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* [[Wikipedia:Jacqueline Bisset|Jacqueline Bisset]] as Julie
* [[Wikipedia:Dani (entertainer)|Wikipedia:Dani]] as Liliane
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* [[Wikipedia:Valentina Cortese|Valentina Cortese]] as Severine
* [[Wikipedia:Alexandra Stewart]] as Stacey
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* [[Wikipedia:Dani (entertainer)|Dani]] as Liliane
* [[Wikipedia:Jean-Pierre Aumont]] as Alexandre
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* [[Wikipedia:Alexandra Stewart|Alexandra Stewart]] as Stacey
* [[Wikipedia:Jean Champion]] as Bertrand
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* [[Wikipedia:Jean-Pierre Aumont|Jean-Pierre Aumont]] as Alexandre
* [[Wikipedia:Jean-Pierre Léaud]] as Alphonse
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* [[Wikipedia:Jean Champion|Jean Champion]] as Bertrand
* [[Wikipedia:François Truffaut]] as (Director) Ferrand
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* [[Wikipedia:Jean-Pierre Léaud|Jean-Pierre Léaud]] as Alphonse
* [[Wikipedia:Nathalie Baye]] as Joelle
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* [[Wikipedia:François Truffaut|François Truffaut]] as (Director) Ferrand
* [[Wikipedia:David Markham]] as Doctor Nelson
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* [[Wikipedia:Nathalie Baye|Nathalie Baye]] as Joelle
* [[Wikipedia:Zénaïde Rossi]] as Madame Lajoie, Gaston's wife
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* [[Wikipedia:David Markham|David Markham]] as Doctor Nelson
* [[Wikipedia:Xavier Saint-Macary]] as Christian, Alexandre's lover
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* [[Wikipedia:Zénaïde Rossi|Zénaïde Rossi]] as Madame Lajoie, Gaston's wife
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* [[Wikipedia:Xavier Saint-Macary|Xavier Saint-Macary]] as Christian, Alexandre's lover
 
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Revision as of 18:10, 27 August 2012

Classical Hollywood cinema

Television discusses seven principal characteristics of classical Hollywood cinema:

  1. Single protagonist
  2. Exposition
  3. Motivation
  4. Narrative enigma
  5. Cause-effect chain
    • Story time versus screen time--in terms of duration and order
  6. Climax
  7. 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]

  1. Viewer foreknowledge
  2. Character name
  3. Appearance
  4. Objective correlative
  5. Dialogue
  6. Lighting and videography or cinematography
  7. Action

How are these signs of character used to construct the characters in Day for Night? Template:Gallery

Signs of performance[1]

  1. Vocal
  2. Facial
  3. Gestural
  4. Corporeal

Day for Night cast

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Richard Dyer, Stars

Bibliography

  1. Jeremy G. Butler, Television: Critical Methods and Applications (New York: Routledge, 2012).
  2. David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson, Film Art: An Introduction, 9th ed. (New York: McGraw-Hill, 2010).

External links

  1. Frame grabs from Day for Night.
  2. Wes Anderson American Express Commercial (Day for Night parody, password protected)
  3. TV Tropes: listing of numerous narrative conventions.