Film Studies Daily Log

Friday, September 10

We discussed he beginning of the packet which students were quizzed on yesterday ("Classical Hollywood Cinema: Style"), looking at two major points: the character-driven nature of classic-era cinema and its adherence to the principle of "economy" in use of details.

Next we watched the introductory scene from Alfred Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt, which the autors of the packet describe in detail, and made the barest start in discussing it.