1942
4 approaches to genre
as cultural myths
as cultural memories
as rituals
reflectionist
hybrids
genre conventions
plot
thematic
setting
character
technical
star
iconography
4 axes of critical orientation
mimetic, expressive, formal, affective/ didactic (artwork at the middle)
what does sarris say (CIRCLES) / (2ND PHASE)
technical competence, distinguishable personality, interior meaning
interior meaning!!
meaning arising from the tension between the director’s personality & his material
hitchcock’s things
cameos, macguffin (red herring), catholic guilt, voyeurism, women’s hairstyles, innocents, master of suspense
(about hitchcock) Truffaut says…
belongs among artists of anxiety, (like kafka and poe) in helping us to understand ourselves
problems of sarris auteur theory (KAEL)
ignores films as collaborative art
too much retroactive psychoanalysis
intentional fallacy
exclusivity / elitism (WHO DECIDES THE CRITERIA)
oscar micheaux
born 1884 in s dakota,
sold his novels door to door, auteur, 30 films over 10 years
Truffuat’s notion of auteur
director is author of film
visual style is evident
evolves
consistent concern with key thematic issues
(only men)
even though documentary, Grizzly Man example of ____, while AM / SC examples of ______
narrative of conflict / narratives of integration
dorothy arzner
american, 25 films
ida lupino
british, 7 films
alice guy blanche
too many films to count
what was founded in Paris, 1936 by Georges Franju &
Henri Langlois
(1ST PHASE) Cinematheque francaise
hictchcock born
london, 1899-1980
films tech (major studies) are shaped by combination
social, cultural, and economic factors
narrative of conflict
driving force propels narrative by creating conflict
narrative of integration
focus on interpersonal relationships / emotional qualities
critique of canon
Who gets excluded from the canon, &
why? Who gets to decide?
