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How to Analyze Movies – Film Studies 101 (Patreon)

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2023-01-31 02:06:09

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This one is a little bit different.

For one, it's NOT part of the ongoing season. There's no narrative, it's not canon, and the format is different.

I actually wrote this last April to make as one of the Nebula Classes, then we decided to change our plan so I made a different class (How To Make a Movie) and held onto this to make as a regular video at some point. And that point is now.

So this is, like I said, a class. My goal here was to cram an entire year of college Film Studies into one 80-minute class, and to do it all by discussing one single movie: HOME ALONE.

So we get into how to decipher a movie's themes, all the components of cinematic language, auteur theory and much, much more.

Anyway watch this and then you can all go put me out of a job. Enjoy!!!

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How To Analyze Movies – Film Studies 101

Get a full year of Nebula and CuriosityStream for less than $15 https://curiositystream.com/patrickhwillems PATREON ► https://www.patreon.com/patrickhwillems MERCH ► https://bit.ly/2Q7cPdc REDDIT ► https://bit.ly/2Uj44j0 ______________________________________ CAST & CREW Co-edited by Ryan Alva ______________________________________ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/patrickhwillems INSTAGRAM: http://instagram.com/patrickhwillems ______________________________________ Music by Epidemic Sound ______________________________________ SEND US SOME MAIL: Patrick Willems P.O. Box 380333 Brooklyn, NY 11238 03:50 - Asking Why 07:08 - What Is The Story Saying 11:22 - Visual Language 13:07 - Style & Aesthetic 16:45 - Perspective 18:41 - Lenses 23:53 - Color 27:45 - Aspect Ratio 30:54 - Lighting 32:58 - Blocking & Camera Movement 39:34 - Editing 46:37 - Sound 55:50 - Putting It All Together 1:01:28 - Auteur Theory 1:07:32 - Cinema History 1:10:48 - Genre 1:15:11 - Other Lenses 1:18:09 - Ending