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A DIALECTIC APPROACH TO FILM
FORM
GROUP 4
Dominique Alford
Sarah Woubneh
Kelsey Fitzsimmons
Shanera Leon
Sean Kneese
Evan Klein
SOCIAL MISSION
“…to cause the mind to think
and to question what its
seeing”.
NATURE
“the difference between what is real
and what is created”.
A montage is a basic element of cinema and
established by Soviet film as the “nerve of cinema”
A montage is when single shots are placed one
after another and the movement of these shots
are said to create a rhythm
Known as the “epic principle” a montage is the
means of unrolling an idea with the help of single
shots
However the author does not agree. He says that
describing a montage in this way means defining a
given object solely in relation to the nature of its
external cause
He believes a montage has more of metric
relationship rather than rhythmic
In his opinion, a montage is an idea that arises from
the collision of independent shots
 “We know that the phenomenon of movement in film
resides in the fact that two motionless mages of a
moving body, following one another, blend into an
appearance of motion by showing them sequentially at
a required speed”
 The author claims this description of blending has the
responsibility for the popular misconception of the
nature of montage previously noted
CONFLICT AND MONTAGE
Manifestation can mean that the shot is not an element of montage
or the shot is a montage cell.
In this formulation there are division of
Sub-title and Shot
Shot and Montage.
There are 3 different phases to the homogeneous task of
expression.
1. Purely Verbal Utterance – without intonation expression in
speech.
2. Gesticulatory Expression – projection of the conflict onto the
whole expressive bodily system of man.
3. Projection of the Conflict into Space – zigzag mimic expression
is propelled into the surrounding space following the same
formula of distortion.
TYPES OF CONFLICTS WITHIN THE FORM
CHARACTERISTIC
 Graphic conflicts
 Conflict of planes
 Conflict of volumes
 Spatial conflict
 Light conflict
 Temp conflict
 Conflict between matter and view point – spatial distortion through camera
angle
 Conflict between matter and its spatial nature – optical distortion by the
lens
 Conflict between and event and its temporal nature – slow and stop motion
 Conflict between the whole optical complex and different space
THIS WILL GIVE US AN
UNDERSTANDING OF THE FILM
PROBLEM
PICTORIAL SYMBOLISM
 Symbols or photographs
 The purpose of pictorial symbolism is to note important
details of film stories
 Pictorial must be learned and deciphered and
depending on the meaning behind pictures and the
culture that created the pictorial
EXAMPLE PHOTO
EMOTIONAL DYNAMIZATION
 Dynamization: Expresses psychology emotional in films that
becomes emotional dynamization
 Symbolism: symbols that show emotional effects in the movie
 Stylistic gesture
 Harp sequences (Sad Results)
 Purely dynamic (Positives Result)
 Cutting montage- cutting images from movies
http://www.slideshare.net/shaneral/powerpoint-31866780
 Eisenstein believed that nature’s eternal fluctuation
is dialectical- the result of the conflict and synthesis of
opposites
 Dialectic approach is an approach to film form that
presents an ideology by associating two opposing
elements
 Two separate concrete objects can be associated to
create a symbol
 Unlike painting that uses abstract lines and colors, film
relies more on concrete images within the frame

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Film theory film form group 4 complete

  • 1. A DIALECTIC APPROACH TO FILM FORM GROUP 4 Dominique Alford Sarah Woubneh Kelsey Fitzsimmons Shanera Leon Sean Kneese Evan Klein
  • 2.
  • 3.
  • 4. SOCIAL MISSION “…to cause the mind to think and to question what its seeing”.
  • 5. NATURE “the difference between what is real and what is created”.
  • 6. A montage is a basic element of cinema and established by Soviet film as the “nerve of cinema” A montage is when single shots are placed one after another and the movement of these shots are said to create a rhythm Known as the “epic principle” a montage is the means of unrolling an idea with the help of single shots
  • 7. However the author does not agree. He says that describing a montage in this way means defining a given object solely in relation to the nature of its external cause He believes a montage has more of metric relationship rather than rhythmic In his opinion, a montage is an idea that arises from the collision of independent shots
  • 8.  “We know that the phenomenon of movement in film resides in the fact that two motionless mages of a moving body, following one another, blend into an appearance of motion by showing them sequentially at a required speed”  The author claims this description of blending has the responsibility for the popular misconception of the nature of montage previously noted
  • 9. CONFLICT AND MONTAGE Manifestation can mean that the shot is not an element of montage or the shot is a montage cell. In this formulation there are division of Sub-title and Shot Shot and Montage.
  • 10. There are 3 different phases to the homogeneous task of expression. 1. Purely Verbal Utterance – without intonation expression in speech. 2. Gesticulatory Expression – projection of the conflict onto the whole expressive bodily system of man. 3. Projection of the Conflict into Space – zigzag mimic expression is propelled into the surrounding space following the same formula of distortion.
  • 11. TYPES OF CONFLICTS WITHIN THE FORM CHARACTERISTIC  Graphic conflicts  Conflict of planes  Conflict of volumes  Spatial conflict  Light conflict  Temp conflict  Conflict between matter and view point – spatial distortion through camera angle  Conflict between matter and its spatial nature – optical distortion by the lens  Conflict between and event and its temporal nature – slow and stop motion  Conflict between the whole optical complex and different space
  • 12. THIS WILL GIVE US AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE FILM PROBLEM
  • 13. PICTORIAL SYMBOLISM  Symbols or photographs  The purpose of pictorial symbolism is to note important details of film stories  Pictorial must be learned and deciphered and depending on the meaning behind pictures and the culture that created the pictorial
  • 15. EMOTIONAL DYNAMIZATION  Dynamization: Expresses psychology emotional in films that becomes emotional dynamization  Symbolism: symbols that show emotional effects in the movie  Stylistic gesture  Harp sequences (Sad Results)  Purely dynamic (Positives Result)  Cutting montage- cutting images from movies http://www.slideshare.net/shaneral/powerpoint-31866780
  • 16.  Eisenstein believed that nature’s eternal fluctuation is dialectical- the result of the conflict and synthesis of opposites  Dialectic approach is an approach to film form that presents an ideology by associating two opposing elements  Two separate concrete objects can be associated to create a symbol  Unlike painting that uses abstract lines and colors, film relies more on concrete images within the frame