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Andrzej Wajda. Polish Cinema in 1950-s Aleksander Ford, The Young Chopin (1951), the national pride of Poland addressed; Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Under the.

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Page 1: Andrzej Wajda. Polish Cinema in 1950-s Aleksander Ford, The Young Chopin (1951), the national pride of Poland addressed; Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Under the.

Andrzej Wajda

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Polish Cinema in 1950-sAleksander Ford, The Young Chopin (1951),

the national pride of Poland addressed;Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Under the Phrygian Star (1954), personal life colliding with history;Aleksander Ford, Five Boys From Barska

Street (1953), the aftermath affecting youths. Young Andrzej Wajda assisting Ford.

Andrzej Munk, Man on the Track, 1957. Political issues, formal experiments.

1955, the emergence of the “Polish school.”

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Andrzej Wajda (1926 - )Studied painting at the

Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków (Cracow).

Studied in Łódź Film School.

Directed his first film, A Generation (Pokolenie), in 1955.

Directs theatrical productions.

Honorary Oscar in 2000 for lifetime achievement.

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A Generation (Pokolenie), 1955.

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The Canal (Kanał), 1956Smuggled sympathy

for the Home Army (banned by the new Communist government).

Individual heroism and the collective hero.

New distinct cinematic language.

The Canal, the opening sequence.

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The CanalHistorical accuracy

(see the real war-time picture, right).

Realism and symbolism.

The concept of national history.

Aesthetic opposition to communism with its social realism.

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I. SHOT

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SHOT

Shot is a single piece of film, long or short, without cuts, exposed continually.

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SHOT:Character depiction Close-up. A shot of the face only. Detail shot. A more magnified shot than a

close-up (an eye, a mouth). Full shot. A shot of the subject that includes

the entire body and not very much else. Medium shot. A shot intermediate between a

close-up and a full shot. Over-the-shoulder shot. A shot used in

dialogue scenes in which the speaker is seen as well as part of the head and part of the shoulder of the listener.

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SHOT: Reaction and InteractionPoint of view shot. A shot showing the

scene from the point of view of a character.Follow shot (tracking shot). Follows the

subject as it moves.Reaction shot. A shot which cuts away from

the main scene in order to show the reaction of a character to it.

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SHOT: FunctionInsert shot. A detail shot giving specific

information needed to understand the scene (ex., a letter, the face of a clock, a tell-tale physical detail).

Bridging shot. A shot used to cover a jump in time or place, or other discontinuity.

Stock shot. 1) A shot borrowed from the library (ex., from documentaries); 2) A common, unimaginative, typical shot.

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SHOT and SCENE Scene. A series of shots or one shot taking place in

a single location and dealing with a single action.Establishing shot. A long shot showing the

general location of the scene which follows.Master shot (cover shot). Single shot of the

entire scene taken to facilitate the assembly of the component closer shots and details.

Pull-back shot. A tracking or a zoom shot which moves back to reveal the context of the scene.

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SHOT: Camera positionSequence shot. A long complicated shot

including complex camera movements and action.

Dolly shot. A shot that uses a dolly to move a camera.

Tilt shot. The camera tilts up or down, rotating around the left-right axis of the camera head.

Crane shot. A panoramic shot taken from a crane.