What is Cinema? (Total Recall) Flashcards
1
Q
WHAT is Cinema?
A
- COMMUNICATES IDEAS through medium of film
- Sound, Sight, Emotional Sensations
- Dominantly HOLLYWOOD
2
Q
Technology
A
- Lifelike, Natural, movement (Movie apparatus), Allen
- Projected moving pictures
- Projection=Bigger=Illusion=SPECTACLE
- Pleasures absent from photos
- Magic Lantern Shows predating photos
3
Q
Limitations?
A
- CG, Special Effects, Stop Motion can limit spectacle
- Can be dated (King Kong, Jurassic Park)
- Limits style and what can be shown, not enables
4
Q
Lifelike natural images
A
- Allen
- Despite fantasy and imagination
- TR not social realism, but image illusion is
- Replicating Reality from B+W to 3D
5
Q
Existence of technology can result in certain style
A
- EG Verite w/ 16mm and faster film
- CONTEXT when discussing development
- Tech not discrete, DOMINANT
6
Q
Bazin
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- Cinema defined by closeness to REALITY
- Drive to replicate reality
- Total cinema: Perfect replication
- TC overlooks fantasy for reality
- Correlates to fast development of special effects
7
Q
ESCAPISM
A
-Should be reflection, not recreation
8
Q
Total Recall
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- DATED?
- Fantasy influenced by tech (Mars>Dinos)
- Implanted memory to replicate reality (TC?)
- Paradoxical fear of science
