Nosferatu

The cinematography of the film Nosferatu is the achievement from the entire film. This film is from the early 1920’s and is considered a silent movie. This movie is also considered to be a German expressionist film, and was directed by F.W. Murnau. The cinematography was done by Fritz Arno Wagner and Gunther Krampf. Nosferatu influenced the Dracula productions later down the road, and introduced the idea that vampires can be destroyed by the sun. The ways that cinematography made the film is because

Released in 1922 by the director F. W. Murau, Nosferatu is a part of the german film movement called Expressionism. The cinematography differs from earlier films, specifically in the area of cinematography that gives viewers a new look into silent films. How it conducts the scenes with its relation to the underlying themes will be used to discuss why Nosferatu is a staple in the early era of German Cinema. Before discussing the scene that reveals the most about the film, one must understand

The story of Nosferatu takes place in the mid 19th century fictional Baltic village of Wisborg. It is a scenic space filled blooming flowers and plant life covering the walls of gabled homes. The use of yellow tint to indicate daytime gives the environment a bright and cheerful glow. In the first act of the movie, Jonathan Hutter must leave his wife Ellen and travel to Transylvania to visit Count Orlok, a potential new client in his real estate endeavor. Once Hutter travels through the Carpathian

Response 1 Nosferatu My experience watching a feature length silent film was very interesting, to say the least. I found it amazing that they were able to tell a complete story on only visual elements. Nosferatu had many similarities to "A trip to the Moon" by George Melies. Comparatively it had more storytelling elements character development purely due to film length. I feel it would be very challenging to produce such a complex story under the constraints of such a short film.     I believe my

The film I choose to discuss is Nosferatu: a symphony of horror; The film itself is truly a horror classic and the first film adaptation of Dracula, even years later this film remains as the most intelligent adaptation of the novel in 1890. This movie is one of the best films in German cinema which is black and white and silent. Murnau's version of a vampire is truer than any other versions; he created a masterpiece that is very odd and bizarre along with starting a genre of films that have been

Dracula-Nosferatu Comparison I have recently watched clips from the beginnings of two vampire movies. The two films were, of course, very different things. One was 'Nosferatu' a product of the 1920's. I am lucky to have seen it considering how it was banned by a judge of the time and all copies ordered destroyed. Of course as attitudes change in cinema and with the introduction of the BBFC 'censorship' system it was released again. The other movie though was a

Nosferatu was one of the first horror films that can make an impact on audiences even today. It was made in 1922 in Germany by F.W.Murnau. A Vampire, Count Orlok, summons Thomas Hutter to his dark castle in the mountains. Orlok expresses interest in buying a house in Hutter’s town which brings grave danger to his wife and the rest of the townspeople. Nosferatu has a heavy contrast of light and dark represented by night and day in the film. Darkness appears when harm is about to come to the main

Stoker published in 1897, and the movie Nosferatu directed by Werner Herzog in 1979. The question is; did director Herzog make a good adaptation of Dracula? No, he did not do a good job. The three points used to prove the thesis are: There is not enough investigation on the vampire (Nosferatu), Renfield should not have sent Jonathan on the trip, and finally Dracula’s behaviour, and appearance should be different. There is not enough vampire investigation in Nosferatu. There should have been more time

Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauen, is a german expressionist horror film that takes its roots from Bram Stoker’s Dracula. While being an adaptation of Stoker’s work, the films main anti-hero is seperate ways. Dracula is suave while Count Orlok is depicted as a monster would be imagined. Orlok is seen as decrepit and much more frightenting. This adds a sense of realism in that he is a monster and acts as such. The film is simmilar to The Cabinet of Dr.Caligari. It is simmilar because the are expressionist

In his Great Movies list, Roger Ebert called Nosferatu (1922) "the account of Dracula before it was covered alive in platitudes, jokes, TV dramas, kid's shows and more than 30 different films. The film is in amazement of its material. It appears to truly have faith in vampires” but today some vampire films are completely different from older films like Nosfesatu and Dracula. Current vampires are completely unique. The film business utilizes them as centralizations of sex and gut, a social move