Term 2 Theory 2

Tuesday 3rd Feb 2015

Gender in Cinema (Classical Hollywood)

Gender stereotypes

Hollywood Film- The Good, The Bad and the Ugly

Film Noir

Maltese Falcon 1941

 Hollywood
Film- Tango and Cash

Meshes of the of the Afternoon by Maya Deren & Alexander Hamid
( a surrel, pyshological mood changing the interior life of a women ) 

Fireworks By Kenneth Anger 1947

Term 2

 Tuesday 27th Jan 2015
Theory One

 Cinema and Psychoanalysis. The Theory of the Dream

We had watched a a series of films related to the theory of dream from different film makers. 

Mullahond Drive by David lynch

Gradiva Raymondo Carasco (1979)

Jean Cocteau (Blood of a Poet)

We had discussed various forms of dreams and KEY words associated with the theory of dream.

i.e manifest - something appears the subject reveals itself.
latent- latent becomes a latent manifest

Theory 4

Tuesday 18th November 2014

Post- War- Avant- Grade Moving Image (2): Psychedelia

Today was about the notion of Gesamtkunstwerk, the total work of Art.

We analysed an extract called the Total Work of Art, 2007 and watched a few clips and short videos to help us understand this text and what Gesamthunstwerk meant. this theory was mainly about art and film in the 60s.

these were the clips we had watched:

Triumph of the Wall (1935) 

Tristan UND ISOLDE Teatro Real: an 5 hour performance about an complicated relationship about a couple whom can't be together and commits suicide.

Das Triadische Ballet. the production design was by the Bauhaus an Arts school as mentioned in the extract The Total Work of Art.

Looked at Andy Warhol again his video on the Exploding plastic Inevitable

John Whitney- Permutations (1966)

Theory 3

Tuesday 4th November 2014

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        Post War Avant Grade Moving Image : 1 Conceptualism         

During this lecture we had watched a few short films from the 90s and then analysed them.

these were the few films we had watched:

Dir : Spencer Tracy, Film:Adams Rib (1949) Genre: Romcom

My opinion - Illusion of reality: war post trauma, cinema is a way of escapism 60s start to get interesting.

Andy Warhol- Screen Test Film- Edie Sedgwick is the subject in the test.

Andy Warhol- State Building

Empire Film above is a 16mm film, a still positioned film, no edits, no cuts used.

Bruce Nauman- film called Walking in an Exggarated Manner, an 16mm film 1967-68

Naumans film is weird, different and dont understand it and slow.

Film- Hand Catching Lead by Richard Serra. 1971

Berlin Horse- Malcolm Le Grice1970. used chemicals dyd on the film activated by light.

this last video is my Marcel Broodthaers 1974, considered the father of conceptual art.
video called Voyage on the North Sea.

       

Theory: 2

28th October Tuesday
Cristina Bogdan

Pre-war Avant-garde Cinema 

Massive change in Art

First Photograph come to life

 

High Art 

• Aimed at wealthy high society
• Has detail, intricacies
• Would reflect high society lifestyle
• Sometimes buyer's would be portrayed in the paintings
• Mainly involves people

 At the Hypnotist above film

This film is first to use and invent the use of depth.

Modernism - points out that paintings are literally paint on canvas, and are not a reproduction of live, separating it from photographs.

this is called endless Column





Abstract Cinema

The Death of Marat painting below


 Requim by Mozart soundtrack

 Battleship of Potemkin an Famous film

Man with a Camera film below and is about the day in the life of an Camera Operator

Theory:1

Tuesday 21st Oct 2014

Cristina Bogdan

HISTORY OF RT AND CINEMA IN THE 20th and 21st CENTURY

Pre- modernism to modernism
 painting called Decadence of Rome 1847
 

Monet Impressionist


From modernism to post moderist

Jackson Pollock


minimalist

conceptual art
land art
pop art
post conceptual art
young british artists

Lecture

13th Oct Tuesday
Bill Balaskas

we had watched another 3part documentary called
Perverts Guide to Ideology directed by Sophie Fiennes.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2152198/

Lecture

7th Oct Tuesday
Bill Balaskas

we had watched a three part documentary called

Perverts Guide to Cinema directed by Sophie Fiennes
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0828154/