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Revision as of 17:15, 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
How are these signs of character used to construct the characters in Day for Night?
- Cosbyqq00 04 43qq00311.jpg
Group 3: Dr. Heathcliff "Cliff" Huxtable (Bill Cosby)
Group 4: Clair Huxtable (Phylicia Rashad) - Cosbyqq00 03 07qq00282.jpg
Group 1: Rudy Huxtable (Keshia Knight Pulliam)
- Cosbyqq00 05 19qq00317.jpg
Group 2: Denise Huxtable (Lisa Bonet) or...
- Cosbyqq00 05 38qq00322.jpg
Theodore "Theo" Huxtable (Malcolm-Jamal Warner)
Signs of performance[1]
- Vocal
- Facial
- Gestural
- Corporeal
Day for Night cast
- Wikipedia:Jacqueline Bisset as Julie
- Wikipedia:Valentina Cortese as Severine
- Wikipedia:Dani as Liliane
- Wikipedia:Alexandra Stewart as Stacey
- Wikipedia:Jean-Pierre Aumont as Alexandre
- Wikipedia:Jean Champion as Bertrand
- Wikipedia:Jean-Pierre Léaud as Alphonse
- Wikipedia:François Truffaut as (Director) Ferrand
- Wikipedia:Nathalie Baye as Joelle
- Wikipedia:David Markham as Doctor Nelson
- Wikipedia:Zénaïde Rossi as Madame Lajoie, Gaston's wife
- Wikipedia:Xavier Saint-Macary as Christian, Alexandre's lover
- Bernard Menez as the Property Man
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.
