Theory of the film : (character and growth of a new art) (1952)

Record Details:

Title:
Theory of the film : (character and growth of a new art)
Date:
1952
Publisher:
London : Dennis Dobson Ltd.
Volume:
Theory of the film : (character and growth of a new art)
Leaf #:
000265
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
March 28, 2024
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COLOURED CA.R TOONS 245 white cloth, stained with her blood, is transformed into a red flag. This has a decisive effect on events. The workers in the factory see a red flag waving from the tower. However, colour, unlike the more decisively significant word, cannot essentially change the dramaturgical structure of a film; it can only sometimes enhance the significance of certain scenes. COLOURED CARTOONS The quickest and most final victory of colour was its conquest of the cartoon world. Not only because it offered fewer technical difficulties, but because, for the time being, it was easier to produce artistic effects here, where the colours could be chosen and painted, and did not have to be photographed. The artistic presentation of the movement of colours has been so little able to approach our natural experiences that a wellphotographed sunset or sunrise will still be richer in colour shadings than any colour cartoon, however skilfully painted.