German Expressionism - Notes
Watch the first 9:15 of this silent video presentation on the tenets of the German Expressionism movement. Use these questions in order to take complete notes. Each student should have the notes, although you may work together to answer the questions. Make a separate "Foreign Film movement" section in your notes.
Questions
- After WWI, Germany was isolated, yet their film industry thrived. Why?
- Films such as Metropolis, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Sunrise and Nosferatu revealed what common characteristics of German Expressionism?
- Summarize the three stylistic qualities of this movement in the areas of: composition, exaggeration and repetition, camerawork and editing.
- According to the presentation, what were the four aims of the Expressionist technique?
- What technological advance in filmmaking brought this movement to a faster end?
- In what year did the German Expressionist movement end?
- The impact of German Expressionism can be seen in what American film genre of the 1940’s and 50’s?
- What modern American director has a style similar to the German Expressionist movement?
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