Film techniques

Throughout the film industry, Alfred Hitchcock’s film Psycho has revolutionized the horror genre with his ways of merging the obvious with the mysterious. Alfred Hitchcock, ‘Master of Suspense,’ is known for his filming techniques which made his film stand out compared to other horror films during his period. Hitchcock used these techniques throughout the film Psycho to allow the viewers to get an insight of what is happening in the film. One of the most important scenes, where Hitchcock used…

Throughout the film industry, Alfred Hitchcock’s film Psycho has revolutionized the horror genre with his ways of merging the obvious with the mysterious. Alfred Hitchcock, ‘Master of Suspense,’ is known for his filming techniques which made his film stand out compared to other horror films during his period. Hitchcock used these techniques throughout the film Psycho to add suspense and give the viewers details on the characters and their surroundings. One of the most important scenes, where…

Tim Burton films are very unique and one of a kind. He describes and creates a fantasy that only he can control. His films are very mysterious, and eerie. To make those effects possible he uses cinematic techniques. The techniques that are prominent in his films are the use of sinister and content music, low and high key lighting and lastly the use of flashbacks. He uses this to make his films very interesting and entertaining. This essay will talk about the many cinematic techniques that Tim…

In his theatrical interpretation, Wright explored multiple creative techniques which would heighten the action and thrill of his film. For its entirety, the audience saw no broad daylight scenes as Wright utilized dark schemes and settings to convey a disapproval of the ambitious characters (Critical). He achieved this by using filming techniques like manipulating the camera angle for a shot. When Macbeth speaks “let light not see my black and deep desires,” low camera angles and vectors were…

message. Life changes quickly and human beings most be resourceful to adapt to these changes. Camera shots emphasize the unpredictable changes that occur as life move on. The camera shots used in The Walking Dead is a combination of several camera techniques that emphasize the emotions of the scenes. The use of a long camera shot provides an extended view of any scene around any character. The Walking Dead begins with a scene of a road that has a car on it driving on fast speed. The camera…

Citizen Kane, written, directed and starring Orson Welles is a biographical/detective film on the life of Charles Foster Kane. The film sets out with a journalist called Thompson speaking to his boss about how they want to announce Kane’s death to the world on News of the March. They need more information about Kane, his personality and a deeper insight into his life rather than the facts that everyone already knows. This is where Rosebud comes into play. Rosebud was the final word that Kane…

“Honeyglue”, a lugubrious romance written and directed by James Bird, got trapped in its own melodramatic tones and couldn’t free itself from that sticky viscosity. Fastidiously overstaged, the film never manages to convince and takes a steep decline after just a few minutes. In the opening sequence, we are presented with video footage. The two persons in it, Morgan (Adriana Mather) and Jordan (Zach Villa), introduce themselves, adding that what we’re seeing is a digital love letter to each…

The Sounds of Silence from Critics: Making Meaning from the Text Alone In the late 1960s, director Mike Nichols began a film project that would shed light on a generation. While this film is still celebrated and discussed by film critics, Nichols himself avoids addressing and sharing his intended meaning of his controversial ending to the film The Graduate, in which two of the main characters run away together on a bus after a failed marriage ceremony. Whether these two were seeking freedom…

As Tim Burton says, “One person’s craziness is one person’s reality.” This quote shows how his films portray his crazy thoughts to others, but it is actually what he happens to consider being normal. Tim Burton is an animator and film director that is influenced by Roald Dahl and E.A Poe. Burton is best known for his use of dark children’s stories and gothic fantasies in films like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Edward Scissorhands. In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Charlie finds the…

shaped and molded his unique style; Burton uses various cinematic techniques to create a dark and suspenseful mood while also maintaining a childlike innocence. Burton also doesn't hold back on using his imagination in his films; you can see his films tend to lean toward fantasy and fiction rather than being realistic. His style can be seen in Big Fish, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Edward Scissorhands. To begin, in Burton’s film “Big Fish” we see Burton using flashbacks, long shot,…