‘Casablanca’ was released during the golden age of Hollywood film; “a visual and narrative style for making motion pictures and a mode of production used in the American film industry between 1917 and 1960”. It is a style in which falls between formalism and realism. Casablanca makes the shots realistic at the beginning by making the voice over resemble a radio reporter - drawing the audience in and making them feel apart of the story. But the the film is then also filmed in controlled studio environments. The many ‘cut to’ transition shots also play a role in the continues Hollywood flow of the film. Along side ‘fade out’, these are very effective shots as it allows all shots to continue neatly through the scene There is a continues flow
