About the Discourse of Film Architecture

About the Discourse of Film Architecture

1.      Article’s Thesis

This article introduces the viewpoints and significance of Dietrich Neumann in his printed word on film: Film Architecture: Set Designs from Metropolis to Blade Runner. There are five introductory essays and other rich contents in this work and it expounds the major roles in film architecture. What’s more, introduce the differences of film architecture in different films and review the other comments about Neumann’s points in his work.

2.      Where are Logos, Pathos, and Ethos?

In this article, Logos is reflected in many aspects, not only on the whole article structure in presentation but also on the sentences that introduce the points of Neumann. For example, the first paragraph of this article on Page 115, it introduces the Neumann’s points on the major roles of film architecture. At first, it expounds that there are three major roles, then explains the details one by one. The strong and clear logicality makes readers understand the mind of discourse well and improve the academic value of this article.

From the second paragraph on Page116, we can find the Pathos of this work. How to make readers understand the meaning and main points of this article clearly? The writer has considered this question carefully. So when he introduce the essays in Neumann’s work, he said that the essays didn’t prepare the complicated issues to reflect the Expressionist architects in Neumann’s work, and the German works were a lack of explanation notes and these will puzzle the readers. The writer makes the article stand the views of readers.

Every successful lecture has its Ethos; this article cites various authorities to help it expound its views. For example, when the writer introduces the specific impacts of Expressionist architecture on Page 117, he cited the sentences that Fritz Neumeyer wrote in Berlin 1900-1933. So the Ethos makes this article have more persuasion.

3.      Where is the review of literature?

In this article, there is a lot of review of the literature. There is no doubt that the review of literature helps the writer to expound his points more authoritative and completed. For example, in the middle paragraph on the Page117, when the writer introduces the expressionist beliefs, he showed the review of literature in several work about this topic and introduced the reviews of different persons in authority.