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A video essay explaining why old films don't really look like stage plays. It's a common criticism among young viewers (at least, I hope they're young) to claim that classical movies are too "theatrical", as if they were no more than filmed plays.
Though the influence of theatrical staging on cinematic staging is undeniable, cinema is capable of creative arrangements of actors and sets that are simply impossible on the stage. We'll see examples in three films from the classical era, all from brilliant filmmakers: Otto Preminger's "Anatomy of a Murder", Jean Renoir's "The Rules of the Game" and John Huston's "The Asphalt Jungle". Plus, we'll see how one Steven Spielberg still keeps creative cinematic staging alive and well in "The Fabelmans".
You'll realize there's a term more appropriate to cinema than our famous mise-en-scène: mise-en-cadre, or mise-en-frame, or mise-en-shot. It's a thing.
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Brandenburg Concerto No4-1 BWV1049 - Classical Whimsical by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Source: incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100303
Artist: incompetech.com
Join me on Patreon: patreon.com/Moviewise
Read David Bordwell saying "Try doing this on the stage!" davidbordwell.net/blog/2023/03/03/manual-labors
A video essay explaining why old films don't really look like stage plays. It's a common criticism among young viewers (at least, I hope they're young) to claim that classical movies are too "theatrical", as if they were no more than filmed plays.
Though the influence of theatrical staging on cinematic staging is undeniable, cinema is capable of creative arrangements of actors and sets that are simply impossible on the stage. We'll see examples in three films from the classical era, all from brilliant filmmakers: Otto Preminger's "Anatomy of a Murder", Jean Renoir's "The Rules of the Game" and John Huston's "The Asphalt Jungle". Plus, we'll see how one Steven Spielberg still keeps creative cinematic staging alive and well in "The Fabelmans".
You'll realize there's a term more appropriate to cinema than our famous mise-en-scène: mise-en-cadre, or mise-en-frame, or mise-en-shot. It's a thing.
#videoessay #filmmaking #classiccinema #cinematography #filmdirector #jamesstewart #
Brandenburg Concerto No4-1 BWV1049 - Classical Whimsical by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Source: incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100303
Artist: incompetech.com
