Cinematic techniques

the principal actors were new to motion pictures including- Joseph Cotten, Everett Sloane, Ray Collins, Agnes Moorehead, Ruth Warrick, and Welles himself. As for the cinematography, Welles teamed up with Gregg Toland to create a never-before-seen cinematic experience. The movie opens up with several approaching shots of Kane’s self-made castle called Xanadu accompanied by suspenseful music which crescendos then halts as soon as it reaches the window of the room that…

Casablanca as a film pioneered many cinematic techniques and aspects of film, used acting techniques that hadn’t been used previously such as by Stanislavski’s method, and utilized technical aspects of film rarely used previously, and only used in “big budget” films of the day like “Metropolis”. Casablanca used cinematic techniques that had rarely been used before, such as tracking shots, lighting based on day and night, and close-ups. The film has actors channeling genuine emotion rather than…

Cinematic techniques within a film can show more information to the audience sometimes more than the dialogue does. The cinematic techniques in There Will Be Blood help to establish the mood or tone in the scene and a sense of power and who has control of it. Paul Thomas Anderson helps to tell the story of There Will Be Blood with the use of many cinematic techniques. He shows us the story of a man overwhelmed with greed and the actions he commits afterwards. Anderson is a fan of using…

undoubtedly one the world's most famous and highly-rated film. Its use of cinematic techniques, narrative techniques and experimental innovations in the areas of photography, editing, and sound brings the narrative to life and entices our engagement throughout the motion picture. Citizen Kane’s director, star, and producer were all the same genius individual - Orson Welles. Throughout this essay, I will look at such cinematic techniques used in the sequence “Young Charles Growing Up” and I will…

took memories from his childhood and incorporated them into his films. Burton uses cinematic techniques such as low key lighting and flashback in order to create the effect of strong emotion off of the characters and to bring out the “light” of the story within his viewers; this is important because it helps to convey the message that everything isn’t as it seems. Tim Burton uses many cinematic techniques within his movies, but one that stands out the most is low key…

25, 1958, in Burbank California. Burton was influenced by Edgar Allan Poe, dark humor, and fairy tales. Tim Burton is a film director, producer, artist, writer, and animator. His films are characterized as eerie disturbance. Tim Burton uses cinematic techniques such as shots and framing, lighting, and camera angles to achieve the dark horror/fantasy films that he is known for. The audience can tell a film Is by Burton if it includes a contrast of both light and dark colors, has characters with…

Scissorhands. Burton uses low and high key lighting and also flashbacks to show the outcast in society can be one of the most creative or talented individuals if given a chance. Even though these two movies are a lot different, Burton uses similar cinematic techniques in both of them, he uses high key lighting to heighten both of the main character’s talents. For example, in Big Eyes the main character,…

directed countless films and the three that stand out the most are Jurassic Park, Jaws, and Schindler’s List. Steven Spielberg has used many cinematic techniques such as specific color scheme and camera movement. One technique that he is mainly known for is the use of tracking shots. An analysis of these techniques will show how Spielberg uses cinematic techniques to capture his artistic vision. In the film Schindler’s List, Spielberg uses a mostly monochromatic color scheme throughout the…

leads Carl Denham, the movie director, to exclaim, “It was Beauty that killed the Beast!” Beyond the obvious surface references to Ann Darrow being a beautiful woman and King Kong being a menace and monster on the island, the film employs cinematic techniques to present Ann Darrow and King Kong as foils to one another. However, their role as foils not only emphasizes their differences, but also their similarities. After King Kong captures Ann, the filmmakers try to hunt him down to rescue…

the premier foreign films of the last twenty years. Rocket’s character type is the main protagonist while Lil Ze portrays the film’s main antagonist. The juxtaposition of personalities Rocket and Lil Ze have established the crux of the film. The cinematic elements used in the film to help convey its themes of hope, struggle, and good and evil is the use of editing, lighting, and effectively portraying character types. The film begins with Lil Ze and his…