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==Germany After World War I==
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Screenshot from ''Lady Bird''.
 
 
*1919: World War I ends.
 
*Country plunged into financial and social chaos.
 
==German Silent Film==
 
 
 
#Historical/Mythological Films
 
#Expressionist Films
 
#Kammerspielfilm
 
==Historical/Mythological Films==
 
 
 
Influenced by ''theatrical'' producer Max Reinhardt.
 
 
 
#Huge architectural sets.
 
#Careful period costuming.
 
#Chiaroscuro lighting.
 
#Large casts and movement on stage.
 
==Expressionist Films==
 
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Expressionist paintings influence films. [https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/T112/Expressionism/Index.htm See examples of Expressionist art.]
 
#Style distorted to express the artist's inner torment.
 
#Fascination with death, disease, illness, depression, melancholy, etc. . . .
 
Expressionist Cinema Characteristics
 
 
 
E.g., ''The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari,'' Robert Wiene, 1919.
 
 
 
*'''Subject matter/Content'''
 
**'''Theme'''
 
***Horror, dark fantasy, the Gothic.
 
***Illness, death, insanity.
 
*'''Visual Style'''
 
**'''Mise-en-scene'''
 
***Set design, lighting, costume design (props), blocking (actor movement).
 
***#Sets express inner state of characters
 
***#Lighting stylized to express inner states
 
***#Performance Style/Blocking--jerky gestures express inner torment
 
**'''Cinematography'''
 
***Such as focus, framing, camera movement, film stocks
 
***#Stationary camera
 
***#Long shots (few close-ups)
 
***#Minimal editing
 
 
 
==Kammerspielfilm==
 
 
 
''Kammer'' = chamber/room
 
''Spiel'' = play
 
''Kammerspiel'' = chamberplay
 
 
 
Inspired by producer Max Reinhardt's work in the theater.
 
 
 
#Intimate stories about everyday people.
 
#Camera movement.
 
#Lack of intertitles.
 
 
 
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Screenshot from Lady Bird.