The Viewer Is The Witness In 'Night And Fog'

Although there are many different stories about the holocaust, Elie Wiesel's story is very vivid and full of the jarring reality of his experiences. He doesn’t hold back any of the cruelness and torment he was forced to endure as an adolescent. In Night, Elie Wiesel uses repetition, imagery, and symbolism to illustrate the deprivation of his former self during his traumatic experiences during his time in the Nazi work camp.

The directors chosen camera technique, a simple two composition that progresses the scene a steady pace, forces the audience to feel a part of the awkward exchange; obviously, a quality of film that could not be as profoundly achieved through the narrative in the novel.

In Night, the act of witnessing the Holocaust becomes a burden for Elie, forcing him to lose innocence and putting him in dehumanizing situations as such a young boy. Wiesel vividly portrays the loss of innocence as he

When the sun goes down, and the cold night-time begins, darkness spreads across the world. When the night creates its darkness, it limits your vision, leaving the atmosphere unclear, and the path ahead unknown. This ambiguity leaves people unsettled, and in some cases afraid of what might be covered up behind that dark barrier. In Night by Elie Wiesel, the darkness that the camps symbolize, influence the prisoners by leaving them with an ambiguous and frightening fate. Elie Wiesel was a young boy who was taken away to the Nazi death camps along with Shlomo (his father), his family, and the majority of the other Jews in Europe. These Jewish prisoners were put under several trials where only the strongest would survive. The ones that did survive would work in favor of the Nazi war effort. Luckily, Elie finds the strength and motivation to end up being one of the very few survivors, who lived to tell the story of the horrific acts that the Nazis put the Jews under. Upon his survival, Elie Wiesel decided to write a memoir about his experience in the death camps; he calls his book Night, which is one of the important motifs he incorporates throughout the story. In his Holocaust memoir Night, Elie Wiesel uses the motif of night to convey the idea that the suffering in the camps was interminable and horrifying, just like the darkness of the night.

A variety of camera techniques are used throughout the beginning sequence to enhance the mood and involve the audience. Camera techniques are harmonized with lighting effects to culminate this dramatic scene. I will begin by discussing examples of this. In the village, many close-ups and long shots are used to enhance facial expression and to set the sombre mood.

Francois Truffaut continued on to say that Alain Resnais’ Night and Fog, made in 1955, was the “greatest film ever made”. The 30-minute film based on the horrors of the Holocaust and Nazi concentration camps after World War II combines Resnais’ own cinematography with original images and footage of the captives in their unfathomable state. The film is lead with a somber narrative that not only accompanies the sobering images being shown but both compliments them and puts them into perspective. Carl R. Plantigna’s chapter from his book ‘Rhetoric and Representation in

In the book Night, Elie Wiesel writes about his experience during the Holocaust as a young boy. He shares the terrible torture and degradation that he and other Jews have experienced. After he had been rescued, he repeatedly mentions how unworthy he is to be alive. Many lessons are learned throughout the book. One of the most important lessons in the book is the importance of bearing witness. In the context of the book, bearing witness means sharing what has happened during the Holocaust. Elie Wiesel utilizes the motifs of silence, eyes, and identity in order to show the theme of bearing witness in Night.

The film “Night and Fog” is a historical record of the Holocaust. It shows how Nazi massacre millions of people. It provides a plenty of first-hand data, such as some videos, to show the whole process of the Holocaust. From how Nazi transfer the victims to how Nazi treats them, and finally how cruel that the Nazi massacre them. To sum up, “Night and Fog” shows the process of the Holocaust completely, but seldom mention the cause and the consequences of the Holocaust.

Son of Saul is a historical fiction film that gives the jewish and nazi experiences within a extermination camp. Son of Saul authentically portrays the Holocaust through the perspectives of the Sonderkommandos and the Nazi SS by attempting to film every scene in first person with the camera focus on one Sonderkommando. The film is authentic, because its cinematography exposes taboos of Holocaust filmmaking as well as the juxtaposed mentalities of survivors and victims within an extermination camp in first person. The definition of authentic applied in this instance is something original with genuinely reliable value. This film’s cinematography is instrumental in the expression of these juxtaposed mentalities and Holocaust film-making taboos.

For example, there is a scene in which the protagonist arrives at her friend's house to see her and ask her a favor. We see them open the door and then they are inside the room. This effect helps to give continuity to an action that happens in one shot and continues in the next one. Another of the editing techniques widely used in the film is the reverse shot parent, 180 degree rule, and aye line match. There are very meetings in the movie.

When one hears the word "world war two" or "holocaust". Most automatically visualize the suffering and the violence brought upon the Jews by the unethical and reining tyrant they called Adolf Hitler. Where he tortured, killed, and treated them like they were not even human. The story Night is a true story about a holocaust survivor. It places readers into the mind of someone who was in a concentration and death camp and how it was a day to day struggle between life and death in the tretorus camps. Death and violence is not an uncommon occurrence in Night; in fact, it is one of the main themes of the story. It occurs throughout all parts of the story and in all different forms.

clever camera techniques which create tension and fear. The camera shots also pay close attention to detail. For example, when the man with the dog throws a stick for his dog to fetch into the sea, the camera

The film jumps to and from different scenes many times to simulate flashbacks as the audience seeks to discover how a samurai has been murdered in a forest with very little evidence of who committed the crime. The film includes many different character’s perspectives of the murder with various stories that are all different in nature. The film captures each various story from the different characters such as the samurai’s wife, who explains how her husband has been captured by a bandit and due to her shame of giving herself to the bandit and her husband’s disappointing stare; she claims to have murdered her husband with little to no recollection of the incident. The constant mystery of uncovering the murder relies on the audience through analyzing the different stories combined with specific flashbacks. At the climax of the film the samurai, who is now dead, presents his story through a very bizarre, demonic, and para-normal

There are many unique and innovative techniques used throughout the film. Some were sequencing which are different shots that represent purpose like flashbacks to another time period. Another that was interesting was the use of the newsreel footage. Also the many different angles that were used, and how the lighting and shadows were a big part of the film.

In this movie, different filmic techniques are used, however, in my opinion, they are not very effective and thus it fails to improve or contribute to the success of the movie, which I believe it should. The filming techniques used in