Please continue reading the play "Death" by Woody Allen.
We will screen a film by director, writer, actor Woody Allen. If all goes well we may watch a second or third film.
As you watch, please pay attention to the camera shots Allen is using to tell his story: the use of voice over (VO) to 'tell a narrative story', plot, characterization, theme/message, basic camera shots: close-up, medium shot, full shot, long shot, extreme long shot, deep focus shot, and the basic camera movements: high angle, low angle, pan shot, crane shot, zoom, etc.
Additionally, the use of farce, hyperbole, mistaken identity, and absurdity are rampant in the film. Notice how these comedic techniques are used in the film. You, too, can use these techniques in your own writing!
Woody Allen is parodying various famous films. Here's a few clips of shots that he is taking directly from famous films:
We will screen a film by director, writer, actor Woody Allen. If all goes well we may watch a second or third film.
As you watch, please pay attention to the camera shots Allen is using to tell his story: the use of voice over (VO) to 'tell a narrative story', plot, characterization, theme/message, basic camera shots: close-up, medium shot, full shot, long shot, extreme long shot, deep focus shot, and the basic camera movements: high angle, low angle, pan shot, crane shot, zoom, etc.
Additionally, the use of farce, hyperbole, mistaken identity, and absurdity are rampant in the film. Notice how these comedic techniques are used in the film. You, too, can use these techniques in your own writing!
Woody Allen is parodying various famous films. Here's a few clips of shots that he is taking directly from famous films:
- Ingmar Bergman Persona
- Ingmar Bergman Seventh Seal
- Sergei Eisenstein's Battleship Potempkin
- Sergei Eisenstein's Alexander Nevsky
Eventually, you are going to be asked (again and again next year) to write film
reviews. Most newspapers utilize film and theater reviewers. If you
learn the basics, you may have a future career. It all starts here in
10th grade.
Advice about writing a film review.
Advice about writing a film review.
Our project will, if all goes well, concern ourselves with Woody Allen. It will examine up to 3 of his films and be a major paper/project for this marking period. Please take notes as you view the film. You will use your notes to write your review.
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