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Revision as of 14:36, 27 August 2012
Classical Hollywood cinema
Television discusses seven principal characteristics of classical Hollywood cinema:
- Single protagonist
- Exposition
- Motivation
- Narrative enigma
- Cause-effect chain
- Story time versus screen time--in terms of duration and order
- Climax
- Resolution/Denouement--compare exposition and denouement
Does Day for Night qualify as a classical film? Why or why not? Template:Gallery
Signs of character[1]
- Viewer foreknowledge
- Character name
- Appearance
- Objective correlative
- Dialogue
- Lighting and videography or cinematography
- Action
Signs of performance[1]
- Vocal
- Facial
- Gestural
- Corporeal
References
Bibliography
- Jeremy G. Butler, Television: Critical Methods and Applications (New York: Routledge, 2012).
- David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson, Film Art: An Introduction, 9th ed. (New York: McGraw-Hill, 2010).
External links
- Frame grabs from Day for Night.
- Wes Anderson American Express Commercial (Day for Night parody, password protected)
- TV Tropes: listing of numerous narrative conventions.