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Introduction We had watched a documentary, The Blair Witch. This film is considered as fictional film and it is directed by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez.  Theory Discussion In class, we had discussed the differences between the Mockumentary and Documentary Drama. However, this documentary film is considered as Mockumentary. Mockumentary is a documentary that shoots in a type of non-fictional film to create a fictional film.  This documentary was shot is based on the storyline and other information. The documentary still looking was real and actual. However, the documentary drama is a documentary that shoots in a type of fictional film to create a nonfictional film. We continue discussing the modes of representation in the documentary in class which are poetic, expository, observational, interactive, reflexive and performative documentary. Poetic – Films of this mode breaks up time and space into multiple perspectives, denying coherence and accepting...

Introduction Feminist started in the 1920s, looking at women’s expression of her own subjectivity. Feminist film theory matured in the late 1960s, after radicalized feminist movement (of sexual liberation and political debate of female representation.) During week 11, I had watched a movie which called, ‘Legally Blonde’.  Today, I would like to discuss the theory of feminist in the film. Theory Discussion Feminism is a set of political practices seen through the analyses of the social/historical position of women as subordinated, oppressed or exploited in dominant modes of production (such as capitalism) and/or by social relations of patriarchy or male domination. Because films are viewed as a reflection of the society (and vice versa), we can seek out the ideological and social construction of women in films. Themes explored in feminist theory include discrimination, stereotyping, objectification, oppression, and patriarchy. In Feminist film t...

Introduction I had learned about the documentary film in this week. The documentary film that I watched is “March of the Penguins”. This film is directed by Luc Jacquet and released in the year 2005. I will discuss the documentary film theory as the following. Theory Discussion There are 3 assumptions for the audience to think of what is documentaries. First and foremost, films events are not staged, thus providing an authentic look. Mise-en-scene is particularly put together like fiction films. Next, documentaries are not a fiction film, thus they depict not imaginary but real events. Film fiction provides imaginative impression while documentaries are very truthful. Furthermore, documentaries filmmakers are assumed to observe the events and make the objective record of the events. However, the above-mentioned assumptions are criticized heavily in recent times. Due to the selection of techniques, equipment, footage, angles, and other technical decisions are of th...

Introduction Breathless ( A ( ` ) bout de souffle) is a French film in 1960. This film is directed by Jean-Luc Godard. In this film, the theory of French New Wave has adapted to. French New wave was started in 1959 and ended in 1969. In 1951, Andre Bazin and Jacques Donial Valcroze was found Cashierd Du Cinema.  There was a group of writers who are Francois Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard for this magazine.  However, there are two principles held at Cahiers du Cinema which are rejected montage aesthetics, favoring mise-en-scene and personal authorship. This principle means the film not only be a rational experience but also should include emotional and psychological experiences. The second principle means the film should be a medium personal artistic expression. Theory Discussion There are two criteria in French New Wave which are economic and aesthetics. The film of the French New Wave is an independent and low budget. In the aesthetic aspect, th...

Introduction Bicycle Thieves is a 1928 Italian film directed by Vittorio De Sica. This movie is talk about a real life of a father after post World War II. This film had adopted the theory of Italian Neorealism. According to the David Bordwell, Cesare Zavattini was the theoretical founder of neorealism in 1942. He had suggested a new form of Italian Cinema that abolishes contrived and planned plots, use real people and locations so that direct contact is established with contemporary social reality. For Zavattini view, the plot means as a fake structure of “everyday life”, professionals actors complimented the falsehood, and contemporary social realism means that unconditional emphasis on the ordinariness of Today. Next, neorealism was known as a cinema of poverty and pessimism. It declines began in the fifties when the times were changing for the better. It is revolutionary and happened during a time of non-revolutionary transition towards prosperity and affluence. Not econom...

Introduction The film that we had watched on last Friday is The Maltese Falcon (1941). This film is directed by John Huston. The Maltese Falcon is a film noir when 1941. I will be discussing what is the film noir in this journal. Film noir is a term coined by French critics in 1946. The period of film noir emerged was 1941 – 1958. In film noir, it features a world of criminals, of darkness and violence with characters’ central motives are usually greed, lust, and ambition, drenched in fear. In film noir, most of these films are the film in black and white. T heory Discussion – Semantic and Syntactic Approach Semantic = Visual ·          Mise-en-scene -           -  Locations / settings -           -  Makeup and costume -           -  Lighting -           -  Actors’ behaviors & movement Syntacti...