Vom Schauen zum Sehen: Einführung in die Filmanalyse - mit Filmvorführung "Do the Right Thing"

In the organizer's words:

Understanding movies - from watching to seeing

Watching movies is fun. Watching movies is even more so! What's the difference? Watching movies means simply immersing yourself. Watching films means understanding why a story is told with which images. How film editing gives a plot form, rhythm and meaning. When sound enhances the image. And why the interplay of the building blocks of cinematic storytelling captivates, bores or manipulates us.

Welcome to a short journey of discovery through the world of film, from its beginnings to the present day, from the first public film screening in 1895 to blockbuster cinema. On this journey through time, we will experience the developments that film has undergone over the last 130 years by looking at examples from film history and finding out how shot sizes, the use of light or the sequencing of images have developed over time and how they determine the effect of a film.

Finally, we will watch the film "Do the Right Thing" by Spike Lee (USA, 1989) together in the Black Box, the cinema of the Film Museum, and discuss what we have seen.

Jörg Rühenbeck

• has been a passionate moviegoer since the age of 10
• At the age of 16, he received his first impulses in school to look at films not only from the point of view of the plot
• studies film history in Düsseldorf, Essen and Kingston, Ontario, Canada
• Manages the municipal cinema "Lichtblick" in Velbert as a media educator for eight years until 1996
• runs practical film courses for young people from 2002
• has been a member of the Filmforum association since 2020, giving regular introductions to films at the Filmmuseum Düsseldorf

Information and registration at From Watching to Seeing Introduction to Film Analysis

Price information:

plus EUR 5.00 reduced admission to the Black Box