* to return to this page, when our subject is

mise-en-scene (Chaplin, Life of a Dog)

and

montage (Vertov + Eisenstein)

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Genres [ glossary ]

Themes

... showcases [list]

when moviws were films...

Plot & Story ***

Summer 2006. Updating my pages...

1. keywords (right) = tags

2. images = flickr.com

3. video -- film pages (analysis classics) = list?

4. search (use google on each page)!

5. blogs (on pages "new")

6. advertising = google + amazon (some leftover ads)

7. video clips

* 2006 * new pages: eisen and eisenstein, silent, soviet cinema, kurosawa, tarkovsky ....

The Passion of Joan of Arc Screenplay by Carl Theodor Dreyer (script) (clips?) drama

Realism vs. Expressionism

* pomo.vtheatre.net -- on film, too? Film is postmodernity itself! POV : can we see it within cinema origins? [ part 3. Theory ]

two support directories : film.vtheatre.net/doc + film.vtheatre.net/forms

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Genre : action * drama * comedy (script.vtheatre.net/theme)

silent era

The Great Train Robbery 1902 "Action" [ silent scripts in PLAYS ] Action in film directing
Widely credited as the first movie to tell a story (plot-centered). If the final shot seems out of place - that's because it was designed to be a promotion for the ... Edison Manufacturing Company - 12 min. (pop-culture = movies)

1902

storyboard ? "narrative" : dramatic composition [ 1 - 2 - 3 ] three act structure

-- silent scripts @ filmplus.org/plays [ The Passion of Joan of Arc -- Screenplay by Carl Theodor Dreyer ]

Genre : Crime, Action

... 1922 "How to write filmplus.org/film/photoplay," including glossary! [ e-book ]

film directing : script page with "Train Robbery" full text [ 11 scenes ].

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Charlie Chaplin Festival (1938)
Four Chaplin shorts from 1917: The Immigrant, The Adventurer, The Cure, and Easy Street presented with music and sound effects. - - 1 hr 17 min

Comedy and character-centered movies (Hero -- Aristotle, Structure)

and

Buster Keaton in "One Week" (1922) http://www.busterkeaton.com/

http://www.haroldlloyd.com/

* Chaplin Page : "Life of a Dog"

"Chaplin vs. Eisenstein" (mise-en-scene and montage)

goldensilents.com

"Love stories"

Horror

SF

http://film.vtheatre.net/video/Metropolis1927.gvp

Metropolis1927 google video player
(3 min. new window)

Ideology (Eisen and propaganda -- idea-centered) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_film

--- Documentary (Bordwell, ch.10) -- http://www.propagandacritic.com/gallery/index.html

GENRE page script analysis (Bakhin)

Chaplin, Dog's Life
Hero, (Man's best) Friend, The Girl and the Happy End.

Conflict -- Bad and Evil (how many levels)

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"Love Story" against "Buddies" story -- not complete mix. [ see students reviews ]

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