global film Flashcards
what year is it set?
1944 (the hunger years that occurred after the Spanish civil war
who was the leader of Spain during this time?
Franco
who was the Spanish civil war against
Fascism and democracy
what is the pact of forgetting
people wanted to move on after Franco’s death so no one could mention the Spanish civil war in parliament and no one was punished for the mass suffering that was caused by the fascists party
what were some of the factors that caused the Spanish civil war
- young v old
- urban v rural
- role of the church
- role of the military
- social and cultural change
- gender roles
what is the war of historical memory
in 2007 a law was passed which resurrected the memory of those who died during the Spanish civil war
what challenges did Del Toro face when making the film
he was rejected by every major and indie studio in the US and it had a small $15 mil budget
what are the key themes in WKW films
Loneliness, the struggle to find a meaningful connection in a busy city such as Hong Kong, time and the weird way it moves,
what are some auteur traits of WKW
- extreme wide angle lenses e.g. 6.8mm lens,
- undercranking the camera to make the foreground slow and the background fast
- using high key neon lights for the MTV aesthetic
- using western songs with Cantonese translation
to what extent can Wong Kar Wai be seen as experimental
to a large extent, he rejects conventional western Hollywood film conventions such as camera lenses, lighting, undercranking, editing
what context is there for why WKW uses undercranking
the context of Hong Kong, the time that they were under UK rule was running out as China was going to take rule of Hong Kong. this means that Hong Kong was under the ‘one country two systems’ policy. Hong Kong is still capitalist, uses Cantonese rather than Mandarin uses their Hong Kong dollar and has democracy but China chooses who will get into government.
In what way is the opening sequence expressionist?
superimposition of the rain over the woman at the beach
superimposition of the two trains
forced perspective of the train making it appear larger
How is the opening sequence of sunrise realist?
The filming is on location, when they are going towards the town on the boat
How is the marsh scene realist
The wife’s and man’s acting is very raw and realist
The setting of the marsh is realist
The lowkey lighting of the moon, not high key lighting
this provides verisimilitude for the audience
kamerschpielfilm, melodrama, realist settings and deep focus are all comon tropes of what kind of film making?
realist
dissolves, super imposition, forced perspective, montage editing and slanted sets are all common tropes of what kind of filmmaking?
expressionist
what kinds of binary oppositions can be seen within sunrise?
the mistress and the wife,
the city and the countryside,
sunrise and sunset,
redemption and sin,
‘sometimes bitter, sometimes sweet’
in what ways is the opening sequence realist?
the setting is realist as it takes places in a train station
the beach is also filmed on location
in what ways is the opening sequence expressionist?
the intertitle dissolves away from the screen to reveal the setting ‘summer time… vacation time’ there is also a forced perspective, making the train appear larger than it actually is, and the people further away than they actually are.
there is a superimposition of two trains, which makes them appear to collide (showing the stress of going on holiday), superimposition of a woman stood next to a cruise ship
how is mise-en-scene used within Parasite and pans to create meaning
can be used to display power dynamics
