Why were the early non-talkie movies so free with camera movement and location?
These movies were free with camera movement and location because there was no microphone needed for the actors to speak into. Since there was no sound, there didn’t need to be a heavy set of extra equipment that followed with the camera to catch what the actors are saying. Thus, letting the camera be free of movement and location. Also the placing of the microphones in early movies were very obvious and everything needed to be done visually with no sound.
What were the issues with the very first talkie movies?
The issues with the very first talkie movies was that people were already all so familiar with the silent films. Silent films generated a large audience and allowed the audience to create their own meanings to the words and create their own dialogue. With a talkie film everything is done for the audience with no imagination necessary for the audiences to depict. Also there wasn’t too big of an audience that supported these talkie films. The first talkie film was the Jazz singer in 1927 which turned out to be a great success.
Why did 'Citizen Kane' have such a great impact- List some reasons.
Citizen Kane was a movie that used new and improved techniques of filming. It broke boundaries and broadened the techniques of cinematography. The director Orson Welles used techniques that have never been used before, like removing floorboards to shoot the characters from below creating an illusion that he is very large. These techniques not only impacted Hollywood Europe as well. Another revolutionary change in cinematography is the lighting. He uses bright lighting to show Kane’s happy days as a child but as he gets older, the lighting get darker to show the corruption that seems to be ruining Kane’s life. Lastly, Welles felt that there shouldn’t be too much editing within the films because he thought that it intrudes the way the audience depicts the movie with their imagination. He used the space and time provided to create backgrounds and foregrounds that were appropriate for each scene. For example. He used detailed backgrounds to emphasize the isolation and distance that Kane goes through with those around him. This movie was a revolutionary film using techniques still used today and certainly for years to come.
The following video is the trailer presented by the director himself, Orsen Welles, for his ground breaking film Citizen Kane.
What is Film Noir?
Film Noir dates back to the 1940s and 50’s describing movies with not only dark colours and shadows within the film but also include dark sorts of themes in the movie. The word Noir is a French word for black, which basically explains the genre of film: dark in sight and vision throughout the entire film.
How was colour first introduced to film?
The first colour systems introduced in films used additive colour systems. This system was special because no special color stock was needed. It used colour filters on both the movie camera and projector.
What effects did the widescreen format have on cinematography?
The Widescreen format gave a much more broader overview of the different angles used by the cinematographers for the audiences to see. It gives more space to use and multiple cameras to be used at once.
Why didn't the director of The Godfather care about drive-in theatres and how dark his film was?
The director of the Godfather didn’t care about drive in theatres and how dark the lighting was because that’s what created the effects of his movie. The movie not only already had dark lighting within the film but also had a dark story line. There was no need for bright lighting and the drive in movie theatres did just that.
How did the director of photography use colours in The Last Emperor?
The director used the feel and mood of the certain environments he was put in to create the colours of the movie. The setting and feeling of the characters had a lot to do with how the lighting and colouring was portrayed throughout the movie. You can always tell by the colours the mood of each scene.
The track-back/zoom-in shot in Goodfellas signified a psychological change in the relationship between the two protagonists- How did the visuals change with this effect?
When a shot is zoomed in, you see the all the emotions of the characters face and nothing more. You can see any eyebrow raise, twitch of an eye, any detail to depict the emotion of the character. When the scene zooms out, you see the character and everything around them. That can effect the way the audience portrays the scene as well. It shows the background and scenery of where the characters are. Both ways, the audience is able to find out the true emotions of the character but the zoom in has much more emphasis on the exact feelings of the character.
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