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**"Play It Again, Sam"** (7/16/2014) In this New York Times op-ed, [|Errol Morris explains why he uses re-enactments.]
 * English 425 Announcements**

Sound Production of //The Hobbit//
(7/14/2014)

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[|Mickey Mousing]

 * [|"Mickey mousing" in King Kong]
 * [|"Mickey mousing" in Dr. No]

Musical Motif ([|leitmotif])

 * [|Star Wars: The Force theme]
 * [|Casablanca: As Time Goes By] (diegetic music)
 * [|Casablanca: Play It] (diegetic, with nondiegetic sound bridge into flashback)
 * [|Casablanca: I Still Love You] (nondiegetic)
 * [|Casablanca: Here's Looking at You, Kid] (nondiegetic)

Film sound
(7/10/2014)
 * Here is a concise [|definition of diegetic and non-diegetic] sound from filmsound.org.
 * [|Definitions and examples related to sound design and film music.]

Surprise (or Mystery) vs. Suspense
(7/8/2014) //Psycho// uses both surprise and suspense. What is the mystery in //Psycho//? How and when is it revealed? What moments are most surprising? When does the movie create suspense?
 * [|Alfred Hitchcock on mystery vs. suspense]
 * [|Alfred Hitchcock on surprise vs. suspense]
 * [|Alfred Hitchcock on "pure cinematics" (the Kuleshov effect)]

The 180-degree rule
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Chaos cinema
(7/6/2014) A [|video essay] arguing that contemporary action films have given up on continuity, favoring an intense, chaotic style of editing.

Editing Documentary
(7/2/2014) A very good documentary about film editing, //The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing//. media type="custom" key="26307912"

Cinematography Videos
(6/30/2014) A good demonstration of lighting effects: contrast (ratio), quality, and direction (placement). media type="custom" key="26298486"

More videos:
 * [|The difference between zoom and moving camera]
 * [|Focal length (wide angle vs. zoom)]
 * [|Moving camera]
 * [|Shot types and shot distances (implied proximity)]

**Written on the Wind** (6/22/2014) A movie poster for Douglas Sirk's //Written on the Wind// (1956).



Narrative Structure or Formula?
(6/22/2014) Do you ever get the feeling that every movie you see is exactly like every movie you've seen before? [|Peter Suderman explains why in this article from Slate]. Here's the formula: [|Blake Snyder's Beat Sheet.]

**The Antoine Doinel films** (6/22/2014) Francois Truffaut made [|five films] about Antoine Doinel, all starring the same actor, Jean-Pierre Leaud.
 * //The 400 Blows// (1959)
 * //Antoine and Collette// (1962) - short
 * //Stolen Kisses// (1968)
 * //Bed and Board// (1970)
 * //Love on the Run// (1979)

**Greetings!** (6/16/2014) Welcome to our class wiki. We will be using this site as a hub for information about the class, as well as a place where you can share your writing and collaborate.

What is a wiki? [|Wikipedia] is one, for example. Here is an example of an educational wiki. For quick intro to wikis, watch this video.

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