Keynote Questions 12/8/09

Film Techniques

1.What film techniques did Alfred Hitchcock use in Rear Window?

panning shot of the neighborhood

1. What film techniques does Orson Welles use in Touch of Evil?

Zoom-in

1. If there’s a scene that a character is listening to the radio, what kind of sound is that?

Digetic.

Film Timeline

1. Contribution of the French to Cinema

The Lumiere brothers and Melies were the first film makers.

1. What was the contribution of the Germans to cinema?

German Expressionism- Metropolis, The Triumph of Will, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

1. What happened in the 1950s in cinema?

New film techniques- widescreen, 3D, etc.

1. How are the official and outlaw hero used in Casablanca and Angels With Dirty Faces?

In Casablanca, Laslow is the official hero and Rick is the outlaw hero.

In Angels With Dirty Faces, Rocky is the outlaw hero that everyone looks up to, and that the official hero, Father Connely, wants everyone to stop admiring.