Film studies global cinema

New Hollywood: Apocalypse Now . Not filming in a studio, filming on location . Creative freedom due to reputation coming off of Godfather 1 and 2 and The Conversation . The firing of Harvey Kitel . Massive set pieces . Philippines army taking their helicopters back frequently . Marlon Brando as auteur . Coppola was the head of the 'Film school generation' . Film becoming something you can study . Film becoming more respected as an art (as the studio system has been escaped) giving more freedom to directors w/ less constraints . Technological advancements were freeing . Big increase  . New film school generation films were low budget subjects though Hollywood gave them the big budget . These films were often low budget genre budget pictures in disguise        Classical Hollywood vs New Hollywood . Classic hollywood . studio system . 180 degree rule . shit reverse shot . long take three point lighting . Continuity editing     ...

. establishing shot from the exterior to show location then move to interior to show rest of location as well as introducing stakes . characters introduction . fluid camera movement motivated by character movement, as the car moves past the interior and we track to the interior . . Push in on Ilsa and Rick on a two shot as he says he's not getting on the plane . Draw in on Ilsa . MCU on Rick and Ilsa two shot - intimate . Cu over the shoulder on Ilsa as her mind is being changed . Shot reverse shot CU . Single CU on Ilsa as Rick speaks as she is convinced by him - her reaction, quite a long cut + performance . Shots of Rick over Ilsa's shoulder . cut to Character shot of German General as he heads up - shot pulls in on him to create drama and tension . Ilsa w/ back to Rick as Lazlo and Rick talk . Heigher over the shoulder over Lazlo's shoulder . 3 shot w/ Ilsa in the middle . series of close ups, as they look at each other . Lazlo and Ilsa w/their back to ...

B) Compare how far your chosen films reflect the different production contexts “Studios had faces then. They had their own style.” Billy Wilder states how, in Casablanca , we can see the Warner Bros signature style – notably, the big screen realism of the melodramatic love triangle, the elements of crime, and a charismatic male protagonist… [Having directed over a hundred films at Warner Bros, Curtiz might be considered an auteur in his own right, but there is debate over how much creative control he actually had, with the studios exerting influence over all stages of production.] Elements of Classical Hollywood film form are apparent in the opening of the film when the spectator is introduced to the protagonist Rick Blaine, played by Humphrey Bogart. The sequence begins with an exterior establishing shot of the sign for Rick’s Bar Americain, with the camera then tilting down and tracking into the bar itself. This technique is a key trope of Classical Hollywood, wi...

. Main plot; relationship between Ilsa and Rick 6:10- 8:50 intro to Rick  Cinematography : - how does it follow classical hollywood film form  . How rick is first presented: Tilt down and track into the door - fluid and slow, alluring/ enticing  . pan right taking us through the bar, following the guests movement to keep the spectators eye moving through the scene - then track in on sam - characters in the background looking at sam  . variety of characters with two shots - all trying to leave casablanca (spheres of environment) - creates atmosphere - 3 shot lighting, smoky background + characters always in the background, camera movement often follows characters  . Rick introduced before we see him - we hear about him - establishing Rick  . First thing we see is him signing a check in a CU - documentation relating to the documentation that Rick has power over  . Chess and smoking (strategist) close up  . tilt up to him in a sin...