“City Lights!” What a classical film, complete with many different visual interests and original styles. With the un-denying romance and comical atmosphere, “City Lights” is sure to keep you entertained until the very end.
“City Lights” was directed by Charlie Chaplin and was released in 1931 and is said to be one of the, if not the greatest, romances of all time. Thought at its release to be “dead” because of talking movies starting up, Chaplin proved critics wrong, and made a never-ending name for himself in film history. As for formal aspects of this film, I would give it four out of five stars and I would recommend this movie to anyone looking for an all-around respectable silent film. One of Chaplin’s greatest and most familiar movies, …show more content…
The final scene, showing the flower girl finally seeing the tramp for the first time, has many different kind of shots and is mostly shot with eye-level angles and somewhat low angles. There are medium shots, full shots, close-up shots, and even an over-the-shoulder shot featured. The scene starts out with the miserable Little Tramp walking down the street after getting out of prison showing a full shot, with his entire body in the frame. From this point on, the scene is shot in medium shots, or shots from the waist up, until the last few seconds of the movie. The flower girl thinks she found a conquest and tries to give the tramp a flower; this scene takes on the over-the-shoulder scene with the flower girl’s back in the shot, as the camera focuses on the Little Tramp. After the Little Tramp tries to run off, the flower girl gets up and walks over to him, introducing the close-up shot and one of the most intimate scenes in film history. The girl looks directly at the tramp with disappointment and uncertainty as the tramp stands there, shy and embarrassed, with an expression so powerful the audience can almost feel Chaplin’s heart break. The last scene of the movie is a personal close-up of Chaplin’s face that fades away and the proxemics distance in this scene keeps the audience intact until the last
“City Lights” was directed by Charlie Chaplin and was released in 1931 and is said to be one of the, if not the greatest, romances of all time. Thought at its release to be “dead” because of talking movies starting up, Chaplin proved critics wrong, and made a never-ending name for himself in film history. As for formal aspects of this film, I would give it four out of five stars and I would recommend this movie to anyone looking for an all-around respectable silent film. One of Chaplin’s greatest and most familiar movies, …show more content…
The final scene, showing the flower girl finally seeing the tramp for the first time, has many different kind of shots and is mostly shot with eye-level angles and somewhat low angles. There are medium shots, full shots, close-up shots, and even an over-the-shoulder shot featured. The scene starts out with the miserable Little Tramp walking down the street after getting out of prison showing a full shot, with his entire body in the frame. From this point on, the scene is shot in medium shots, or shots from the waist up, until the last few seconds of the movie. The flower girl thinks she found a conquest and tries to give the tramp a flower; this scene takes on the over-the-shoulder scene with the flower girl’s back in the shot, as the camera focuses on the Little Tramp. After the Little Tramp tries to run off, the flower girl gets up and walks over to him, introducing the close-up shot and one of the most intimate scenes in film history. The girl looks directly at the tramp with disappointment and uncertainty as the tramp stands there, shy and embarrassed, with an expression so powerful the audience can almost feel Chaplin’s heart break. The last scene of the movie is a personal close-up of Chaplin’s face that fades away and the proxemics distance in this scene keeps the audience intact until the last