Overview/Classical Paradigm Blog Respose

"The Arrival of the Train" and "Damsel in Distress" is an example of Formalism and Realism respectively. In the Damsel in Distress, different angles and directions of the action are shown; there are few CUs, but it's mainly based of LS and ELS. Another great factor of this video is that is not in form of sequence, meaning that the shots are shorter and change often. This also means that there was more camera worked put into it because the cinematographer looked for different ways to set up his camera with the purpose to show variation. On the other hand "The Arrival of the Train" is clearly one long sequence shot, which is the main characteristic of Formalism. The actions occurs without moving the camera at any moment and creates the video to only have one perspective. However, both clips can't be classified as Classicism because they don't have classic cutting nor cutting for continuity.

Both clips strongly differentiate by the editing which is presented in "Damsel in Distress", while "The Arrival of the Train" does not even shows cutting and continuously no editing. Aguste and Louis Lumiere, the produces of The Arrival in the Train use parallel action four times in the clip. By showing the woman tied to the railroad and immediately the shot of the dog coming to her rescue and then the train, and then again the women, next the dog, and again the train, etc. It's an example of parallel action that's created in the edit, but Aguste & Lumiere continue to show by replacing the dog running with the lover of the woman coming to the rescue instead. Although  cutting exist in this video it's not use to create continuity, on the contrary most scenes contrast each other. Finally, the speed put into the action is a big element for the tension that's produced along with the question of whether the lover will make it in time to save the woman.

Lastly, the result of the camera work and the editing  used in formalism transmits emotions to the audience and narrates a story. In this case "Damsel in Distress" is about a woman whom was tied to the railroad and she called her dog for help, but given that he couldn't untie her, the dog went to look for help with the woman's lover. He rode a bike in order to get faster to the railroad and meanwhile the dog got inside the train and made the driver see that if the train wasn't stop, a woman would be kill. Fortunately the train was stopped in time and woman was rescued and the criminal who tied her was punish by the dog. Through Formalism this story was able to be told because there were various locations and the camera needed to be moved and the cutting made it more interesting. Different angles and directions of the action created a more complex story. As for "he Arrival for the Train" because there was not movement/change the camera was unable to follow a story and instead it showed a train arriving and people going int it, but showed through only one perspective.