TCF 112 1st Edition Lecture 6 Outline of Last Lecture I Hollywood in the 30 s a The Coming of Sound i Dilemmas of Sound ii Sound on disc iii Sound on film iv De Forests Audion Tube 1 Impact on HW v Warner Bros and Sound vi Broad Impacts of Sound vii Singin in The Rain viii Don Juan ix The Jazz Singer x Lights of New York Outline of Current Lecture I Hollywood in The 30 s Cont a The Musical i The Broadway Melody ii Busby Berkeley These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute 1 Busby s Poetics iii Astaire Rogers Musicals 1 Astaire Rogers Poetics iv Swing Time II Storytelling Through Film Style Film Structure a Drama b Story vs Plot vs Narration c Classical Three Act Structure d Brainstorming the Three Acts Current Lecture Hollywood in the 30 s Cont The Musical The Broadway Melody 1929 1st Hollywood musical Won Academy Award for Best Picture Starred Bessie Love Return to proscenium framing and static shots Released by MGM Busby Berkeley Reinvents the musical Gave film audiences views of the stage performers and sets unavailable to theater viewers o Berkeleys Poetics 1 Music as graphic design or geometric pattern Footlight Parade music as graphic design in motion 2 Diegetic music motivates the musical numbers Diegetic within the story world 3 Musical numbers are independent of larger narrative 4 Dynamic and clever 5 Eroticism Astaire Rogers Musicals Ginger Rogers Fred Astaire o Astaire Rogers Poetics 1 Non diegetic music for many numbers 2 Music and dance are integral to stories 3 Proscenium and subtly moving camera 4 Wide shots capture performers movements 5 Long shots duration to capture entirety of the performance flow editing undermines authenticity Swing Time 1936 Directed by George Stevens Choreographed by Astaire Rogers and Hermes Pan Storytelling Through Film Style Film Structure Drama Drama a person with a problem Story vs Plot vs Narration Story what the film tells us events that characters go through Plot abstract scheme of the story dispassionate summary Narration strategic telling of the story how the story is assembled and communicated to the audience Classical Three Act Structure Act I set up Turning Point 1 ends Act I and transitions into Act II Act II development and confrontation Turning Point 2 ends Act II and transitions into Act III Act III resolution Brainstorming the Three Acts Consider the three acts and how they flow and effect the movie in popular movies like Star Wars The Avengers The Dark Knight