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Exam questions

Please answer all questions.

1. Can you identify moments in the film where music has a direct influence in our perception of the scene?

2. Can you identify moments in which the shots respond to the music or the dialogue?

3. Can you identify a pattern in the film and its relation to the film’s music?

4. Please analyze the scene in which Socttie first meets Madeleine and the succeeding moments when he first starts following her.

5. Can you identify a moment in which the tone of voice used by any of the characters is important to the narrative?

6. Please write a brief description of the female characters and compare them.

7. Please write your own personal commentary on the film. (1 or two paragraphs max)

TO BE HANDED IN NEXT CLASS, APRIL 16TH.

Friday April 11th

We are watching Vertigo (1958), by Alfred Hitchcock.

The exam questions will be based on this film so make sure you come to class on time. The movie is available in the library (791.43 H674v DVD)

Assignments for April 11th

Remember to hand in a structured synopsis for Chion´s The three listening modes.

Assignments for April 4th

Please write two paragraphs on the relation between sound and image. In order to do so, pick a movie you like and discuss the role that sound plays in the film. Please differentiate between music, voice and noise.

Make sure you quote from the readings; both from Bordwell and Thompson´s text as well as from Chion´s Audio Vision.

Next week you must hand in a structured synopsis for Chion´s The three listening modes.

Assignments for March 28th

Sound Workshop –
To be handed in on March 28th.

1. What sounds are present – music, speech, noise?
2. How does sound affect the way we perceive each of the characters in the film?
3. What role does the sound plays in shaping the atmosphere of the film?
4. Are there non-diegetic sounds that influence our understanding of the story?
5. Please write a brief comment on the film. (1 to 2 paragraphs)

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Oral presentations

Please have a look at the oral presentations. If you haven´t signed up for one yet, please make sure you do so before the break.

• Semana 9
Proyecciones de imagen sobre sonido
Textos:
Capítulo 9 de David Bordwell y Kristin Thompson
- Sound in the Cinema (Jorge + Mario)

Película:La Jetée, & clips musicales: Spike Jonze, Michel Gondry, etc.

Assignments for March 7th

Film critic Alejandro Martín will join us next class and he asked me to ask you to watch the film Juno. The film will be discussed in class.

Juno is playing in theaters all over the city. Please make sure you watch the film before class this Friday and bring to class your own review of the film. Refrain from writing a summary. Texts must be at least 400 words long.

Nota :: La clase del viernes 7 de Marzo será en español. Por favor traiga sus escritos en éste idioma. Gracias.

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Assignments for Feb 15th

El arte del cine y la puesta en escena
Textos:
Capitulo 8 del libro del libro de David Bordwell y Kristin Thompson,
- The Relation of Shot to Shot: Editing

Texts here. 

The Shot

Mise-en-scene is a French term used in film and theatre that literally means, “putting into the scene”. Since it is usually the director (metteur en scene) who has the power over what happens in the movie, one could say that the mise-en-scene is one of the ways in which the director exercises his “control over what appears in the film frame” (156). Some of the aspects of the mise-en-scene include: setting, lighting, costume, and generally all of the actions involved in the take. Some directors may allow their actors to improvise their performances (Altman, Sayles, Renoir) in order to allow more spontaneity. However, this spontaneity is also part of the director’s view of how the scene should go, and allowing improvisation does not lessen his/her control over the scene.

French entrepreneur George Méliés built the first film studios, in order to create atmospheres and settings for his films. Shooting in a studio gave him more (if not complete) control over every element of the frame. Among the first person narrative films ever made are science fiction and fantasy short films.