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Once we learnt some Cinematic Concepts, this time you are going to revisit your Historic Film and find, at least, 6 examples, making sure that you explain the effect intentions.
Here we have a link to the writing studio with examples of dynamics, points of view and other interesting aspects. Try to find in your classical film scenes where those points are clearly exemplified and take a photograph of them, add a brief explanation:
Cinema as a Visual Temporal Art we will have in mind different aspects as
Camera Work - Optical effects - Point Of View
Other concepts to have in mind would be:
Editing, - Lighting, -Composition, -Sound, -Special Effects
In the film I commented Voyage dans la Lune, we can say that it is a very primitive film from 1902.
It is in Black and White without sound, it has no titles to tell the story.
The camera work is null; the point of view is one of a spectator seated in the theatre, there are no camera movements. On the other hand, the optical effects are a novelty, using the substitution technique (through the editing). Composition is going to be important, all the ideas coming from the Varieties spectacle, with the stage machines and atrezzo.
A Satire
A Satire
It is clear a Jules Verne's touch.
All in all, the film is a satire of scientific advances and the enthusiasm for revolutionary inventions.
Very Primitive
Very Primitive
For us as viewers, there are missing effects like that there are no camera Movements, he kept the same point of view throughout the film.
Technical innovation
Technical innovation
Everything is new but especially the substitution technique. He would stop shooting and make, for example, the "selenites" in a smoke cloud.
Novelty
Novelty
There is no Color, No Sound, No Writings.
But he is trying different new techniques, like the Holes for the Stars, even if they won't work later on.
Variety Spectacle
Variety Spectacle
We must remember that Melies reference is the theatre, and he uses theatrical resources like a bunch of dancers, even if there is no music at all.
Stage Machinery
Stage Machinery
Using theatrical resources like the painted backgrounds and stage machinery, hanging actors, looking for an interesting effect.
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