{"id":409024,"date":"2022-02-23T17:16:34","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T14:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-ins-and-outs-of-identifying-classical-hollywood-storytelling\/"},"modified":"2022-02-23T17:16:34","modified_gmt":"2022-02-23T14:16:34","slug":"the-ins-and-outs-of-identifying-classical-hollywood-storytelling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-ins-and-outs-of-identifying-classical-hollywood-storytelling\/","title":{"rendered":"#The Ins and Outs of Identifying Classical Hollywood Storytelling"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3f8d82b7000\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3f8d82b7000\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-ins-and-outs-of-identifying-classical-hollywood-storytelling\/#Watch_%E2%80%9CWhat_is_Classical_Hollywood_Narration%E2%80%9D\" >Watch \u201cWhat is Classical Hollywood Narration?\u201d:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-ins-and-outs-of-identifying-classical-hollywood-storytelling\/#Who_made_this\" >Who made this?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-ins-and-outs-of-identifying-classical-hollywood-storytelling\/#More_videos_like_this\" >More videos like this<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#The Ins and Outs of Identifying Classical Hollywood Storytelling<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<pre><code>     &lt;span class=\"mx-1\"&gt;Think of it as an \u201cI Spy\u201d puzzle but for the basic principles of classical era storytelling.&lt;\/span&gt;\n&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;div id=\"\"&gt;\n\n\n\n                &lt;figure class=\"sf-entry-featured-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> \"&gt;\n            &lt;img width=\"700\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Screen-Shot-2019-06-30-at-11.37.45-AM.jpg\" class=\"articlethumb wp-post-image\" alt=\"Rear Window and classical hollywood storytelling\"\/&gt;                                    &lt;p&gt;\n                    &lt;span class=\"sf-entry-flag sf-entry-flag-creditline\"&gt;Paramount Pictures&lt;\/span&gt;\n\n                        &lt;\/figure&gt;\n\n    &lt;!-- START BYLINE --&gt;\n    &lt;div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center my-4 text-center medium dark-gray\"&gt;\n        By\u00a0Meg Shields\u00a0\u00b7 Published on February 23rd, 2022 \n        &lt;\/div&gt;\n    &lt;!-- END BYLINE --&gt;\n\n    &lt;em&gt;Welcome to The Queue \u2014 your daily distraction of curated video content sourced from across the web. Today, we\u2019re watching a video essay that explores how to spot the narrative conventions of classical Hollywood storytelling.&lt;\/em&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<hr\/>\n<p>Before we pick our way into the reeds of theoretical narrative conventions, let\u2019s all make sure we\u2019re on the same page with respect to what \u201cClassical Hollywood\u201d is, exactly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Classical Hollywood cinema\u00a0<\/strong>is a term used by historians to describe both the visual style and narrative conventions of American cinema between the 1910s and the 1960s. If that sounds like a relatively vague span of time, that\u2019s because it is! That said, you\u2019ll be keen to note that that period effectively covers the tightening grip of American film as one of the most pervasive forms of the medium. All to say: understanding some of the era\u2019s creative bones (broad strokes be damned) is imperative if you want to identify Classical Hollywood\u2019s influence and detractors.<\/p>\n<p>As the video essay below suggests, several of the <strong>key narrative conventions<\/strong> that defined Classical Hollywood storytelling are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>psychologically defined individuals<\/li>\n<li>a struggle to solve a problem or achieve a goal<\/li>\n<li>a conflict with other people or external circumstances<\/li>\n<li>characters have agency and causality moves the story forward<\/li>\n<li>there is decisive victory or defeat<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Because most theoretical principles are best understood with examples, the essay (which takes the form of a lecture) looks at two films that embody these narrative principles: Alfred Hitchcock\u2019s voyeurism thriller <strong><em>Rear Window<\/em><\/strong> (1954) and a modern example, Alfonso Cuar\u00f3n\u2019s <strong><em>Gravity<\/em><\/strong> (2013).<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Be warned: the video essay below features spoilers for the aforementioned films.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Watch_%E2%80%9CWhat_is_Classical_Hollywood_Narration%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>Watch \u201cWhat is Classical Hollywood Narration?\u201d:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What is Classical Hollywood Narration?\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lABQKI4soIA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_made_this\"><\/span>Who made this?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\" data-inc=\"3\">This video essay about how to identify Classical Hollywood narration<em>\u00a0<\/em>is by\u00a0<strong>Jordan Schonig<\/strong>, who holds a Ph.D. in Cinema and Media Studies from the University of Chicago. They are a Film Studies lecturer and make video essays on, what else, film. You can subscribe to Schonig on YouTube\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC_7oXaj1uECyItN8Gw05URA\/featured\">here<\/a>. And you can follow them on Twitter\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JNSchonig\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"More_videos_like_this\"><\/span>More videos like this<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<pre><code>    Related Topics: Filmmaking, narrative devices, The Queue\n    &lt;!-- AUTHOR BOX --&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<div class=\"gray-bg p-4 border small mb-5\">\n<div class=\"row align-items-center text-md-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/meg.jpg\" class=\"circle img-fluid\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md\">\n            Meg Shields is the humble farm boy of your dreams and a senior contributor at Film School Rejects. She currently runs three columns at FSR: The Queue, How&#8217;d They Do That?, and Horrorscope. She is also a curator for One Perfect Shot and a freelance writer for hire. Meg can be found screaming about John Boorman&#8217;s &#8216;Excalibur&#8217; on Twitter here: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheWorstNun\">@TheWorstNun<\/a>. 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