Seminar:

"Sociological Film Analysis“

Dr. Denis Gruber DAAD Fachlektor für Soziologie

Seminar:

"Sociological Film Analysis“

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17.02.2010 Introduction

Film: One Flew over the Cuckoos’ Nest •

24.02.2010: One Flew over the Cuckoos’ Nest

Example of Film Analysis (Gruber) •

03.03.2010: The Edge of Love

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10.03.2010: Slumdog Millionaire

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Seminar:

"Sociological Film Analysis“

17.03.2010: 8 Mile

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24.03.2010: Good Morning Vietnam

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07.04.2010: Streets of London

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14.04.2010: The Reader

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28.04.2010: The Life of Others

Seminar:

"Sociological Film Analysis“

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17.03.2010: 8 Mile 24.03.2010: Good Morning Vietnam 07.04.2010: Streets of London 14.04.2010: The Reader 28.04.2010: The Life of Others 19.05.2010: Time Travellers Wife 26.05.2010: Leaving Las Vegas

Film Analysis

Dimensions of analysis (cf. Korte 1999) film reality (content, structure, action) in form?)

Film

reality of conditions (Why the content of the film, this historical situation, is actualized in this specific reality of relation (In which relation is the film contemporary and constructed to the reality?

How the problems highlighted in the film are related to problems in reality?) reality of effects (dominant today’s adoption)

film reality

• Inquiry of all data noticeable in the film even, information, statements • formal and technical data, application of cinematic means, content and formal construction of the film • acting people, action guide, action climaxes • steering system of information and tension of dramaturgy

reality of conditions

• Inquiry of the context factors which have influenced the production, the content and formal creation of the film • Processing of the historical-social situation at the time of origin of the film • State of the film technology • Relation to other the contents concerning or intentional similar films • Other films of the director • Relation to the printed media (textbooks)

reality of relation

• Development of the content, historical problems which are picked out as a central theme in the film • Relation of the cinematic representation to the real meaning of the historical events

reality of effects

• Duration of the film • Intentions of the producers • contemporary adoption • today's adoption