The Workings of Cinematrography

The film Citizen Kane uses stylistic cinematography techniques that help stress both material presence and textual representation. One of the main techniques used throughout the film is deep focus which usually makes everything that’s in the frame of the shot relevant. This deep focus contributes toward the viewing of the film as presence and also representation. For example, one could think of the “ broad and self-conscious use of deep focus…as an attempt to present images that are purely and fully presence, presenting themselves to the view in their fullness without any added meaning or interpretation.” (commentary) or the deep focus can be looked at as an interpretative point of view.

Another idea from Ángela Bernardo (March 10, 2016) is that color technology such as Technicolor has transformed the movie industry and the way Hollywood creates films. In 1916 Technicolor, one of the most important advancement arrived. Which allowed films makers to record in color. Technicolor was a photographic chemical process that managed to introduce color into movie frames. Technicolor was based on the Kinemacolor system which was very successful in England. When Technicolor first arrived it had lots of problems in theatres and was not perfected until 1932.

The Dish is an Australian film directed by Rob Sitch in the Australian town of Forbes. It is set during the 1969 moon landing which involves a group of scientists trying to ensure it gets broadcasted on television. Power-outages, prime-minister visit and working with NASA enthral the viewer in this 101 minute historical comedy. Many aspects of this film a genuinely accurate, however parts are of the main plot are completely made up and some are a bit of both. Even though this “historically accurate’ movie is only partially reliable and therefore cannot be used a reliable historical representation it will still remain as one of Australia’s most iconic films in years to come

The film analyzed in this paper, "Aladdin" is set in an Arab culture following the life of a street rat, Aladdin and his pursuit to marry the royal princess Jasmine. This paper will examine elements in the film such as culture and social class through different sociological perspectives. These will include conflict theory, the functionalist perspective and symbolic interactionism. It will also explore Cooley 's look glass self theory and how Aladdin 's negative self concept affects his actions. Lastly, it will view through the feminist theory how Jasmine and women are portrayed and other stereotypes and discrimination in the film.

Film- Precious Knowledge Precious Knowledge is a documentary that takes place in Tucson, Arizona and focuses on how the Unified School district wants to completely ban the Mexican American Studies Program. In the film there were many scenes with examples of rhetorical appeal. I believe that the way the film was set up since the beginning had an impactful and direct emotional appeal on the audience. For instance, in the first scenes of the film we have the opportunity to get to know the main characters in a more intimate level.

"Precious Knowledge," is a film which focuses on the successes of Tucson Unified School District’s ethnic studies. "Precious Knowledge" comes at a precipitous time as Tucson Unified School District (TUSD) faces a state-mandated deadline to dismantle the program, which has offered elective courses to students, primarily at the high school level, or face stiff financial punitive action. Students and teachers, fight to eliminate Arizona legislation banning ethnic studies programs in Tucson high School in Arizona. Because the bill of dismantle the program [Bill 2281] would remove/destroy curriculum in Tucson high school, which would otherwise provide innovative social-justice curriculum, students who become engaged, informed, and active in their

Depth of field - depth of field, also called focus range is the distance between the nearest and farthest objects in a scene. It decreases focus on anything other than the picture and makes the object it is focused on appear closer and sharper than everything else in the background.

For instance, Cloverfield uses a deep focus by zooming in on Rob as he enters the door to his surprise going away party, indicating our focus at hand is on Rob. The aesthetic, deep focus, explores the moral truth of where attention should be directed at a certain time. In this case, Rob is the most important person at the party and everyone should be focused on cherishing time with him before he leaves the country. The purpose of the truth is to give viewers insight in doing the same during certain events in their life with the people they love. Additionally, Thin Blue Line uses the realist aesthetic of deep focus when camera shows a motif of a hypnotic swinging clock followed by a zoom of the license plates from different kinds of Blue Vega’s at the time. This deep focus reveals the truth of why remembering certain things around you can be very important at a certain time. This truth is shown when Officer Wood’s female partner had trouble following procedure when Officer Wood was shot and didn’t remember the license plate of the shooters car, hypnosis was at play, but failed to help her remember a precise plate number. This truth could be important in case of similar personal conflict. Deep focus is a great realistic aesthetic in Cloverfield and Thin Blue Line because they both reveal truths that serve to impact an audience view on how to appreciate time and use time wisely in certain

According to the text, education is defined as the social institution responsible for the systematic transmission of knowledge, skills, and cultural values within a formally organized structure (Kendall, p. 462). Every human has a right to an education. Despite this definition, evidence of inequality based on race, class, and gender can be seen in the system despite good intentions to promote awareness of and appreciation for cultural differences.

Wells also like to use deep focus, where both foreground and background can be kept in focus simultaneously. This cinematic technique gives the audience a choice of where to look at rather than them being guided to see what the director wants you to focus on. One of the many scenes that used deep focus was when the mother is signing off her son Kane. In this particular scene all three planes are in focus- the mother at the front, father at the door, and young Kane

The utilization of close-ups and zoom-ins allows the audience to get to know the characters. It shows the wear and tear on the characters faces. We can see the pain, the hurt; we’re able to feel how tired the characters are from their deep sighs and the dark circles under their eyes. Michael Mann wants the audience to become as close to the characters as possible. We are introduced to Al Pacino during a sex scene, that’s about as intimate as the character-to-audience relationship can get.

Being a science fiction fan during his childhood, he worked his way in producing several highly acclaimed science fiction movies such as Avatar, Aliens, and the Terminator. Born on August 16, 1954, in Ontario Canada and later moved to California to finish his college at California State University. In order to pursue his dreams in cinematography, he worked as a truck driver and would work on screenplays. Then his career began from an art director in Battle beyond the Stars (1980) to directing various films. Now, he is an Oscar-winning director whose films Titanic (1997) and Avatar (2009) remains the top grossing films of all time. He has won various awards from different sides of the world, Norway, France, and the United Kingdom. Mise-en-scenes were well incorporated in each of James Cameron’s movies especially for science fiction movies that used elegantly crafted visuals.

When Making a film a director wants to draw the audiences emotions to the film to make them interested in what is going to happen. The director wants to make sure the audience is putting their emotions into a particular character or event. They can use this to give items importance and help us see who is an important character or if an event is serious or not. They basically tell us how to feel in a situation. They do this with the perspective/focus, lighting, and with the audio.

It is believed that more than 50 percent of the film involved special effects. One of the many reasons is because the film itself was made on a budget and the other being “for the nature and scope of its subject” (The Denny Life) to keep costs down. One of the methods that revolutionize cinematography was the introduction of a technique known as deep focus by Orson Welles. Deep focus is the use of “having everything in the frame even the background in focus at the same time” contrary to “having only the people or object in the foreground in focus” (The Denny Life). Moreover, the deep focus technique requires the cinematographer to combine lighting, composition, and type of camera lens to produce the desired effect. For example, Orson Welles use this technique on

Film Industry has been expansively affected by the changes in technology. The mechanical and digital innovations give cause to the influence of equipment, distribution and the way in which films are made and consumed. New trends shape directors and filmmakers to expand creatively towards telling stories in motions. The film industry has developed to one of the most important tools of communication, it's cause so powerful affecting the way individuals and societies think, act and behave. Among the new Era approaching film, and seeing celluloid film fade is that of the Digital Era and a camera that saw celluloid films passing hastened.