Essays on Cinematographer

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Ms. Biglow indicates film as the interchange where different ideas intersect (Dargis, 2009). Each film is a creative work of a big team and, while analyzing a movie, we must realize that it is all a huge team work. The aim of the paper is to give the analysis of the science fiction film Back to the Future. It gives contextual information, describes the difference between the story and the plot in the movie, and explains aesthetic choices, social and personal impact of the film. Film theory explores the backbone of the cinema and provides methods for understanding not ...

"The Village" has very strong and interesting scenario. The ending eventually gives us clear understanding that not every human is terrible, but there are also people willing to help others, show mercy. Mr. Walker cannot be considered a selfish or evil character. He and other elders wanted to create a clear society without evil and sin. But Mr. Walker used the illusion and deception to create such pure village. That is why his idea ended with some tragic incidents. Despite his good intentions, the society cannot survive if it is isolated and blind. People cannot live if they are ...

The film Citizen Kane was produced on September 5th 1941. The lead actors were Orson Welles, Joseph Cotton and Dorothy Comingore. The film was directed by Orson Welles who was also the lead actor in the film. The head of cinematography was Gregg Toland. Charles, the lead actor in the film, is depicted as a man who is so engulfed in his search for material things that he loses his humanity and soul and becomes a greedy man . The plot of the film is developed through the eyes of the young Charles, giving the audience a window into the ...

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A brief glimpse into Berlin, Germany, and film and documentary production in the 1920s will provide historical context to better understand and appreciate the quality and value of this innovative documentary. Cultural life blossomed after the 15 million deaths and destruction of World War I. In the 1920s, the German film industry, despite uncertainties and financial difficulties, became firmly established and very productive (Goesch 61, 72). The emphasis on Expressionism became reality, objectivity and good times in the late 1920s. The art ...

The two passages written by Bordwell and Toland provide the analysis of different aspects of Citizen Kane, one of the most legendary products in the cinema industry. Gregg Toland, an outstanding cinematographer, primarily famous for his work with Orson Welles on the movie Citizen Kane, in the paper “How I Broke the Rules in Citizen Kane” makes the analysis of his collaboration with Welles as well as the analysis of major achievements which were made in terms of this collaboration during the shootings of the film (Toland 569). Firstly, he explains the differences between the terms “commandment” and “convention” ...

In his essay “The Evolution of the Language of Cinema", Andre Bazin distinguishes between "those directors who put their faith in the image and those who put their faith in reality" (Bazin 43). Here, he essentially refers to the difference that often occurs between the presentational and the representational in film – as film continues to skew towards the realistic, these works tend to emphasize verisimilitude over abstraction. Films today often feel the need to create a sense of immersion within their worlds, wherein an audience member could reasonably believe that they are watching real life unfold before their eyes. This ...