Sunrise

Question 1

Who was the director?

Answer 1

Murnau, a German expressionist director who was famous for this in germany

Question 2

What are Andre Bazins realist techniques?

Answer 2

• wide shot
• depth of field
• on-location shooting

Question 3

What is the realist film movement?

Answer 3

Refers to a film movement aiming to construct a believable representation of reality that is plausible to audiences, constructing verisimilitude

Question 4

What is the on-location setting called?

Answer 4

The Arrow Head river

Question 5

What are German expressionist visual aspects?

Answer 5

• chiaroscuro lighting
• abstract shapes
• putting mental states on screen
• using visuals to convey themes/ideas
• hyper expressive acting
• negative rep of modernity

Question 6

Why do German expressionist rep modernity negatively?

Answer 6

The German expressionist movement formed after WW1, in which citizens witnessed the dangerous possibilities of new developing technology (tanks etc) and therefore are cynical of the development of tech and modernity

Question 7

What is the German expressionist movement?

Answer 7

Formed after WW1, exhibits abstract representations using visuals to convey contexts as it was the era of silent films

Question 8

How is Sunrise plausible to 1920s aud?

Answer 8

• use of believable modern characters - Flapper figure, Bachelor
• use of traditional gender roles - rep of the husband and wife
• use of themes that are plausible to 1920s aud - modernity, early stages of capitalism, difference in class

Question 9

How did Murnau make the film his own/reflect his contexts as a film maker on a high value Fox film?

Answer 9

• He was a well established German expressionist, therefore uses aspects of expressionism as his stamp such as Gothic Typography on action cards

Question 10

What context to do with fox influenced the film?

Answer 10

• Idea fox provided studio lots to construct sets for the film