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moonlight 41.31- 44.35

summary of the scene- in this scene Chiron’s mother is begging Chiron to give him all the money he has because she wants to buy drugs.

joker- 7.42- 9.24

summary of this scene- in this scene, the joker is sat on a bus doing silly faces to a small child and then everyone on the bus gets uncomfortable and he starts to uncontrollably laughing and shows his disability badge.

Realist vs Expressive

Realism – Where there is an unaltered truth being portrayed, that can be seen in real life. Examples include:

  • This is England – When Combo and his gang first appear, everyone is terrified, and the camera is put amongst the others at eye level, making us feel like we’re really there.
  • Moonlight – Where Chiron at the start of the film is being chased by boys who are bullying him, it doesn’t use any abstract shots, but lets us see his unaltered fear.
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Expressionism – Where abstract and surreal shots are used to highlight certain ideas or themes. Examples include:

  • Trainspotting – when Renton is entering the Mother Superior’s room which is lit with primarily red and then sinks into the floor as he goes deeper into his high.
  • Strike: – When the villains are being linked with their animal counterparts to show their personality, such as this person being linked with an owl as he mimics the blinking.

Eisenstein’s merges the two to great extent during intellectual montages, usually putting a expressionist shot before a realist shot to convey a new meaning.

  • Here the bears are chained up and being used like puppets for amusement (expressionist shot) and this is followed by the workers grouping together to fight the power (realist shot). This creates the new sense that the workers are just like the bears, chained and used with no regard for well being.
  • Here there is is a cow being mindlessly and brutally slaughtered (expressionist shot) and this is followed by a mass pile of civilians, dead, shot down by the army (realist shot). This gives the new sense that for the army to murder these people is just like killing livestock.

Strike Methods of Montage

Intellectual Montage

Intellectual Montage is sued with scenes cutting between the workers and the slaughter of a cow. This is Representative of how the workers are being treated like farm animals and being slaughtered by the government.

Tonal Editing Montage

There is many moments in the film where we see tonal editing montage such as the various scenes of animal abuse throughout the film such as the man kicking the cat. A good example is the scene where a worker is trapped between a door. The use of lighting is used to make his position look more dire and uncomfortable.

Metric Montage

The metric Montages in the film are impact to the story, for example the scene where a the firefighters don’t extinguish the fire on the house.

Over Tonal Montage

A good example of Over Tonal Montage is when the worker are killed by the soldiers , this makes good use of the tone of the film

Rhythmic Montage

A rhythmic montage is used in the scene where a mother is beaten for trying to save her son from the army.

Soviet Contructivism fine art movement.

Soviet Constructivism is an early twentieth century art movement founded in 1915 by Vladimir Tallinn. The purpose of it was in favor of propaganda and social purposes that were associated with Soviet Socialism. An example of this is El Blitzkriegs poster Beat the whites with the red wedge. This had major effects in the 20th century influencing major trends such as architecture, graphic design, industrial design, theater and dance.