Film Reviews Are Candid

 Reviews are Candid Each of the films we watched had many effective use of techniques. Each director used their own special techniques that added to the professionalism of the movie. First, types of shots and angles are considered. Second, lighting was the next thing used. Types of lighting that can be used is hard or soft. Thirdly, another effect is music. Each type of music playing possibly having a purpose. The types of shots for the Maltese Falcon included close-ups when the characters are introduced into the plot. There are medium close-ups to close ups. There are 180 and 360 degree shots when something important happens to one of the characters and their was about a 45 degree angle when Thursby was shot. Some of the shots are stationary when there isn’t importance on catching a character rival. In contrast, when a character rival happens such as the Gutman and the wild apprentices of his there are moving angles that show the character interaction well. There is a rarity of bright lighting and much of it is dark. Therefore, much of it is Film Noir. There is background music to put emphasis on the moments of betrayal and astonishment of alterior motives. There is a type of Jazz and a more frolicy music that is used whenever there is character interaction and between scene surprises. I think the purpose is to bring surprise to the viewer and a sense of setting. This movie had quite the twise where Sam Spade figured out that Iva was the one that really set up Thursby to be killed. Sam turns her in and makes sure that any affair with her is over and almost knows exactly from the beginning when he quotedly says, “And Effie, keep her away from me.” The Glass Menagerie was a magnificent film within itself. I loved how the glass collection was used to show the feminine side of Laura. I also like how the characters are all stuck in a menagerie of Joe’s memories. I feel really bad for Tom because he is left with the responsibility of his family and isn’t treated very well by his mother who tends to hark easily. The use of camera in the Glass Menagerie is a medium close up to a close up often on Laura and a Long shot on the mature Tom and on the argument and daily events of the house. This gives the audience an overall understanding of how each of their lives are and how they add up to the plot and characterization that is unveiled. There is a medium close-up probably on Laura and Joe dancing. There are a lot of interior shots that are used. Laura loves Joe and is soon discouraged when she finds out he has a fiancé. The lighting throughout the house is mostly soft leaving a soft and warm touch to the recall of the house that Tom recalls as tears well in his eyes as he relays his flashback of memories. The music is sort of classical. The purpose of the club music across the street was to set a mood for the love that Joe and Laura share. Laura having a slight disability and dropping out of business school is encouraged to look for love in marriage by her mother. The Yellow Wallpaper was quite the interesting movie. I think it gave me a scare. I look at it and it makes me afraid to get married because of how bad male domination can really be. I realize it isn’t really the same now, but, to be expected to do nothing like back then really shows how unequally women were treated back in that time. There are a lot of extreme close-ups in this movie. I felt really bad when she decided to take control of herself and went crazy somehow giving her mind a symbolic release of her trapped feelings and far out-of-reach dreams. It’s truly ironic because she is finally free but not in a good state. Most of the shots in this movie I would categorize as stationary except for the very last shot where she crawls across the floor over her faint husband, that is moving. The lighting is bright and it takes place from day-to-day of a house back around the time of the Victorian Age where the women’s duties were greatly emphasized and they had less power. I would say the lighting is hard in scenes from day-to-day life so the audience can truly observe the actions of the woman who has an illness. Then I think they use soft lighting to personalize the touch of her writing in her room. I think there is a combination of both to make the film more effective. I can definitely say this movie left me bewildered and thinking twice about life. The music was likely something old and fitting. I don’t quite remember music as much in this movie. I payed attention to what was happening more.