Duncan Kane

Shot 1: As we all know Casablanca was and still is one of the most famous movies. In shot one the cinematography utilize many different techniques. For example, in shot one I see a medium shot and a low medium angle when Victor and Rick were talking or arguing. Another, strength of Casablanca is the black and white lighting. In my opinion, the director made a crucial decision in shot one, the performance of both Victor and Rick standing in front of the frame with great lighting and few shadows behind

Yolo: The Rise of an Excuse With the rising popularity of the anagram Yolo, how has it evolved over the years? In 1989, Touchstone Pictures released the movie The Dead Poets Society and received both critical acclaim and box office success. Following its release, Tom Schulman (writer) received an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. The film also won the BAFTA Award for Best Film. The Dead Poets Society extrapolated a simple idea, Carpe diem. This concept consists of the idea that life must

“Her” a movie written and directed by Spike Jonze, is what I consider it to be the greatest movie in the twenty-first century so far. There are only a few words that describe the movie: beautiful, touching, and intelligent. “Her” is about a man in the future, who is struggling with depression and isolation, developing an unlikely relationship with an operating system. The movie is beautiful in every scene; almost as if every scene could be a new art piece. The movie was filmed in Los Angeles and

“An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” is a short film based off a story by Ambrose Bierce. The director of this film is Robert Enrico. This film took place in Alabama of 1961. This film is one of the most popular films ever made in the 1900s. “The work was a winner at the Cannes Film Festival and also at the Academy Awards (Best Short Film, 1963)” (Petrie & Boggs 245). This quote tells the audience how enjoyable and famous this film was in the time of its release. Even now a days, this film continues

Citizen Kane is a Film Noir, directed by Orson Welles, and was released in 1941 as an RKO Production. Much of the success of this film is often attributed to the effectiveness of Bernard Herrmann’s musical score. Herrmann’s ability to compose various different styles of music ensured its dominance over many of his predecessors. The diversity of the score is significant, because it properly emphasized the highlights and pitfalls of Kane’s life and effectively portrayed the various emotions of the

“Rosebud...” An iconic one liner that begins the mystery of who Citizen Kane truly was. The scene opens up to eerie music; the camera slowly making its way past a chain-link fence with the sign that says 'No Trespassing'. The camera continues it's journey beyond the fence; showing glimpses of a more elaborate fence with a large 'K', for 'Kane' drawing the eye. Upon the fence sit two small primates - this represents the power, and money he held, but they are also portrayed as rundown, and somewhat

Lighting Techniques: The Black and White World of Citizen Kane Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane is revered for its inventive and sophisticated use of lighting schemes to bring a certain tone to the film that sound or mise-en-scene could not achieve. However, the frequent low-key lighting goes further than merely creating a mysterious, film noir-esque mood. Intense shadows coupled with bold highlights shape Welles’ black and white film into a black and white world, which in turn emphasizes Kane’s descent

seemingly at different times in the film industry depending upon those who argue that certain films that engaged in the use of this type of filming. It wasn't though until the collaboration of director Orson Wells and DOP Gregg Toland in the film Citizen Kane 1941 that deep focus cinematography was brought to public attention and given notability by various publications and brought an unusual acknowledgement of the cinematographer within the film industry at the time. Aesthetically deep focus required a

Citizen Kane is a movie about Charles Foster Kane, a publishing tycoon, who was taken away from his parents when he was a child, to be given a life full of opportunity, only to die alone, with no one to comfort him. This movie was one of the first movies to challenge the traditional narrative and technical elements of Hollywood Cinema. Classic Hollywood cinema, which developed between 1917 and 1960, was a particular way that films were produced during this era. It consisted of certain technical

Many consider Citizen Kane to be the greatest film ever made, and although that is clearly a debatable point of view, no one can deny the contribution that Citizen Kane has had on the film industry. Orson Welles introduced some very innovative techniques in filmmaking, using some unique and unconventional camera shots, angles, and lighting techniques that revolutionized how films have been made ever since. Welles used exceptionally low camera angles to create a dramatic tension between characters