Sunrise. A Song Of Two Humans Flashcards
(19 cards)
What technological devices does Murray use in sunrise?
Every technical device is used in sunrise. The film exemplifies the late silent period, where filmmaking had reached its artistic peak.
Which film company did sunrise belong to?
Fox studios
Who was the director of sunrise?
F.W. Murnau
What was Fox’s most expensive silent film?
Sunrise
How was murnau viewed in Hollywood?
He was viewed as an artist.
Fox gave Murnau what in the film?
Complete control
What did sunrise win?
Three academy awards and an Oscar for the best picture.
Sunrise failed…
To recoup costs at the box office.
Although sunrise was a silent film the music was…
Synchronised with a musical score.
The sound of bells are used as a motif at various points.
Bell sounds appear when the man decides to spare his wife
Then bells begin when the man and the wife emerge from the church. Representing his change and renews his love for his wife.
What was TWFTC?
She was a flapper
What were flappers?
They enjoyed the new found freedom, American jazz and often had short bobbed hair and short skirts
How are flappers represented in sunrise.
The flapper is represented as a threat to the stability of marriage
The city is a merge between
American and European cities.
Murnau uses many what?
Long, fluid camera movements.
Murnau stated that: ‘the camera is…
‘The camera is the directors pencil’
In the city montage there are various techniques used like?
Multiple exposures and super impositions to convey summertime in an expressionist style.
When the man and the wife renew their love in the church the light it impactful.
They move from the shadows, into the light. The lighting is a metaphor for the renewal of their marriage vows.
There are many visual oppositions including…
Day vs night, the city vs the country, the dangerous TWFTC. Vs TW
