Film Influence
Every now and then an actor is physically or verbally assaulted in Brazil because his/her character. The first time I saw a news related with actors being assaulted because their characters, I remember to think: "What a bunch of stupid people. How is it possible that they don't understand that TV is fiction?"
Lately, when I kept seeing this kind of news, I started to understand that, even though soup operas/movies/TV shows are fiction they generate a certain feeling in their public. Some character make you fall in love, or hate them, some are inspiring, while others are indifferent, and unfortunately, some people don't know how to control the feelings created by a character or a story.
I believe that a good example on how movies/TV shows/soup operas have a big influence on their public is the Disney Princesses. Most girls, in some point of their lives, related and wanted to be just like one of the Princesses.
Another example just happened this past week with the release of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part I, a group of protestors in Bangkok adopted the movie's three-fingered salute against totalitarian rule. In response to the protests the movie theater chain Apex decided to cancel all screenings of the movie.
Citizen Kane
73 years after its release Citizen Kane still being watched and analyzed by students, movie lovers, and general public. Orson Welles had worked in radio and theater before move into the cinema world. Welles' previous work experience reflect in Kane in various ways, for example in use of sound to create a reality sensation.
"Not all sound tricks are just to add reality. Many of them also add a
deeper meaning. When the reporter goes to Thatcher Library to look up information
on Kane, the sound is a very distorted echo. Yes, this adds depth and reality
to the scene, but it also reinforces what is already implied on the screen.
The Thatcher library is not just a library, it is a tomb. A cold empty tomb
to a man who was cold and empty in life as well as death. Likewise, the
background yelling of young Kane in the snow adds irony to the bickering
of the parents within the warm not-so-happy home. While they sign the papers
to have him separated and sent away forever, he is yelling 'The Union
Forever! Long Live the Union!'." Kurt Kuersteiner.
Also, the score created by Bernanr Herman was more radio style. Like
Laurie Boeder
says in her article for About Entertainment "Rather than playing music under every scene,
Herrman wrote “radio style,” bringing in the music when it was needed to
evoke emotion or build tension."
Citizen Kane also makes use of innovative transitional devices in the way it links different scenes. In the two scenes below we can see examples of dissolving transitions.
References:
Boeder, Laurie. Citizen Kane - An American Masterpiece. http://classicfilm.about.com/od/dramaandbiography/fr/Citizen_Kane.htm
Kuersteiner, Kurt. Orson Welles: A Film Maker With A "Sound" Background. http://www.radiohorrorhosts.com/soundfilm.html
Welles, Orson. Citizen Kane. 1941.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/hunger-games-screenings-cancelled-in-thailand-after-protesters-use-3-finger-salute-1.2840381
http://www.franchiseherald.com/articles/14817/20141121/hunger-games-mockingjay-part-showing.htm
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