Cinematography

Citizen Kane is often referred to as “The Greatest Movie of All Time” by many film critics, actors, directors, and film industry pioneers. Its story of Charles Foster Kane’s rise and fall as the wealthy newspaper tycoon is Orson Welles first feature film and his masterpiece. I must admit that last night was my first time watching Citizen Kane but I immediately understood why it is such a well-regarded film. I had previously read reviews and in-depth analysis about the movie but never actually…

Run Lola Run is a well-known German film that was released in 1998 to positive reviews. There are various filming techniques used to enhance the films story line as well as the audiences experience. Cinematography, sound and editing are important techniques that are vital to any film. The director of Run Lola Run, Tom Tykwer, beautifully blended some of these techniques to create a visually pleasing movie. To capture the story that goes along with this movie, Tykwer used multiple camera angles…

Bigger than Life is a film that was directed by Nicholas Ray in 1956. It is a critique of social constructs in American society masked as a film about the dangers of drug addiction. Through Ray’s brilliant usage of mise-en-scène and drastic, low-key lighting, he manages to break down the idea of the existence of a perfect, American nuclear family and brings to light the nonexistence of class equality. The film revolves around a father and a schoolteacher, Ed Avery, who is diagnosed with a…

points that it was trying to make. I also feel like there were many filler scenes used instead of building up a character, or furthering the plot. Some of the cinematography felt a little unorthodox and trite. But each culture has its own way of filming movies, and it is possible that the approach used in Allende is their style of cinematography. Overall this is a worthwhile film in how it gives to…

As a consequence, the moving picture acquired an “episodic format”. This signifies that it experiences war through the journey lived by a neutral character who makes connections with all the people he comes across. On the whole, the cinematography reflects the tonality of the story and its dramatic changes as the War progresses because the surrounding world keeps gradually getting darker (Curtis and Hiddleston, 2012) (See fig.…

Plot: What can you tell about the plot from this small excerpt? The plot has something to do with discovering why the man’s last word was “Rosebud”. This is probably a nickname for an old flame of his. He lived in a run- down Castle like home which suggests that he had troubles. The plot is a mystery of whom or what is “Rosebud”. With the introduction being in a dark and dreary looking golf course that is overlooked by the castle, is a great indication of someone once mighty falling so far off…

One of the most enjoyable and well-known film genre is the Western, produced from the start of the movie business to even today. When one thinks of a Western, they might think of an iconic star such as John Wayne riding on a horse in a beautiful landscape. In one of the most classic Westerns, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne, Captain Nathan Brittles is tasked with simultaneously easing tensions with the aggressive Cheyenne Indians and transporting his…

In the pilot episode, Prairie debuts as a woman who was missing for the past 7 years. The audience learns that she was blind as a child, but mysteriously, she is no longer blind and refuses to explain how. Prairie holds back her story and it makes her a very suspicious character, and no one can guess whether she was kidnapped or ran away from home. However, it remains a mystery of how she got so far despite being blind before. The first episode of the OA introduces a brief insight to what the…

speech, costumes, music, and dances all accurately represented the period. Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, the film’s lush technicolor emphasized Whiting and Hussey’s youthful looks. The film also won the Academy Awards for Best Cinematography and Best Costume Design. Zeffirelli was especially praised for his portrayal of Mercutio’s death scene and the concept of male bravado getting out of hand. Though receiving much praise, the film has also been regarded as not epic and…

In 1996, American academic and writer Deborah Lipstadt (Rachel Weisz) was accused of libel by British World War II historian David Irving (Timothy Spall) after being labelled as a “liar and falsifier of history” in her book Denying the Holocaust: The Growing Assault on Truth and Memory, which significantly ruined his professional reputation and career as a result. Due to the British legal system, pressure is placed on Lipstadt and her legal team to prove the truth of the Holocaust. The 2016…