idea in the audience’s mind that because Hugo was so driven to achieve his dream‚ the audience should also be determined to achieve theirs. Scorsese’s decision to use these specific elements in mise-en-scene is somewhat effective. Even though the cinematography in this scene draws attention away from Hugo’s facial expression and uses three point lighting in place of high key lighting‚ the audience is still able to accept the invited reading. Equally important in conveying the invited reading to the audience
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Sequence Analysis for Casablanca “Play it again Sam” Shot 1 - Establishing shot shows Selective focus on Sam as piano wheeled in focus‚ within Ricks bar - Black and white color scheme with hard lighting and low-key illumination effectively recreates bar image - Sam face fronting camera‚ well lit‚ Ilsa back to camera - Background out of focus‚ thus centering the scene around Sam and Ilsa - Diegetic sound of conversation between sam and Ilsa - 2 planes of action -Sam and Ilsa conversation
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The most successful film directors are those who offer their audience thought provoking themes to contemplate throughout their film. This is achieved by using a large range of film techniques to enhance the portrayal of a theme or idea. In the film ‘Dead Poets Society’‚ the director Peter Weir has put forward several themes and ideas which are critical to the structure of the film. Fundamental aspects construct the basis of the film and they include themes such as tradition‚ conformity‚ and loyalty
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Neorealist mise-en-scene relied on actual location shooting (mainly outdoors)‚ and its photographic work tended towards the rawness of documentaries. Shooting on the streets and in private buildings made Italian camera operators incredibly adept at cinematography. In addition‚ the lack of sound equipment (dialogue was dubbed through post-synchronization) allowed for smaller crews and much greater freedom of movement. This more complex mise-en-scene and more adept camerawork (the use of long shots‚ deep
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set a high standard for the art of cinematography as it made cinematic advances and technical innovations on many fronts. A new style of film making was created with innovations varying from the use of deep focus technique‚ camera positions and angles shots‚ story telling and aural techniques. The most innovative technical aspect of Citizen Kane is the extended use of deep focus technique which is considered to be the most significant contribution to cinematography. This technique allowed him to photograph
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movie “mortally dangerous [and] contagious” (Michelson 7). He sought to find how the medium of film can transgress the boundaries of conventional storytelling methods and convey a completely new message‚ one that even goes beyond what cinematography was originally used for by the inventor Lumière brothers: recording everyday scenes as they are. Vertov’s aim was to take this idea further‚ and to give the documentations an experimentative touch thus calling into life a subjectified
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While it is easy to make comparisons between the pupil of the eye and the f-stop of a camera or between the retina of the eye and photographic film‚ once we get past the basic similarities of the optics of the two systems‚ comparisons begin to rapidly break down. The eye is not only much more complex than a camera and its film‚ but the two imaging devices function by different chemical mechanisms. The photographer (or the automatic exposure system of the camera) regulates the f-stop opening and time
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consecutive Sight & Sound polls of critics‚ until it was displaced by Vertigo in the 2012 poll. It topped the American Film Institute’s 100 Years ... 100 Movies list in 1998‚ as well as AFI’s 2007 update. Citizen Kane is particularly praised for its cinematography‚ music‚ and narrative structure‚ which were innovative for its
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Birdman Film Tech Analysis Paper #1 Charles Schloff COM 251 D010 21 January 20‚ 2015 The film Birdman directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu stresses the importance of cinematography in filmmaking and creates fluid transitions from one scene to the other‚ making the movie seem like it has been filmed all in one take. He also uses the motion of the camera‚ whether shaky‚ fast or slow moving‚ to stress certain people and certain scenes. He creates this fluidity to reflect the importance
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Casablanca Cinematography The film Casablanca directed by Michael Curtiz and released in 1943—at the height of World War II—is set in December 1941 in Casablanca‚ French Morocco. It is a time of escalating power of the Nazi party‚ which attempted to gain control of most parts of the world starting with Europe and Northern Africa. As a result of the ascending power of the Nazis and anti-German sentiments‚ many Europeans were desperate to flee their homes. Because Casablanca was not yet taken over
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