Over arching . key argument of abstract vs nonabstract (techniques used) and link to production context of a move towards New Hollywood = more auteur freedom with interior meaning (auteur theory) + accompanied behind a change in national mindset which became clouded and uncertain, where artists like Coppola who went to film school + influenced by French new wave became more critical and experimental (link to post modern possibly) with the downfall of American exceptionalism and it's entailing disillusionment . From Studio system to New Hollywood . Reflected in: Influence from French New wave . Comparison of opening scene: - highly choreographed camera movement in Casablanca + traditional three point lighting VS French new wave influence of overlapping editing + prolepsis - Contextually: stubborn American isolationism despite global conflict around them (Rick in the bar and the move towards him as the camera tracks and we hear people talking about visas) VS fractured nationa...
To what extent do aesthetic qualities contribute to the impact of your chosen film? Answer this question in detail; when you're back after half term, we'll do it in timed conditions as your assessment. We'll spend half an hour on it. Areas to consider: - mise-en-scene (colour palette, costume, makeup, set design) - cinematography (shots sizes, camera movements, depth of field, lighting) - impact (meaning and response; spectator; context of fascism; ideology of women's role in patriarchal society, male violence; contemporary Mexico context) - at least two key scenes (check pallet) Aesthetic qualities like mise en scene in Pans Labyrinth are used to demonise fascism as to impact the spectator into resenting this ideology, particularly seen in the pale man scene where the ideology of fascism is personified. In this scene Del Toro uses a range of aesthetic techniques as to demonise fascism, beginning with a medium close up at a side profile to the creatu...
Aesthetic qualities in Pans labyrinth create impact on the spectator, through using miss en scene and cinematography to demonise a patriarchal fascist ideology, partly through emphasising its tragic impact on the protagonist Ofelia. This is seen in the pale man scene, where this ideology is exposed partly through the presentation of the Pale man who is a personification of this ideology. The costuming used serves to show this, through presenting the Pale man as blind with long clawed fingers, sagging skin and no eyes as well as being notably phallic in shape. This can be read metaphorically with the lack of eyes representing the blind violence of fascism, the sagging skin representing starvation showing fascism to be a dying ideology and the phallic nature to represent the patriarchal nature of fascism. Literally however fascisms depiction as a creature with grotesque features that are barely human, ultimately dehumanise it and evoke a feeling of strong disgust in the spectator toward...
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