Film As Art (ppt)

Film as Art presented by

Helen Stephenson

“Film resembles painting, music, literature and the dance in this respect – it is a medium that may, but need not, be used to produce artistic results.

Not all “paintings” are art.

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George Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel German philosopher

ARTS ARCHITECTURE

SCULPTURE

PAINTING

DANCE

MUSIC

POETRY

Artistic Ingredients

Lighting

Johannes Vermeer, Dutch Master, 1632 - 1675

Artistic Ingredients

Shadow and Light

chiaroscuro Gerard van Hanthorst, Dutch Golden Age painter, 1592 -1656

Artists have a medium

Film makers have their own canvas:

Film makers use light

The Cranes are Flying, 1957

Film makers use composition

The Third Man, 1959

Color and contrast is as important to film makers as it is to artists.

The Fantastic Mr. FoxHotel Grand Budapest

Wes Anderson

Film makers’ toolkit is vast

Gladiator, 2000

Visual Story Telling

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, 1920

Metropolis, Germany 1927

The Graduate, 1967

The Graduate, 1967

Photographic: Lighting

Screenwriting

Satan McAllister’s Heir, 1914 • C. Gardner Sullivan • Thomas H. Ince

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari • Carl Mayer

Script formatting

Film reflects society

1930s Musicals

Film as Art: Photographic, Narrative, and Performance

Pleasantville

Film as Art: Performance

Robin Williams Montage

George Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel German philosopher

ARTS ARCHITECTURE

SCULPTURE

PAINTING

DANCE

MUSIC

POETRY

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