Still image film
A still image film, also called a picture movie, is a
History
This filmmaking technique is more common in historical
In narrative filmmaking, the vast majority of still image films are
In a 1961 letter to The New York Times, photographer-filmmaker Louis Clyde Stoumen surveyed earlier uses of the technique by himself and others:
“Curt Oertel made his ‘Michaelangelo,’ with important storytelling use of still material, in 1940 (released as
Style
Filmmakers working with still images may do so out of necessity, such as when resources are limited and they are only able to shoot still photographs, rather than moving pictures. However, it is also sometimes chosen for stylistic reasons, and can allow the filmmakers to do things that would be impossible with traditional moving pictures. In Chafed Elbows, for example, the filmmakers had the freedom to improvise their lines during post-production. Additionally, the use of still images made possible a scene in which one character appears to throw another out of a high window, while the actors remained safe. Additionally, in Year of the Nail, the director pieced together unstaged photographs from his real life and was able to build a fictional story from these. Furthermore, still image films may decrease the filmmakers' limitations, as dialogue and sound effects need not be synchronized with moving images.
Burns has credited documentary filmmaker
Perception
As most audiences are unaccustomed to still image films, many viewers are initially turned off by them, but one study has shown that people adjust to the style after about seven minutes, as long as the story is engaging.
The term photomontage has also been used to describe still image films, although that word actually refers to something else entirely.
Notable examples
- The Naked Eye (1956)[10]
- The True Story of the Civil War (1956)[10]
- City of Gold (1957)[20]
- Very Nice, Very Nice (1961)[21][22]
- La Jetée (1962)[23][24][25][26]
- Salut les cubains (1963)[27]
- Look at Life (1965)[1][28]
- Chafed Elbows (1966)[29][30]
- Si j'avais quatre dromadaires (1966)[31]
- One Second in Montreal (1969)[32][33]
- Santa's Christmas Elf (Named Calvin) (1971)[34][35][36]
- From These Roots (1974)[37][38][39][40]
- Eadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxographer (1975)[41][42][43]
- Dog's Dialogue (1977)[44]
- Das Clown (1999)[45]
- Some Photos in the City of Sylvia (2007)[46]
- Year of the Nail (2007)[3]
- The Glass Fortress (2016)[47]
- Lasting Marks (2018)[48][49]
Notable still image filmmakers
- Agnes Varda
- Arthur Lipsett
- Santiago Alvarez[50]
- William Greaves
- Thom Andersen
- Ken Burns[51][52]
- Colin Low
- Jonás Cuarón
- Robert Downey Sr.
- Chris Marker
- George Lucas
- Michael Snow
See also
References
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- JSTOR 40642785– via JSTOR.
- ^ a b "If You're Making Films with Still Images, Here Are a Few Things to Consider". nofilmschool. 27 December 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
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- ^ "DVD Savant: PARALLAX VIEW: The Incredible Montage". www.dvdtalk.com.
- ^ "Run Lola Run - Film Education" (PDF).
- ^ "Apichatpong Weerasethakul: Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives - The Culturium -". The Culturium. April 8, 2016.
- ^ 1957|Oscars.org
- ^ a b c “Television Mailbag.” New York Times, 2 July 1961.
- ^ Kennedy, Randy (2006-10-19). "The Still-Life Mentor to a Filmmaking Generation". The New York Times. Retrieved 2007-10-11.
In fact, spend any time watching the films of Ken Burns, or those of the legions of documentary makers he has inspired, and you will see Mr. Liebling's work, in a sense, even if you have never laid eyes on one of his photographs.
- YouTube, full movie, uploaded by the National Film Board of Canada.
- OCLC 11872924. Archived from the originalon October 13, 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-12.
- ^ Williams, Charles (1997). "Historical Photographs and Multimedia Storytelling". Archived from the original on 2007-10-13. Retrieved 2007-10-12.
- ^ Tibbetts, John C. (c. 1997). "All That Glitters: City of Gold Revisited" (PDF). Retrieved 2007-10-12.
- ^ "City of Gold (Capitale de l'or)". tiff.net. Canadian Film Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
- ^ 1958|Oscars.org
- ^ Glassman, Marc (1 December 1999). "Filmmaker of vision". The Free Library. Retrieved 24 December 2013. Take one's interview with Colin Low, part 2
- ^ "Cuarón's son makes picture perfect film". CNN. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
- ^ Canada’s Documentary Essentials: ‘City of Gold’ – POV Magazine
- ^ Experimental Ethnography - Google Books (pg. 254)
- ^ ARTHUR LIPSETT – Spectacle Theater
- ^ "The films that influenced Cindy Sherman's 'Untitled Film Stills' series". Dazed. July 16, 2019.
- ^ "2001: A Space Odyssey & 9 Other Classic Avant-Garde Films Fans Need To Check Out". ScreenRant. January 18, 2021.
- ^ "La Jetée". The Criterion Collection.
- ^ La Jetee 1962, directed by Chris Marker|Time Out
- ^ "Beyond the Photo Album: Relocating Varda's Salut les Cubains". cléo journal. 11 April 2018.
- ^ Wickman, Forrest (March 23, 2012). "Watch the Early Art-House Documentaries of George Lucas". Slate Magazine.
- ^ "Chafed Elbows". The Criterion Collection.
- ^ "Chafed Elbows". The Criterion Channel.
- ^ Walsh, M., (2021) “From Nations to Worlds: Chris Marker’s “Si j’avais quatre dromadaires””, Global Storytelling: Journal of Digital and Moving Images 1(1)
- ^ Visionary Film - Google Books (pg.356)
- ^ One Second in Montreal - Michael Snow - The Film-Makers' Cooperative
- ^ "Santa's Christmas Elf (Named Calvin) - The Cinema Snob" – via www.youtube.com.
- ^ "Santa's Christmas Elf (Named Calvin)". December 4, 2017 – via IMDb.
- ^ SANTA'S CHRISTMAS ELF (NAMED CALVIN)|The Bedlam Files
- ^ "From These Roots". WILLIAM GREAVES.
- ^ "From These Roots". November 27, 1974 – via Internet Archive.
- OCLC 5557089– via Open WorldCat.
- ^ Home To Harlem: America's Black Metropolis – maysles documentary center
- ^ UCLA's Festival of Preservation Unearths From Thom Andersen to James Cagney, Among Others - LA Weekly
- ^ Provenance and Early Cinema - Google Books (pgs.287-88)
- ^ Eadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxographer | NW Film Center
- ^ "DOGS' DIALOGUE (1984 review) | Jonathan Rosenbaum". jonathanrosenbaum.net.
- ^ "MIFF Archive". MIFF 2021.
- ^ "IFFR Archive". IFFR 2008.
- ^ "SCIFI 4 EVER". www.scifi4ever.com.
- ^ Review of Lasting Marks|IFFR
- ^ Field of Vision - Lasting Marks on official Vimeo channel
- ^ Cuban Cinema Classics: Santiago Álvarez|UC Berkeley Library
- ^ The Incredible Stillness of Being: Motionless Pictures in the Films of Ken Burns on JSTOR
- ^ Ken Burns Fights City Hall Over His New Film on the Central Park Jogger Case - Vulture