https://padlet.com/mandy_elliott/p2ekcrqvntl8 Intro Film Studies I thoughts and ideas en-us 2017-07-18 22:13:13 UTC 2017-12-03 23:39:54 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lightdecrease.png mandy_elliott https://padlet.com/mandy_elliott/p2ekcrqvntl8/wish/188312547 Hi everyone,

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]]> 2017-09-18 03:28:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mandy_elliott/p2ekcrqvntl8/wish/188312547 mandy_elliott https://padlet.com/mandy_elliott/p2ekcrqvntl8/wish/188866092 A few of you have already mentioned Welles' use of transitions to move between shots. Here's my favourite, which is pretty seamless.
What other transitions did you notice?]]> 2017-09-19 13:08:47 UTC https://padlet.com/mandy_elliott/p2ekcrqvntl8/wish/188866092 mandy_elliott https://padlet.com/mandy_elliott/p2ekcrqvntl8/wish/188867563 What is significant about Welles' use of space and Toland's deep focus in CK? Here is an example to jog your memories:]]> 2017-09-19 13:11:30 UTC https://padlet.com/mandy_elliott/p2ekcrqvntl8/wish/188867563 mandy_elliott https://padlet.com/mandy_elliott/p2ekcrqvntl8/wish/188870915 What do you make of the juxtaposition of Thatcher and Bernstein in Kane's life? ]]> 2017-09-19 13:17:25 UTC https://padlet.com/mandy_elliott/p2ekcrqvntl8/wish/188870915 mandy_elliott https://padlet.com/mandy_elliott/p2ekcrqvntl8/wish/189551139 Here are the three soldiers in a plane on their way back to the US. Note how they fill the frame almost entirely, and are pretty tightly packed into it. What similarities do you see between this photography and that in Citizen Kane?]]> 2017-09-20 21:36:03 UTC https://padlet.com/mandy_elliott/p2ekcrqvntl8/wish/189551139 mandy_elliott https://padlet.com/mandy_elliott/p2ekcrqvntl8/wish/190302837 What do you make of the book motif used throughout the film, from the use of a narrator to filling the frame with books written by the characters to using scenes in which the characters read other characters' books?]]> 2017-09-22 21:12:41 UTC https://padlet.com/mandy_elliott/p2ekcrqvntl8/wish/190302837 mandy_elliott https://padlet.com/mandy_elliott/p2ekcrqvntl8/wish/190303707 The "Needle in the Hay" sequence (series of shots) is perhaps one of the most fascinating in the entire film. What do you think makes it stand out? What is the effect when the bathroom scene cuts to the hospital scene?]]> 2017-09-22 21:17:22 UTC https://padlet.com/mandy_elliott/p2ekcrqvntl8/wish/190303707 https://padlet.com/mandy_elliott/p2ekcrqvntl8/wish/190335790 Hi, i think in the scene needle in the hay there was a sudden shift of memory from present to past when they were young till they become mature and also they frame the scene in the mirror frame with extreme change of lightening and also shows the emotions when all family know about him.]]> 2017-09-23 05:35:18 UTC https://padlet.com/mandy_elliott/p2ekcrqvntl8/wish/190335790 mandy_elliott https://padlet.com/mandy_elliott/p2ekcrqvntl8/wish/191884453 Since most of this film has really precise framing, what do we make of this scene? What's Mordecai's significance?]]> 2017-09-27 21:35:19 UTC https://padlet.com/mandy_elliott/p2ekcrqvntl8/wish/191884453 mandy_elliott https://padlet.com/mandy_elliott/p2ekcrqvntl8/wish/191884786 This is the scene in which Etheline walks out of frame. I didn't realize that the frame is already established when she walks into it! How can we read that?]]> 2017-09-27 21:37:53 UTC https://padlet.com/mandy_elliott/p2ekcrqvntl8/wish/191884786 mandy_elliott https://padlet.com/mandy_elliott/p2ekcrqvntl8/wish/192609607 Some of you noted that the music in this film was curious and highly affective. I'm interested in your thoughts!]]> 2017-09-29 20:20:02 UTC https://padlet.com/mandy_elliott/p2ekcrqvntl8/wish/192609607 mandy_elliott https://padlet.com/mandy_elliott/p2ekcrqvntl8/wish/192610730 What do you make of the costuming in this film? Ties and handbags give away the affair between Mr. Chow's wife and Mrs. Chen's husband, but I'm also interested in the particular way Mrs. Chen (Maggie Cheung) dresses. Why might she style her hair differently in the final scenes?]]> 2017-09-29 20:25:34 UTC https://padlet.com/mandy_elliott/p2ekcrqvntl8/wish/192610730 mandy_elliott https://padlet.com/mandy_elliott/p2ekcrqvntl8/wish/195605648 Hey everyone, I've been thinking a lot about Rear Window and Jeff's connection to various objects. He is bound to the wheelchair, he uses the telephoto lens to spy on his neighbours, and he uses flashbulbs to deter Thorwald—all things resulting from his career that he loves so much. And yet, these things don't protect him physically. Do you think the film is trying to give us a lesson in morality, or are these things incidental?]]> 2017-10-10 14:08:08 UTC https://padlet.com/mandy_elliott/p2ekcrqvntl8/wish/195605648 https://padlet.com/mandy_elliott/p2ekcrqvntl8/wish/198481071 I saw this video trending today and thought it was topical to our discussion of Hitchcock. He does a great job of breaking down the shot types and camera angles and how this director uses them so uniquely. ]]> 2017-10-18 22:54:40 UTC https://padlet.com/mandy_elliott/p2ekcrqvntl8/wish/198481071 mandy_elliott https://padlet.com/mandy_elliott/p2ekcrqvntl8/wish/200111546 This scene shows a very different side of Harry Caul. How do the various elements we've learned about help to lend meaning to the various transformations going on here]]> 2017-10-24 17:25:06 UTC https://padlet.com/mandy_elliott/p2ekcrqvntl8/wish/200111546 mandy_elliott https://padlet.com/mandy_elliott/p2ekcrqvntl8/wish/201882688 I've been thinking a lot about the roses associated with Mrs. Frazier (Billie Burke) today. Is there anything significant about that link? What do you think of Mrs. Frazier in general?]]> 2017-10-30 18:38:49 UTC https://padlet.com/mandy_elliott/p2ekcrqvntl8/wish/201882688 mandy_elliott https://padlet.com/mandy_elliott/p2ekcrqvntl8/wish/201886616 Why do you think Harriet interferes with Ethel's relationship with Gene? What is the significance there?]]> 2017-10-30 18:46:24 UTC https://padlet.com/mandy_elliott/p2ekcrqvntl8/wish/201886616 mandy_elliott https://padlet.com/mandy_elliott/p2ekcrqvntl8/wish/204341748 The dialogue in this film was intentionally rapid, and there were several ad-libs from Cary Grant (at one point he refers to someone named Archie Leach, which was Grant's real name). How did the speed of the dialogue affect your understanding of the story?]]> 2017-11-07 14:01:00 UTC https://padlet.com/mandy_elliott/p2ekcrqvntl8/wish/204341748 https://padlet.com/mandy_elliott/p2ekcrqvntl8/wish/205840632 The pictures are just beautiful! Master of colour combination and rule of thirds. Also the very distinct personality between the two young men made the sad film not so sad. (Catherine)

]]> 2017-11-10 22:54:41 UTC https://padlet.com/mandy_elliott/p2ekcrqvntl8/wish/205840632 mandy_elliott https://padlet.com/mandy_elliott/p2ekcrqvntl8/wish/206555191 Catherine brings up a good point that the relationship between Alex and Jonathan creates some levity in the film. What else breaks the tension?]]> 2017-11-14 02:44:07 UTC https://padlet.com/mandy_elliott/p2ekcrqvntl8/wish/206555191 mandy_elliott https://padlet.com/mandy_elliott/p2ekcrqvntl8/wish/206555401 What's the significance of the title? How might the filmmaking reflect it?]]> 2017-11-14 02:45:35 UTC https://padlet.com/mandy_elliott/p2ekcrqvntl8/wish/206555401 https://padlet.com/mandy_elliott/p2ekcrqvntl8/wish/207282223 I found it interesting how, in the first initial shots and some throughout the film, the color pallets used by the director appear purposely illuminated - if I recall correctly. I feel like adding this touch, by slightly manipulating the lighting sources when filming, lends to the significance of the title. But I also feel like its a bit of foreshadowing toward the film's end - where Jonathan meets Augustine's sister and she connects the dots for him, etc. Adding to a comment mentioned in class, I too agree that her sister parallels Jonathon well. They both are afraid of dogs and collectors of memories, etc. But, I also feel like the trauma she faced during the war, and is still coping with, is reflected in how she lives in the present. She isolated herself in the wheat field, away from many elements of civilization. She never rejoined...]]> 2017-11-15 16:22:30 UTC https://padlet.com/mandy_elliott/p2ekcrqvntl8/wish/207282223 mandy_elliott https://padlet.com/mandy_elliott/p2ekcrqvntl8/wish/208428001 What do you make of the very start of the film? The juxtaposed shots of the sheep and the workers constitute a form of editing called montage editing, taken from early Soviet cinema, and is meant to make a point. What point are we meant to take away?]]> 2017-11-19 03:33:37 UTC https://padlet.com/mandy_elliott/p2ekcrqvntl8/wish/208428001 mandy_elliott https://padlet.com/mandy_elliott/p2ekcrqvntl8/wish/209972171 There's a lot to discuss in this movie, but I think one of the main themes deals with interpersonal relationships. Rauffenstein values de Boeldieu because they are from the same social class—despite that they fight on opposing sides of the war. What are your thoughts about the ways in which relationships are shown in the film?]]> 2017-11-24 19:20:26 UTC https://padlet.com/mandy_elliott/p2ekcrqvntl8/wish/209972171 mandy_elliott https://padlet.com/mandy_elliott/p2ekcrqvntl8/wish/209972389 While the film is about French prisoners in a German camp (some Russians are also there), the protagonists sometimes break into English. What is the significance of this?]]> 2017-11-24 19:22:25 UTC https://padlet.com/mandy_elliott/p2ekcrqvntl8/wish/209972389 mandy_elliott https://padlet.com/mandy_elliott/p2ekcrqvntl8/wish/210199281 What do you think about the theatre scene in which the men wear women's clothes and dance around. How does the news that the French have retaken their fort, and the subsequent singing of the French national anthem, affect our understanding of that scene?]]> 2017-11-26 20:43:03 UTC https://padlet.com/mandy_elliott/p2ekcrqvntl8/wish/210199281 mandy_elliott https://padlet.com/mandy_elliott/p2ekcrqvntl8/wish/212672717 This is an exceedingly intimate film in many ways. What cinematic elements stand out to you that convey that intimacy?]]> 2017-12-03 23:36:18 UTC https://padlet.com/mandy_elliott/p2ekcrqvntl8/wish/212672717