Two more ideas came to mind when I asked my self the simple questions- When is a comedy effective in making us laugh, and when does a horror film really get us scared. Which films have made me laugh? Well I am afraid that I have to refer to the master of gags: Charles Chaplin…Continue Reading Gags and Growls
The first idea for this paper stroke my mind as I was watching The three Little Pigs. I remembered a completely different experience of watching this film at a younger age. And how not, if then I could not understand the text in between each blow of the big bad wolf. I will like to…Continue Reading First idea
Let me introduce one of the films I admire the most for it’s use of time and space. Entr’’acte. This film is not about a plot but about mocking the norms of space, time and continuity. Through a seemingly continuous editing but discontinuous space the characters move through a filmic space, which, when analyzed breaks…Continue Reading Film is movement is space is time
Our friend Bordwell and his extensive theoretical ramblings gets to me. It is very hard for me to follow his infinite list of terms. Now , I can breath and proceed with my post. Einstein discovered to our happiness and disgrace the relativity of time and space, and film is the most effective medium to…Continue Reading I had a nightmare with Fabula and Syuzhet
What can I say….. I really enjoyed the first episode. I engaged figuring out what was going on in the mind of our singing detective. I was dazzle by the different layers of the detective’s psyche. I searched actively what were the links between the fantastic worlds and his persona. I found the syzueth very…Continue Reading The Singing Detective
Let us talk about Bordwell’s view on narrators. He states that narrative in film should not be understood as being told by a narrator. He argues that it is the organization of a set of cues for the construction of the story. Does it really matter whether we understand narration as being told by a…Continue Reading Narrators and Narration