German Expressionist Photography and Set Design Project

Me and some others made a set in the style of a German Expressionist set.

This is what it looked like.

Then we took photo's of it using different lighting techniques on the sets that we made.

As you can see the lighting is key for the sets. It can determine the mood of the scene that is happening in it and can create all different kinds of atmosphere.

Formalism & Realism

Formalism
Formalist film theory is a theory of film study that is focused on the formal, or technical, elements of a film: i.e., the lighting, scoring, sound and set design, use of color, shot composition, and editing. It is a major theory of film study today.

Pans Labyrinth Is An Example Of A Formalist Film:





Reaslism
Realism has become one of the most contested terms in the history of cinema. Realism has been an extremely useful concept for asking questions about the nature of cinematographic images, the relation of film to reality, the credibility of images, and the role cinema plays in the organization and understanding of the world. Realism, at the very least, has been a productive illusion.

Kes Is An Example Of A Realist Film: