Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Class Notes: October 23

Film

What distinguishes film from other visual media?

- Transports us from our comfortable lives to something greater than life

- Allows us to dream and do things we don't normally do

- There is no such thing as a "motion book"

- Films are artistic expressions in-and-of themselves

- What makes a person really want to go see a movie?
- Desire to understand creator's expression of imagination (ex. The Fifth Element vs.
30 Days and 30 Nights)
- Theater a great place to go to see a recreation of actors portraying characters live on stage

-Search for iconic hero vs. bringing imagination to life (i.e. Die Hard, all four!)

- Film encompasses all forms of art, essentially
- Combines everything into one art form
- Movement
- Creative artistic expression
- Music

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