Monday, September 12, 2005
A Hard Day's Night Discussion Points
Dear Crew,
There are any number of things you might want to discuss with A Hard Day's Night. Here are some obvious categories and references of note:
Music Video, "rock video" "rap video"
Film Musical genre
documentary style, or, cinema verite
classical Hollywood narrative--linear narrative,
continuity editing vs. montage
media-within-media
zoom lens
advertising & marketing: discovery of "teenager" market; invention and marketing of "cool"
pop music, rock and roll, punk aesthetic
As noted, comments can cover anything and everything.
best
Robert
Assignment 2 Tips from Prof. Baird
Dear Class,
Assignment 3 regarding the editing analysis comparison and contrast of Casablanca and Fight Club is not as hard as it seems. We talked about continuity editing of the classical Hollywood system, which aims to create "invisible editing" and how that contrasts strongly with the in-your-face, selfconscious editing of later films like Fight Club. Just look for 2 or 3 examples from each film to compare. The more interesting and revealing your comparisions the better. No 2 papers will be the same. Perhaps you want to compare a typcial type of scene, say, a fight or action scene and how each film uses a different style of editing. Or, perhaps you choose something very simple like a scene that uses shot-reverse shot during a conversation at lunch. Just some ideas.
good luck
Classical Hollywood Cinema
http://faculty.uwb.edu/mgoldberg/courses/definitions/classicalHollywoodcinema.html
http://faculty.uwb.edu/mgoldberg/courses/definitions/classicalHollywoodcinema.html
Robert Baird, Ph.D.
Coordinator of Instructional Development
Assistant Professor Cinema Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Coordinator of Instructional Development
Assistant Professor Cinema Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
CITES EdTech
http://robertbairdphotography.blogspot.com/
