Schindler's List Movie Analysis

Schindler’s List Made Powerful Through Technical Aspects
Some movies are forgettable while others are unforgettable. Technical aspects used by a director are very important to the development of a movie’s storyline and are largely responsible for the outcome of it. The director controls the moods, the thoughts, and the interpretation of a piece of work by the way he incorporates technical aspects like color, lighting, music, sound, editing, film angles, and framing throughout his work. The use of these aspects creates a bond between the director and the audience and allows them to connect in a way that is undeniably essential to the success of the movie. In the movie, Schindler’s List, the director, Steven Spielberg, used many technical aspects that made it unforgettable. Among the most …show more content…
The director, Steven Spielberg, chose to make this movie mostly in black and white. He felt that this aspect would help produce memories of the World War II era and impact the viewers of the movie in a deeper way. However, he did use color a few times to highlight key scenes and to help the story line flow from one scene of color into another of black and white in order to make a dramatic impression on his viewers. The film, Schindler’s List, begins with a scene that shows a yellow flame of a burning candle. It represents the Jewish people’s religious faith, goodness, and hope. As the candle burns out, it fades into the next scene that is totally in black and white. The effects of this dramatic aspect of using color and fading into the darkness of black and white created a visual that helped the viewers grasp the ideal of transitioning from the goodness and hope of the Jewish people to the reality of darkness and evil that was about to come at the hands of the Nazis. Another time in the movie where color made a strong statement was the red coat of the little girl. In this scene, everything was black and white except her coat. Spielberg used this