ANDRÉ BAZIN AND REALIST TECHNIQUES

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André Bazin
André Bazin (1918-1958) was a French film critic and film theorist, who, along with others, founded the influential film magazine, Cahiers du Cinéma in 1951. Its contributors, including Bazin, set out to find criteria by which to evaluate films.
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key realist techniques
– the long take;
– deep focus cinematography;
– hand-held camera technique;
– continuity of time and space;
– use of CCTV cameras or television news footage to create a feeling of realism;
– location shooting;
– naturalistic acting; and
– the use
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Three types of film makers
Bazin divided filmmakers into three types
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montagists
who use editing to create meaning and manipulate time and space
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expressionists
who use mise-en-scène to create meaning and portray a character’s emotions
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realists
who do not distort time or space but attempt to depict reality.
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Long take
A long take is a continuous shot, which may last for several minutes without a cut. It can bring fluency to a sequence and raise tension, as it is often used to build towards a climax. It also shows events in real time and creates the illusion of real
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Deep Focus Cinematography
Deep focus cinematography brings everything that can be seen in the foreground, mid-ground and background of a frame into focus at the same time
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Hand-held Camera Technique
When the camera is held by the camera operator rather than mounted on a tripod or other device, the footage appears shaky. This is a technique, which is difficult to master but allows the filmmaker to create an intimate feeling and can enable the spec
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Continuity of Time and Space
Both time and space are constructed artificially in cinema, though they appear to be continuous, and linear. They are represented as a unified whole to reflect how we perceive real world events. The purpose here is to ensure that the audience is able
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Use of CCTV Cameras or
Television News Footage
CCTV footage, in theory, reduces the element of mediation in its creation, as no one is strictly operating the camera. This can help to give an impression of reality.
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Location Shooting
This is the practice of filming in the actual setting in which a story takes place rather than on a constructed set. Most films use both sets and location shooting.
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Naturalistic Acting
This is a style of acting which attempts to create an illusion of reality. In naturalistic acting performers will use every-day physical movements rather than
extravagant and unrealistic poses and will aim to speak their lines in a manner which feels
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Use of Diegetic Sound and Music
Film-makers frequently use non-diegetic music to enhance the mood and meaning of scenes. Diegetic sound, on the other hand, relates to sound and music which originate within the world of the film and are therefore the only sounds which the onscreen c
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Films for study
Rear Window (1954).
Children of Men (2006)
Shadows, (1958 / reworked 1959)
Escape From New York (John Carpenter, 1981)
Wuthering Heights (Andrea Arnold, 2011)
The Bourne Supremacy (Paul Greengrass, 2004)
Enemy of the State (Tony Scott, 1998)
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Films for study
Romeo and Juliet (Baz Luhrmann, 1996)
The Blair Witch Project (Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez, 1999)
Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón, 2013)
Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941)
Touch of Evil (Orson Welles, 1958)
Strangers on a Train (Alfred Hitchcock, 1951)
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– the long take;
– deep focus cinematography;
– hand-held camera technique;
– continuity of time and space;
– use of CCTV cameras or television news footage to create a feeling of realism;
– location shooting;
– naturalistic acting; and
– the use

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Bazin divided filmmakers into three types

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who use editing to create meaning and manipulate time and space

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who use mise-en-scène to create meaning and portray a character’s emotions

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