Characterization in American Independant CinemaUniversity of Wisconsin--Madison, 2005 - 350 pages |
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Page 280
... depth - producing . But the essential requirement of depth is the combination of relevant data with an explanatory mechanism to make sense of it . We might think of depth not as a pair of opposites , deep and shallow , but as two ...
... depth - producing . But the essential requirement of depth is the combination of relevant data with an explanatory mechanism to make sense of it . We might think of depth not as a pair of opposites , deep and shallow , but as two ...
Page 281
... depth to have shallow characterization , as in films by Bresson . 19 I do not believe it is possible , however , for a character to have depth of characterization but not of character , since it does not make sense for an explanatory ...
... depth to have shallow characterization , as in films by Bresson . 19 I do not believe it is possible , however , for a character to have depth of characterization but not of character , since it does not make sense for an explanatory ...
Page 292
... depth is achieved in two ways : by setting a lower baseline for comparisons of depth and shallowness than in single or dual protagonist films , as I have discussed , and by the effect of accumulative and comparative characterization ...
... depth is achieved in two ways : by setting a lower baseline for comparisons of depth and shallowness than in single or dual protagonist films , as I have discussed , and by the effect of accumulative and comparative characterization ...
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aesthetic American independent cinema argue art cinema aspects attribution audience behavior Big Lebowski Bordwell Cambridge Carol causal Chantelle Chapter character and characterization character psychology classical Coen brothers coherence complexity conception construction conventional critics cues cultural David Bordwell Dawn Dawn's depth devices discussion distinction Dollhouse Dude effect Ekman emotion expressions especially example experience expressions of emotion face facial expressions Fiction Film Theory film's filmmakers folk psychology function genre types goals Hard Eight Haynes Hollywood Hollywood cinema human independent films inferences interest in character John kind main characters mainstream May-Alice means mise en scène motivation narrative events Noël Carroll Passion Fish Paul Ekman personality traits plot realism relation representation represented Reservoir Dogs Sayles scene sense shallow significant situation Smith social cognition specific spectator stereotypes story storytelling style stylistic subjective narration Sydney techniques temporal thematic Todd Haynes typically understanding viewing strategies visual vocal expressions York