Read the second chapter of Bordwell & Thompson´s book (Film Art), The Significance of Film Form.
Based on the film we watched last week, we will address (during class) the questions the authors propose at the end of the chapter.
- Of any element in the film, you can ask: What are its functions in the overall form? How is it motivated?
- Are elements or patterns repeated throughout the film? If so how and at what points? Are motifs and parallelisms asking us to compare elements?
- How are elements contrasted and differentiated from one another? How are different elements opposed to one another?
- What principals of progression or development are at work throughout the form of the film? More specifically, how does a comparison of the beginning and ending reveal the overall form of a film?
- What degree of unity is present in the film´s overall form? Is disunity subordinate to the overall unity, or does disunity dominate?
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