Shot | A perceivable sequence of frames, separated from other shots by techniques of division. Films are a sequence of shots. |
Mis-en-scene | Describes how people, objects, and setting are staged for the camera. Includes setting, lighting, costume, placements of actors and objects. |
Editing (cuts) | A transition made by splicing together two pieces of film |
Soundtrack | The audio component of a film captured in film or added post filming. Includes music, dialogue or added sound effects. |
Three Postcolonial adaptations of “The Tempest” | 1. Aime Cesaire “A Tempest”2. Suniti Namjoshi “Snapshots of Caliban”3. Lemuel Johnson “Calypso for Caliban |
Modernism | The artisitc response to modernity. Modernity includes industrialization, urbanization, technological advances, and loss of community.Mid to late 19th century to mid 20th century |
Postmodernism | -Rejection of modernism (authenticity, originality and progress)-Intertextuality.-Embrace of mass media and consumer culture-Rejection of art as search for truth.-use of irony, parody and humor. |
Humanities Midterm “The Tempest Film
July 6, 2019