Class 12 English — Chapter 16: Film-making
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What you'll learn
- ▸Filmmaking as Conjuring and Illusion
- ▸The Origin of a Cinematic Idea
- ▸The Conflict Between Film and Literature
- ▸The Relationship Between Film and Music
- ▸The Limitations of the Screenplay
- ▸Rhythm as the 'Vital Third Dimension' of Film
- ▸Childhood Influences on Artistic Vision
Chapter Summary
--- PAGE 1 --- 12076CH16 3 Film-making Ingmar Bergman is a well known Swedish director of films noted for their starkness, their subtle use of black and white and 'shades' of those extremes, the ambiguity of their content, and a certain brooding presence that seems to pervade them all. The list of Bergman films is long; his best known include The Seventh Seal (1957), Wild Strawberries (1958), The Virgin Spring (1960), The Silence (1963), Persona (1967), The Passion of Anna (1970), and Cries and Whispers (1973)—…
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Did you know?
- 💡 Early filmmakers often painted each frame by hand to add color to movies.
- 💡 The first film ever made was a 2-second clip of a man walking, in 1888.
- 💡 Before sound, live musicians played music and made sound effects during movies.
- 💡 Your eyes see twenty-four still pictures every second to create a moving film.
- 💡 Magic lanterns, ancient image projectors, existed hundreds of years before film cameras.
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