German Expressionism Investigation

1. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

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3. September 23rd 1927

4. F. W. Murnau

5. Sunrise uses a few elements of German Expression including off-kilter set designs, slapstick, and while not a horror film it included plot elements commonly found it horror movies.

6. The film didn't directly influence any later works but used some themes that can commonly be found today (murder, betrayal, etc)

1. The Bride of Frankenstein

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3. April 20th, 1935

4. James Whale

5. The Bride of Frankenstein incorporates elements of German Expression. A few of these are an anti-heroic main character as well as being part of the birth of the horror film.

6. The Bride of Frankenstein being one of the original horror films can be held responsible for some of the common plot elements and themes in horror today.

1. Nosferatu

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3. March 4th 1922

4. F. W. Murnau

5. The main element of German Expressionism that can be seen in Nosferatu is the horrific themes that contributed to modern horror.

6. Nosferatu was one of the first horror movies that featured a Dracula character, making it a influence for later horror movies that feature the character.

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Post Production Blog Post 12/6

Over the past couple weeks I have worked to finish my film and complete the post production stage of the project. During this time I filmed a few remaining scenes, edited everything together, and color graded. With the film now being complete, this is my reflection on the post production process. A Change To Dialogue The biggest thing that happened during the final bits of post production has to do with dialogue. Prior to the filming of the remaining scenes, I took a look at the script for those scenes. After reading through the dialogue, I noticed that even after trying to make it seem more natural, it sounded like a script. Then, I re-watched scenes that were shot during production and their dialogue also sounded awful. At this point I wasn't sure how I could re-write dialogue and have it sound good especially with very limited time. Then, I thought about just removing the dialogue, leaving the film as a "silent film". I went back and re-edited what I had already done,

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