Cinema

Is film art? Does it belong in the study of English? If drama is considered worthy of literary study, shouldn't film? Or is it is own discipline? Is it closer to art (like photography, painting, sculpture) than literature or is it a combination of both or is it something else entirely? Is it even worthy of serious study?

Consider some Shakespearean titles: Macbeth Othello Richard III Much Ado About Nothing Midsummer's Night Dream Merchant of Venice Titus Andronicus

Watch Trailers for the movies here: http://mrgillespie2011.wikispaces.com/Shakespeare+Movie+Trailer+Page

Voting Has Closed. Here's the final tally. Macbeth has won. Much Ado About Nothing came in second and Midsummer Night came in third. No one voted for poor Richard III.





Orson Welles' //Citizen Kane// Shakespeare in film (Othello, Macbeth, comedy)

Aesthetic criteria Purpose Effect Technique II. Citizen Kane William Randolph Hearst "Xanadu" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge The Hearst Castleat San Simeon, California (The real-life Xanadu)

AFI ([|American Film Institute]) and the 100 Best American Films

Sparknotes for a movie?! [] Influence: [|The Simpsons Do Citizen Kane]

Filmic techniques: Deep Focus Wipe Use of Flashback to order narration Noir atmosphere