Essay Topic: Nosferatu (flim) This 81-minute film was made in 1922 by F.W. Murnau and was based on Stoker’s novel Dracula. Nosferatu was made during the transitional period of German Expressionism from the traditional arts into film. It is regarded as a classic example of German Expressionism. Murnau changed the characters’ names, and the location moved from London to Bremen. The film deals with so many characteristics ranging from plot/storyline, to bold artistic styles, to dealing with “intellectual”
cinema. 1. German Expressionism 2. French Impressionist Cinema 3. Poetic Realism and 4. Italian Neorealism German Expressionism In 1893 an artist named Edvard Munch was very famous for his art work. He usually focused on scenes of anxiety, agony, and death portraits. All these styles are adopted by the Expressionist. The term Expressionism
Hitchcock Hitchcock & German Expressionism Characteristics. The German Expressionist movement of the early twentieth century influenced may genre and directors long after the movement had faded from popularity. Film Noir, horror and fantasy, Tim Burton, Alex Proyas and of course, Alfred Hitchcock. The heavy use of mise-en-scene throughout films like Waxworks (Paul Leni), The Treasure (G.W. Pabst) and the infamous The Cabinet of Dr. Caligary (Robert Wiene) defined the movement. Blending the actors
horror film. The film stars Boris Karloff as the Monster, Colic Clive as Dr. Henry Frankenstein, and Ernest Thesiger as Doctor Pretorius. The film is a direct sequel to Whale’s 1931 films Frankenstein. Frankenstein and Pretorius create a Bride for their Monster, exploring themes of life, death, and creation. Though the film follows closely with the narrative structure of Classical Cinema and Hollywood studio production, the film’s style draws heavily from Expressionist inspiration. German Expressionism
Silken Chu FIST 100 Film Noir In the 1940s, the film genre, film noir, was defined and then redefined by two influential films of the era. Double Indemnity, directed by Billy Wilder in 1944, was paradigmatic for the genre, setting up standards for following film noirs, while Mildred Pierce, directed by Michael Curtiz in 1945, subverted the expectations set by such earlier films. Despite this, the two of them are labelled with the same genre, so one must wonder wherein lies the definition
Shot over a period of three days, the film had a run-time of only sixteen minutes; but in 1931 Carl Laemmle’s Universal Studios released a full length adaptation directed by James Whale and starring Boris Karloff as the Monster. “Without a doubt, Doctor Frankenstein is better known in America today than any other scientist, living or dead” (Capshaw 758). In Frankenstein, Whale took the lessons that the film world had learned from Murnau’s silent masterpiece and built upon
The early 20th century novella ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’, written by George Orwell, and the 1927 German science fiction film Metropolis, directed by Fritz Lang, are two scripts that are both highly influenced by the effectiveness of the social, cultural and historical contexts. Both texts appear to express a dystopian concern for threat of an unmediated concentration of power as accelerated by an escalating industrial capacity and, by extension, the implicit threat to individualism. Most specifically
Sleep is a 1946 film, is directed by Howard Hawks. He was an American film director, maker and screenwriter of the classic Hollywood period. He is well known for his movies from an extensive variety of types. In 1942, Hawks was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director. The enormous slumber is the first film form of Raymond Chandler's 1939 novel of the same name. The Big Sleep (1946) is one of Raymond Chandler's best hard-bubbled analyst riddles changed film, private detective film excellent.
Gothic genre in Tim Burton films Introduction Tim Burton has directed many well-known films. The majority of his films have a Gothic aspect such as Corpse Bride, Beetlejuice, and Frankenweenie and Sweeny Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street. The gothic genre is a genre of fiction characterized by mystery and supernatural horror, often set in a dark castle or other medieval setting. Gothic fiction, which is largely dominated by the subgenre of gothic horror, is a genre or mode of literature that
CHAPTER 2 Literature Review In Chapter 2 the film industry is analysed with special focus on the Marketing Mix. The chapter is introduced by the cinema industry sector. Furthermore it gives a detailed description of what an experience is what leads to the importance of marketing and makes clear why the 4Ps have been chosen to structure the literature review. The central theme is to discover the most appropriate film industry elements for the four different variables of the Marketing Mix to provide