Thursday 19 January 2012

Film Theory Lecture Notes:

Film theory Images and info from Presentation:
An AUTUER is the director of the film and is french for author. The chairs du cinema are like artists then have creative control and delop original work though personal film language. The Autuer theory was in 1962 and developed technical competencies. Hitchcock was based in Europe and the use and was an innovator and a master of suspense. He was inspired by avant grade but his films developed into mainstream. Technical competence through expressionist lighting and visual story telling were main selling points. he used a dolly zoom and subjective camera angles which enhanced and developed supense He also used montage and quick paced cutting elements to do the same. The personality is expressionistic and entails a story telling response that evokes emotion. He always used certain  characters (Cary Grant, James Stewart, Tippi Hedren, Doris Day, Joan Fontaine) and his use of blondes was also used as virginal firgid to create even more response and so that danger is there. 
- SURREALISM
- collab with Salvador Dali

- DONALD SPOTO
- birds eye view

- FEARS
- small kids
- policemen
- high places
- that his next film won't be as good as his last.




















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