Film Studies Daily Log

Monday, September 14

We watched the opening sequence of Citizen Kane, then analyzed its use of graphic matching on the lighted window in Kane's room as discussed in the editing section of our packet ("Classical Hollywood Cinema: Style). From there we moved on to the other two kinds of visual matches presented in the packet, eyeline matches and matches on action, illustrating each with a clip from that immortal classic of machismo, Roadhouse (1989), starring Patrick Swayze. We then looked at the IMDB page for that film and students were given first notice of the next assignment, which will be to post user comments about their favorite films on the IMDB website.