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Arts Lesson 1 –
CINEMA
Cinema - is from the French “cinématographe” which
comes in part from the greek “kinema” meaning
movement.
Cinema is really just another word meaning moving
picture. It also has come to mean more generally the
process of film-making and also the building where
films are shown.
Meaning of cinema - motion-picture theater
a motion-picture theater, movies. especially the film
industry, the art or technique of making motion
What is cinema and modernity?
Modernism was concerned with everyday life, perception, time
and the kaleidoscopic and fractured experience of urban space.
Cinema -with its techniques of close-up, panning, flashbacks
and montage played a major role in shaping experimental works
such as Mrs Dalloway or Ulysses.
What is film?
A film, also called a movie or a motion picture. a series of still
photographs on film projected onto a screen using light in rapid
succession. The optical phenomenon known as persistence of
vision gives the illusion of actual, smooth, and continuous
movement.
The elements of cinema
1. Narrative - Narration can be subjective or objective and
restricted or unrestricted in terms of the flow of
information. Time can seem more compressed or more
expanded. The plot is a selection of events from the story.
Characters have specific goals, desires, and behavioral
traits.
2. Sound- Sound can affect the rhythm. Sound can also
shape one's perception of fidelities or how close the sound
is to actual sound. Space and time can also be represented
creatively using sound design techniques.
3. Mise-en-scene- The setting is indicated by the props, costumes and make-
up, and the design of the set. The set can also be an actual existing location
configured for the setting. The way actors perform visually register on camera.
Performance has facial expressions, movement of the body or body language,
and gestures. Closely related to cinematography is lighting design or the
selection of the appropriate source of light (artificial or natural; artificial key
light or fill light), direction (top light, under light, side light, back light), and
quality of light (hard light with sharp shadows or soft light
with more diffused light and gentler shadows).
4. Cinematography - many of the techniques in cinematography are those learned
in photography. The only difference is the following: that focus can be pulled
from foreground to background in one shot, the duration can be prolonged
or made abrupt; shots can be slowed down or speeded up through the slow
motion or fast motion; framing can be mobile using the crane, tilt, tracking
or dolly, and pan.
CINEMA IN PHILIPPINE
CONTEXT
When was cinema introduced to the Philippines?
January 1, 1897 .The first film screenings in the Philippines took
place on this day. The title of the films shown were Un Homme Au
Chapeau (Man with a Hat), Une scene de danse Japonaise
(Scene from a Japanese Dance), Les Boxers (The Boxers), and
La Place de L'Opera (The Place L'Opera).