Read: Filmish Chapter Four: Time

Before reviewing Andre Bazin's "Ontology of the Photographic Image," it's important to understand how filmmakers use elongated and fragmented time to disrupt the temporality of imagery on-screen. As with previous chapters, Ross summarizes various approaches that filmmakers use throughout history to portray time, one of the three pillars of cinema along with movement and light, either authentically or abstractly.

 

Read: Filmish Chapter Four: Time

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While reading, consider the films you've viewed recently that have dealt with the concept of time, either thematically or through extended shot lengths. How did the use of cinematic technique strengthen or weaken the film's relationship to time? 

After reading Filmish Chapter Four, continue on to read "The Ontology of the Photographic Image" along with some brief information about the author. 

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