Drama

The function of the cinema is to bring to light certain details that the stage would have left untreated.

Andre Bazin

The Birds

Drama
Stage vs. Screen

West Side Story

Time, Space & Language

Time
Scene vs. Shot Theatrical continuous time Temporal dislocation in film

Run Lola Run

Time, Space & Language

Space
Limits of theatrical space means usually deals with closed forms Long and Medium Shots Film frame masks ask objects & people only temporarily Extreme close-ups to extreme long shots

Touch of Evil

Time, Space & Language

Space
Stage player interacts with viewers - audience is active Adjusts to audience Contemporize older material

Alfie

Time, Space & Language

Space
Film - audience is passive: The details have been provided by cinematography, mise en scne, movement, editing, sound, sets & costumes Plays are language based while film is visual Adaptation of plays to screen & vice versa Opening it up Close-ups & nonsynchronous visuals

Romeo & Juliet 1996, 1936, 1968

The Director
Autuer theory
Dominance of the director as opposed to theatre which the writer is dominant Precision of film is not doable on stage

The Little Foxes

The Director
Autuer theory
Dominance of the director as opposed to theatre which the writer is dominant

Spike Lee, Quentin Tarantino, Stanley Kubrick

The Director
Film director has more control Camera can go anywhere Each shot is a different space Clarity in scenes as opposed to shots

The Third Man

Setting & Decor

Set & Dcor is a part of mise en scne or an extension of theme & characterization Set is not constant as in a play

Babel

Setting & Decor

Reality vs. Stylization
Some genres require deliberate unreality i.e. musicals, horror Not a hard & fast rule

Seinfeld vs. Midnight Cowboy

Setting & Decor

The Sound of Music & Mary Poppins

Setting & Decor

Realism & Formalism not absolute but most films tend to one or the other Kinds of realism - poetic & documentary

The Last King of Scotland Barton Fink

Setting & Decor

Formalist treatment of a realistic set

Amarcord

Setting & Decor

Production Designer: Responsible for designing the overall visual appearance of a movie. The Art Director: Oversees the artists and craftspeople who build the sets. Set Designer: Responsible for translating a production designer's vision of the movie's environment into a set which can be used for filming - The set designer reports to the art director. Set Decorator: A person who has total charge of decorating the set with all furnishings, drapery, interior plants, and anything seen on indoor or outdoor sets. Set Dresser: A person who maintains the set per the Set Decorator's requirements, placing elements such as curtains and paintings, and moves and resets the set decoration to accommodate camera, grip and lighting setups.

Setting & Decor

Checklist for Setting & Dcor Analysis
Exterior or Interior Style Studio or Location Period Class Size Decoration Symbolic Function
Drawing for Scarletts Bedroom in Gone with the Wind by William Cameron Menzie

Setting & Decor

Costumes & Makeup

Costumes & Makeup

Period Class Sex Age Silhouette Fabric Accessories Color Body Exposure Function Body Attitude Image

Roxanne

Cyrano de Bergerac x 2

Costumes & Makeup

Period Class Sex Age Silhouette Fabric Accessories Color Body Exposure Function Body Attitude Image

Roxanne Cleopatra 1934

Costumes & Makeup

Cleopatra 1999 Cleopatra 1963 Caesar & Cleopatra 1945

Writing
Casablanca
1942 Dir. Michael Curtiz Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid & Claude Rains Voted #2 film of all time by the American Film Institute Nominated for 7 Oscars - won 3 - Best Picture, Best Director & Best Screenplay Written by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison (play: Everybody Comes to Rick's), Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein and Howard Koch (screenplay)

Writing
Casablanca
Here's looking at you, kid" was voted as the #5 movie quote by the American Film Institute "Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship." was voted as #20 "Round up the usual suspects." was voted as #32 "We'll always have Paris." was voted as #43