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Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema S1E1 — Openings, Tone

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Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema•Season 1•Episode 1

Openings, Tone

7.4/10 · 18 votesMay 18, 202063 min

Ranked #1 of 14 in Season 1•+0.4 vs season avg

Discussion

"Openings". With examples from 1943 to 2013, from China to Iran, Australia to Finland, we look at how to open a film: from mysterious, direct, floating, foreboding beginnings to plunging straight in. All are instructive in how to create an immediate world. "Tone". What's the tone

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Seasons1

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Season 1 Episodes14

E1 7.4Now viewing

Openings, Tone

E2 6.8

Believability, Introducing Character, Meet Cute

E3 7.4

Conversation, Framing, Tracking

E4 6.9

Staging, Journey, Discovery

E5 6.7

Adult/Child, Economy, Editing

POV, Close-up, Dream

Bodies, Sex

Home, Religion, Work

Politics, Gear Change, Comedy

E10 6.6

Melodrama, Sci-Fi, Horror & Hell

E11 6.2

Tension, Stasis, Leave Out

E12 7.0

Reveal, Memory, Time

E13 7.0

Life Inside, The Meaning of Life, Love

E14 7.0

Death, Endings, Song and Dance

Cast7

Tilda Swinton

Narrator (voice)

Adjoa Andoh

Narrator (voice)

Jane Fonda

Narrator (voice)

Sharmila Tagore

Narrator (voice)

Kerry Fox

Narrator (voice)

Thandiwe Newton

Narrator (voice)

Debra Winger

Narrator (voice)

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Episode Summary

"Openings, Tone" is episode 1 of Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema season 1. It scored 7.4/10 from 18 votes, ranking #1 of 14 episodes this season (season average 7.0). It aired on May 18, 2020.

Next: E2 · Believability, Introducing Character, Meet Cute Best of Season 1