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Sunrise (Realism Vs Expressionism (Expressionism (False perspective of…
Sunrise
Realism Vs Expressionism
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Expressionism
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Super imposition of the city - photographhying thought --> at the city/pushing the wife off the boat
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Mise-en-Scene
Women from the city wears dark clothhes clearly a bad influence, seen and depicted as evil
Women powerdering her nose (prop) and soup bowls - shows a domesticated style of living, domestic melodrama
Bruenette vamp - seductive ad evil (Women from the City) - ovious character types shown through mise-en-scene
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The moon during the marsh sequence - supernatural/scary or it could foreshadow the romance between the WFTC and the Man
Stylised Sun - the real and expressive are shown together, not separate
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Cinematography
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Composition is unbalanced, awaiting two shot (marsh sequence) - she is waiting for him to turn up, she knows he will --> immediate sens of control over him
Canted high angle when pushing wife in water - not as it should be, quite strange and not right. Photographing thought - he visualises doing it and it doesn't seem/feel right
Close up of wife crying - empathy for her, knows he inst being faithful, made to like her as a character
Representation
Wife
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Blonde - naive, innocent, child like features
Dress - light colours, hair is neat and in a bun --> old fashioned at home, countryside, natural
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Women from the City
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Dark costume, fashionable - evil
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Desperate actions - kissing him, tells him to kill his wife - tacticle with the man
Forest/woods - clouds, chioscuro lighting (independent)
Editing
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Text on black background with mist effect - German Expressionism, placards and nightmarish atmosphere
The word 'drowned' on the title - like she planted the idea in his head, emphasis on the word (how it might have been said). --> expressive, drips down off the screen, reflecting the motion of an actual drowning
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Cultural Context
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Highly constructed, not naturalistic
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Kammerspielfilms
emotionally realistic and intimate German dramas. The narratives were grounded in a reality and often focused on the psychology of the lower middle - class characters
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Production Context
Nationalities of crew
Carl Mayer (Austrian writer) - he participated in the legacy of German --> sceneraist (screen writer) he wrote the play in Germany, influenced the moving camera. He co-authored the the script for Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari
Rochus Gliese (set designer) (German) - accompanied Murnau to Hollywood --> his work was central to the visual effect and aesthetics of Sunrise an the film immediately became known for its grand, ambitious and expensivee mise-en-scene. He constructed simulated rural villages by the shores of Lake Arrowhead (german stylied village)
Charles Rosher (Englishman) who worked in Hollywood since the early days, cinematographer - he was asked how scenes should be shot. -- brings a realist style, however learnt from a german cinematographer
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Sound
Romantic music - love filled relationship between the two characters (American Melodrama) - helps to create mood instead of dialouge
Sinister violin (deep) music - dangerous and bade vibe created, this is not a good plan (American Melodrama) - helps to create mood instead of using dialouge