Thursday, February 25, 2016

Grand Illusion

Focusing only on the film's mise en scene (lighting, shot composition, set design, costume design), discuss this quote from the Robin Wood essay I gave you:

"How to belong, how to meet"--another way of putting it is to say that Renoir's perennial concern is with the boundaries; that keep people apart and the possibility of transcending them. The four-part structure enables him to develop this theme through a network of shifting, interlocking relationships presented consistently in terms of difference and the overcoming of difference.


Your response should be 2 paragraphs long and should include a correctly cited quote from one of the essays I gave you.

Monday, February 8, 2016

The Hitchhiker

Lighting (or lack thereof) is extremely important in film noir and especially so in Ida Lupino's The Hitchhiker. Please give 3 examples of instances where lighting creates meaning. Be specific in your meaning as well as how Lupino expresses that meaning on the screen. Be sure to describe fully what is inside of the frame.

Here is a link to the film--https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIeFKTbg3Aw

It is in the public domain, so it's widely available online.

If you liked The Hitchhiker, you may also like this one...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tap67KjjPu8