Photoplay Studies (1935-1937)

Record Details:

Title:
Photoplay Studies
Date:
1935-1937
Publisher:
Educational and Recreational Guides, inc.
Volume:
Photoplay Studies (1935-1937)
Leaf #:
000324
Language:
English
Collection:
Non-Theatrical Film
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Moving Image Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
September 21, 2023
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14 The Last of the Mohicans Magna Brings News of Montcalm's Advance but it gives our eye and mind a chance to accustom themselves to new subject matter. Make a list of these "curtains" and justify their use. A series of flashes showing1 scenes similar in content which together give an enduring picture of events or places is especially valuable in an historical picture. Here the photoplay can give quickly and accurately what the reader gets from reading pages of description laboriously. Where is use of this method made in the photoplay and for what reason? Sound effects should be used only to emphasize ideas or through music to obtain desired emotional reactions. Where do the shot of a gun, call of a wolf, Indian war-whoop, beat of drums, splash of water add to the picture's development? Silence is often more eloquent than sound. Where in the picture does the ensuing quiet especially impress you? VIII. THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE PICTURE : Essentially the photoplay is for entertainment, but in addition we expect some enduring values. Do you receive a true impartial picture of the American Indian? Is he portrayed as a human being of varying qualities or as a type? Do you feel the pioneering, adventuring ideal of Leatherstocking as representing the American quest for the new, untrodden ways of life? Do you receive a true and adequate picture of early frontier life?