MST 205-01 1/8/18

What is a Film?

 Difference between a movie and a film

 Genre Expectation/ Genre Convention
o Not a checklist
o How does Rosemary’s baby challenge genre convention?
 Perspective
o Challenges the way you think about things
o Has to achieve intended direction
 Empathy
o Understanding someone else’s experiences
 Large releases
o Star Wars
 Blockbuster
 Made for large audiences
 Time of release
 Big Budges
 Meant not to upset anyone

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 To tell a story, context is needed.
 Hemmingway
o 1. For Sale,
o 2. Baby Shoes.
o 3. Never Worn.
 Vectors, Screen Symmetry, Placement and Scaling, Exposure
 Most amount of weight of an image is on the right.
 Image Elements- Of video and film; light and color, space and time, motion and sound.
 Applied media aesthetics- Is not an abstract concept but a process in which we examine
a number of media elements, such as lighting and sound.