Week 15

Question 1

Film style

Answer 1

-The repeated and salient uses of film techniques characteristics of a single film or a group of films (example: a filmmakers work or a national movement)
-techniques include:
mise-en-scene
cinematography
editing
sound

Question 2

Analyzing Film Style

Answer 2

1. Determine the organizational structure of the film, its formal style
   2.Identify the salient techniques used.
2. Trace out patterns of techniques within the whole film
   4.Propose functions for the salient techniques and the patterns they form.

Question 3

German Expressionism

Answer 3

-The true essence of things emerges (is expressed) into visible form
-Psychological, emotional, or moral states revealed via distorted settings

Question 4

Themes of German Expressionism

Answer 4

madness, revolt, sexuality- the unconscious
-Extreme stylization in mise-en-scene.
-Distorted, exaggerated shapes and shadows.
-Chiaroscuro lighting
-Heavy gothic makeup
-Unnatural figure movements

Question 5

F.W. Murnau & Expressive Cinematography

Answer 5

-Murnau viewed Caligirl as both an inspiration and a dead end
-Expressive mise-en-scene= theatrical
-Expressive cinematography= cinematic

Question 6

Political and Economic Context

Answer 6

-Weimar Republic (1919-1933)
-German economic crisis
-Cheap German exports, including films
-Imports prohibitively expensive
-Early films (lime Caligirl) inexpensive and popular in Germany, France, and USA
-Later films (like Metropolis) became too costly to produce
-Competition from Hollywood imports from 1924

Question 7

German Expressionism and Hollywood

Answer 7

-Influx of German and Austrian filmmakers into Hollywood
-Fritz lang, Billy Wilder, Otto Preminger, Josef van Sternberg.