1. FM4 Varieties of Film Experience: Popular Film and Emotional Response – Inglourious Basterds
WHAT EMOTIONAL RESPONSES CAN BE FELT FROM WATCHING ‘INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS’?
SOCIAL CONTEXT – How does knowing about
Hitler and what the Nazis did during WW2 affect how
you view the characters? Is it possible to feel any
sympathy for Hitler in this film?
ASPECTS OF FILM FORM WHAT IS THE EFFECT?
GENRE – what type of film is this? What
expectations do you have of the film when knowing
its genre? How does genre affect how we might
emotionally react to the events of the film
NARRATIVE / CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT –
does the narrative fit with Todorov’s and Vogler’s
models easily or not? Which characters are you
invited to sympathise with and which are you invited
to dislike?
CINEMATOGRAPHY – how is the camera used?
How does the way the film is shot affect if / how we
emotionally engage with the characters and the
events of the narrative?
SOUND – how are non-diegetic and diegetic sound
used and to what emotional effect?
EDITING – In what way(s) does the style of the
editing contribute to your ability to engage
emotionally with the characters?
MISE-EN-SCENE – how is mise-en-scene employed
to emotionally engage us?
PERFORMANCE – in what ways do the manner in
which the actors perform the roles add to your ability
to emotionally engage and respond to the characters
and the situations encountered?