FEBRUARY 11
Films:
Pickpocket (Bresson 1959) Blu-Ray 387
Elephant (Clark 1988) DVD 1441
Excerpt:
A Man Escaped (Bresson 1956) Blu-Ray 287 (
Reading (to be done by
February 17):
Robert Bresson. Excerpts from Notes on Cinematography. (in course reader)
Paper topic (paper due
February 18 by 4 p.m. Graduates email paper to gmairs@calarts.edu; undergraduates email paper
to FilmHistoryTA@gmail.com):
Today we discussed the idea
that formal choices have consequences, that camera position, shot length,
performance, etc lead the audience to identify with a character, to reject them,
feel superior or inferior to them, etc. Being extremely specific, discuss the
effect a formal choice made in either Elephant
or Pickpocket had on your attitude
towards a character in the film.
