Refers to the staging of a scene

ILS 4176

Mise En scene

Refers to the staging of a scene (theater), in relation to setting, arrangement of the actors, the lighting, etc. In film, it describes the arrangement of elements of within the frame of a single shot.

Composition

The arrangement of all the elements within the screen image to achieve a balance of light, mass, shadow, color, and movement.

Camera Angles

· Position of camera in relation to subject determines camera angle

· Low Angle: camera looking up at subject

· Tarentino trunk scenes

· High Angle: camera looking down at subject

Back Lighting

Lighting which comes from directly behind the subject, placing it in silhouette.

Close-Up

A shot in which a face or object fills the frame.

Dolly Shot

A shot taken while the camera is in motion

Steadicam

Other camera movements

Pan: horizontal camera movement

Motion

· Accelerated (Fast) Motion: higher speed than in reality

· Superman train scene

· Decelerated

Continuity

Continuity Editing: A style of editing that maintains a continuous and seemingly uninterrupted flow of action

Flash back

· A shot or sequence that takes the action of the story into the past

· Woody Allen’s Annie Hall

Cross-Cutting

Jumping back and forth between two or more locations, inviting us to find a relationship between two or more events.

Cinema Verite

A way of filming real-life scenes without elaborate equipment, playing down the technical means of production (script, special lighting, etc.) and emphasizing the “reality” of the screen world.

Sound

· Non-diegetic: sound that only audience hears

· Score

· Very important in many sports movies

· Rocky

· Hoosiers

· The Natural

· Rudy

· Chariots of Fire

· Voice-over

· Shawshank Redemption

Identify Themes From :”Anaksning the Grant” by Seth wickersham

Why is this a story worthy to be Told

What do we learn about sport thorough the story

How does the sport story help us understand something beyond sports?

Take home Quiz

Identify and explain 3 firm techniques from “dare to dream”

Type and submit Monday 12/12

Please edit for grammar. 1-2pages.

2016/12/13

Joseph Campbell

· The hero with a Thousand Faces

· The monomyth

· Importance of myth and the idea of the journey

“What human beings have in common is revealed in myths…[and myths] help you to put your mind in touch with this experience of being alive”(The Power of Myth)

The Journey

· Journey as cycle-leaving and returning

· Salman Rushdie: every story is about either leaving home or returning home

Hero’s Call

1. Introduced in the Ordinary World

2. Call to adventure

3. Reluctant at first of the call

4. Encouraged by Mentor

5. Mentor encourages hero to cross first threshold

6. In the special world, they encounter tests, allies and enemies

7. They approach the Innermost Cave corssing a second threshold ….

9. They take possession of their Reward

10. And they are pursued on the road back to the ordinary world

11. They cross the third threshold, experience a resurrection, and are transformed by the experience.

12. They RETURN WITH THE ELIXIR, a boon or treasure to benefit the Ordinary World.

The Seven Archetypes

· From Joseph Campbell’s The Hero with a Thousand Faces

· Archetype: “The original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies; perfect example of something” (Merriam-Webster)

1. Hero

“We experience the journey through the eyes of the hero.

· Protagonist or central character

· Sacrifices himself/herself for the journey

· Restores the Ordinary World’s balance

2. Mentor

“The Mentor provides motivation, insights and training to help the Hero.”

3. Threshold Guardian

“Threshold Guardians protect the special World and its secrets…provide essential tests to prove a Hero’s worth.”

4. Herald

“Herald characters issue challenges and announce the coming of significant change.”

5. Shapeshifter

“The shapeshifter’s mask misleads the Hero by hiding a character’s intentions and loyalties.”

6. Shadow

“Can represent our darkest desires…untapped resources…they may reveal redeeming qualities…enemies and villains often wear the shadow mask…determined to destroy the hero and his/her cause.”

7. Trickster

· Disrupts the status quo

· Can turn the ordinary world into chaos

· Uses laughter/ridicule to make characters see the aburdity of the situation

· May help force a change

2016/12/14

Suffering and Sports

“There are lessons and insights that suffering illumines as nothing else can” (Houston Smith, The World’s Religions)

Judaism

· Original Sin

· Defeat and Exile

· The Book of Job

Christianity

· Suffering and Faith

· Redemption and Resurrection

Buddhism

· First Noble Truth: “Life is dukkha (suffering)”

· Difficult 8 Fold Path to live correctly and improve life

Islam

· The Koran: “Do you think that you shall enter The Garden of bliss without such trials as came to those who passed before you?”

Greek Gods

· Divine Justice

· Random cruelty of the gods

· The Fates

Musee des Beaux Arts

· W.H. Auden poem

· Brueghel’s Icarus

Return Home

· Most major religions narrate a journey, whether toward enlightenment or an after-life

· There is a destination, a sense of completion that is possible

“We bereaved are not alone. We belong to the larget company in all the world — the company of those who have known suffering.” -Helen Keller

Cinderella man

Russel crowe presentation

Legacy

· Historians/Poets immortalized athletes

· Pindar: “But, my heart, would you chant the glory of games” (“Olympia 1”)

· Modern Olympics – April, 1896 – Athens

Sports Hero=Hero???

· Connection to feats of bravery, strength

· Connection to war/military

· Greek ideal citizen (to be discussed)- body and mind

· Like us and not like us

Hero

Seems to do the right thing in all situations. Displays great integrity, virtue, and a strong sense of morality.

Tragic Hero

· Has integrity and good reputation

· Serious character flaw will eventually lead to his/her suffering and downfall.

· The element of fate is also involved.

Anti-Hero

· Usually seen as the antithesis of the typical hero.

Hero introduced in the ordinary world

Call to adventure

Reluctant at first or refuse the call

21 December 2016

Hubris and Nemesis

Hubris

· Excessive pride

· Overconfidence

· Lack of humility

· Outrageous arrogance

Achilles vs hector

Hector foreshadows demise of Achilles( Nemesis)

But the gods will not forget this,

And I will have my vengeance on that day

When Paris and Apollo destroy you

In the long shadow of Troy;s Western Gate.

Odysseus (Ulysses)

· Phaecian Games

· “come up to that throw if you can, and i ill throw another disc as heavy or even heavier… If anyone wants to have a bout with me let him ……………..”

Cyclops

“But I would not listen to them, and shouted out to him in my rage, ‘Cyclops, if any one asks you who it was that put your eye out and spoiled your beauty, say it was…………….”

Nemesis

· The consequence for someone who displays hubris.

· Today, generally taken to mean one’s worst enemy.

· Ancient Greek: Nemesis a goddess/messenger of Justice, a deity who brought retribution against those who violate the natural order and proportion of the world.

Gluttony

Envy/Jealousy

Resentment of others for their possessions; a desire to deprive other men of their goods

Sloth/Laziness

Idleness and wastefulness-results in others having to work harder

Theory of Tragedy

· Aristotle’s Poetics: book of literary theory (350 B.C.?)

· Definition of tragedy used, analyzed and critiqued for centuries

· Greek plays original…..

· ….

Tragic Hero (Part 1)

· Noble stature and has greatness.

· Must occupy a “high” status position

· Must embody nobility and virtue

Tragic Hero (Part 2)

· Great but not perfect

· Audience can relate to flawed hero

· Like us but elevated to a higher position in society.

Tragic Hero (Part 3)

· Downfall from free choice, not of accident or fate.

· Error of judgment or some character flaw, as hamartia and is usually translated as “tragic flaw”

· Often the character’s hamartia involves hubris

Tragic Hero (Part 4)

· The hero’s misfortune not wholly deserved.

· The punishment exceeds the crime.

Tragic Hero (Part 5)

· The fall is not pure loss.

· Some increase in awareness, gain in self0knowledge, and/or discovery on the part of the tragic hero.

Tragic Hero (Part 6)

· Arouses solemn emotion but cleanses

· “Unhealthy” emotions of pity and fear and ridded through a catharsis (from watching the tragic hero’s terrible fate)