This document discusses various aspects of art and film appreciation. It covers topics like the definition of art as the communication of ideas through various mediums. It also discusses principles of artistic shape such as theme unity, rhythm, variety, contrast and climax. In addition, it examines the illusion of similarity created by cinema through manipulating dimensions and shapes on screen. Finally, it notes that art can be categorized as representation, expression or form, and that film appreciation helps understand the potential of movies and history of cinema.

1. CINEMA APPRECIATION
Student: Aura Villa
Teacher: Ma. Teresa Llumiquinga

2. UNIT 1: ESTHETICS AND ART
1.1 OBSERVATION OF ART AND THE ART OF OBSERVATION
Art does not have to be innovative to be good. I believe art is the
communication of an idea, be it visual, musical, communicative or
other.
We can see art as both an interaction between our psychological
existence and our cultural expression of that existence.
Art goes to all human being and it’s part of our lives.
Esthetics, emerged during the 18th century in Europe and it
refers to the beauty of an art and artistic taste.

3. 1.2 CREATIVE ABILITIES
The artistic phenomenon is
above all a fact and an
inner process in the whole
being, with all its abilities
armoniously in charge of
communication.
Every human being is
subjected to this
cognition process of
his/her sensorial nature.
The difference with an
artist is only there in the
degree of sensitivity and
the attention the
individual pays to the
inner phenomenon.
In the Artistic idea,
every art may be able
to convey ideas and
reflect life situations
but will never dismiss
those shapes that
constitute its own
essence.

4. 1.3 FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF THE ARTISTIC SHAPE.
• THEME UNITY
• RHYTHM
• VARIETY
• CONTRAST
• PROGRESSIVE
DEVELOPMENT
• CLIMAX
• THE TOTAL
CYCLE

5. Unity refers to
the whole work,
to that complete
something that
every piece of
art has to be.
Theme Rhythm,
is when the
same element
repeats
continuously
and it may
happen in very
different orders.
Variety, has to
do with mixing
artistic elements
to achieve
complex and
detailed
relationships.
Contrast, avoids
Monotony in the
artistic work.
Progressive
development, it
means
increasing
interest.
The total cycle,
Dramatic plan:
Intoducion-
Development-
Culmination-
End.

6. 1.4 FOR A THEORY OF FILM – MAKING REALIZATION
The document which shows us a film- making movie already cut and eddited
is not only the impartial description of an event or a phenomenon, but the
expression of an interpretative act of the one who has directed the film.
The substancial aspect of cinema and television is represented by images.
The act of enjoyment will face a reality-image
The spectacular effectiveness of cinema is in the idea of illusion

7. Illusion of Similarity
As we know everything is fictitious in the screen, and the first illusion
produced by cinema is the one of similarity with the physical existence
it represents.
The first thing a director is devoted to is the reciprocal and relative
relationship of the camera and its plastic elements, objects and actors
that will build the filmed reality.
There are two fundamental properties to project the images: the
constancy of dimension and the constancy of shape:

8. In conclusion art has generally fallen into three categories:
representation, expression, and form.
An aesthetic experience could include a mixture of feeling, such as
pleasure, rage, grief, suffering, and joy.
Cinema Appreciation make you understand the potential of a movie
along with a good understanding of the history of cinema.
To understand cinema, it is also essential to understand the timeline
and milestones since the inception of Cinema till the day.
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