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I selected the 1988 film, Landscape in the Mist by a world-know Greek director, Theo Angelopoulos as the tropic to be investigated according to its narrative form comparing to the classical Hollywood cinema. In this paper, I will first try to outline the characteristics of classical Hollywood narrative; through we would investigate whether Landscape in the Mist belongs to it in terms of narrative structure, editing and mise-en-scene. ... According to Film Art by Bordwell and Thompson, “Classical” is due to its long and wide history, while “Hollywood” is because it assumed its definitive shape in American Hollywood studio, but soon spread out to the rest of the world and governed many films outside Hollywood, from past to present. Such powerful system has tremendous effect on the film history and became paradigmatic to many filmmakers and filmgoers throughout the world. ... ”
Landscape in the mist depicts characters undertaking odyssey, emerged as one of the most important genres of the twentieth century. ...
The film opens in a modern day Greece; the narrative opens at “Do you afraid? ...
Landscape places the center of attention on Voula and Alexander who are primarily used to guide the audience through their story. ... However, the end of Landscape is left open. ... It ends after Alexander make an echo to the creation myth, a tree appears in the mist, just like the picture of film that Orestes gave Alexander. ...
Landscape provides a wide range of information with a small degree of restricted. ...
With respect to editing, continuity editing is largely employed in Landscape. ... The main characters are dressed the same throughout the film without drawing attention out of the story. ...
In the Landscape in the mist, there is large use of deep-focus, for example, the horse die in the foreground and a wedding party process at the back. ...
To conclude, Landscape in the Mist overtly follows classical Hollywood narrative to a large degree.
Approximate Word count = 2506
Approximate Pages = 10
(250 words per page double spaced)
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