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THE FRENCH NEW WAVE AND INDEPENDENT FILM – ORIGINS OF THE FRENCH NEW WAVE – CHARACTERISTICS OF THE FRENCH NEW WAVE – OLD STORIES FOR A NEW CINEMA – FRANCOIS TRUFFAUT’S THE 400 BLOWS (LES QUATRE CENTS COUPS)- THE JUMP CUT AND JEAN-LUC GODARD’S BREATHLESS...

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ALFRED HITHCOCK AND FILM HISTORY – VERTIGO AND PLOT STRUCTURE – THE ESSENCE OF VERTIGO – THE ART OF FILMMAKING – VOYEURISM – SCRIPTWRITING IN FILM Thrillers are a genre marked by murder, conspiracies, violence, and intrigue — the conventions of which master director Alfred...

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A GENRE FADES INTO THE SUNSET – DEFINING CHARACTERISTICS OF THE WESTERN – NARRATIVE, MORAL CONFLICT, AND THE SEARCHERS – THE ART OF FILMMAKING – WESTERNS AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF MYTH – JOHN WAYNE, HOLLYWOOD STARS, AND AUDIENCES While the Western may be a rarely...

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THE HOLLYWOOD MUSICAL – THE HOLLYWOOD MUSICAL, SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN, AND PARODY – SUBVERSIVE CONTENT IN THE MUSICAL – THE MUSICAL: A GENRE FOR DREAMERS – THE MUSICAL AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF COLOUR IN FILM – THE MUSICAL TODAY The musical may be the...

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HOLLYWOOD, FILM NOIR, AND THE 1940S – FILM NOIR AND DOUBLE INDEMNITY – GERMAN EXPRESSIONIST INFLUENCES IN FILM NOIR – FILM NOIR AND THE NEW PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES IN HOLLYWOOD – DOUBLE INDEMNITY AND THE CRAFTING OF EFFECTIVE SCENES After WWII, difficult social and economic transitions...

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WHAT ARE FILM GENRES? – WHAT DO GENRES DO? – DO GENRES ALWAYS STAY THE SAME? – GENRE AND NARRATIVE – AN EXAMPLE OF SCIENCE FICTION – MIXING GENRES Film genres are characterized by conventions in style, subject matter, and values — making for convenient...

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CITIZEN KANE AND AMERICAN CINEMA – THE STORY – CITIZEN KANE AND PLOT STRUCTURE – CITIZEN KANE, THE AMERICAN DREAM, AND THE SEARCH FOR MEANING – CINEMATOGRAPHY AND DEEP FOCUS – SOUND AND MUSIC IN CITIZEN KANE – AFTER CITIZEN KANE In the 1940s, Citizen...

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HOLLYWOOD AND THE GREAT DEPRESSION – THE GRAPES OF WRATH AND THE DIRECTOR JOHN FORD – THE SOCIAL JUSTICE GENRE – CHARACTERS AND THE GRAPES OF WRATH – DOCUMENTARY REALISM AND FILM – THE GRAPES OF WRATH, LIGHTING, AND CINEMATOGRAPHER GREGG TOLAND The Grapes of...

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HIS GIRL FRIDAY AND THE STUDIO YEARS – COMEDY AND GENRES – HOWARD HAWKS, HIS GIRL FRIDAY AND THE SCREWBALL COMEDY – DIALOGUE IN HIS GIRL FIDAY – THE NEWS ROOM AND HIS GIRL FRIDAY – ACTING AND PERFORMANCE IN HIS GIRL FRIDAY His Girl...

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THE END OF THE SILENT YEARS, THE STUDIO YEARS AND THE TALKIES – THE HOLLYWOOD STUDIO SYSTEM – CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MAJOR AND MINOR STUDIOS – THE HOLLYWOOD PRODUCTION CODE – THE PRODUCTION CODE AND CENSORSHIP – THE END OF THE STUDIO ERA The dawn...

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