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Film-Making (Ingmar Bergman)

CBSE · Class 12 · English

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Topics in Film-Making (Ingmar Bergman)

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1. Bergman's Idea of Film-Making

  • Bergman sees film-making as a highly visual and emotional art.
  • A film begins with split-second impressions such as a remark, a piece of music, a shaft of light, or a mood.
  • These impressions are not yet a story; they are a mental state full of images and associations.
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2. Film, Literature, and Music

  • Bergman says film has nothing to do with literature because the two art forms usually conflict.
  • The written word is assimilated consciously through intellect, while film acts directly on feelings.
  • He believes making films out of books should generally be avoided because the irrational dimension of literature cannot be transferred fully.
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3. Bergman's View of the Artist and the Audience

  • Bergman says he never wanted to be an author and only wanted to make films.
  • He clearly states that he is a film-maker, not an author.
  • He wants to make films about conditions, tensions, pictures, rhythms, and characters important to him.
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4. Influences on Bergman

  • Bergman’s great literary experience was Strindberg, especially The People of Hemso.
  • He also wanted to produce Dream Play, and Olof Molander’s 1934 production left a deep impression on him.
  • Torsten Hammaren taught him theatre during the four years he stayed in Gothenburg.

Key Concepts

Central concept: Ingmar Bergman’s view of film-making as a rhythmic, emotional, illusion-based art distinct from literature and shaped by childhood, mentors, audience response, and artistic freedom

Film as illusion and conjuringChildhood experiencesFilm and rhythmScreenplay and dialogueFilm and literatureFilm and musicAudience and criticismProfessional growth and mentors

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