Film as Art presented by Helen Stephenson
“Film resembles painting, music, literature and the dance in this respect – it is a medium that may, but need not, be used to produce artistic results.
Not all “paintings” are art. ≠
George Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel German philosopher ARCHITECTURE SCULPTURE PAINTING DANCE MUSIC POETRY CINEMA Ricciotto Canudo Italian film theoretician ARTS
Artistic Ingredients Johannes Vermeer, Dutch Master,
Artistic Ingredients Gerard van Hanthorst, Dutch Golden Age painter, chiaroscuro Shadow and Light
Artists have a medium
Film makers have their own canvas:
Film makers use light The Cranes are Flying, 1957
Film makers use composition The Third Man, 1959
Color and contrast is as important to film makers as it is to artists. Wes Anderson The Grand Budapest Hotel The Fantastic Mr. Fox
Gladiator, 2000 Film makers’ toolkit is vast
Visual Story Telling The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, 1920
Metropolis, Germany 1927
The Graduate, 1967
Photographic: Lighting
Screenwriting
Satan McAllister’s Heir, 1914 C. Gardner Sullivan Thomas H. Ince The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Carl Mayer
Script formatting
Film reflects society 1930s Musicals
Film as Art: Photographic, Narrative, and Performance Pleasantville
Film as Art: Performance Robin Williams Montage
George Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel German philosopher ARCHITECTURE SCULPTURE PAINTING DANCE MUSIC POETRY CINEMA Ricciotto Canudo Italian film theoretician ARTS
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