Vision of Light
- Why were the early non-talkie movies so free with camera movement and location?
In the early non-talkie movies the reason that camera movement and location were so free, was because the location could be anywhere without sound effect (except the background sound effect), the camera movements was followed like the frame of the actors, The success of the non-talkie movie was based on the actors movements and the excellent matched background effect.
- What were the issues with the very first talkie movies?
The sound effect was thick, and not smooth. The texture of scenes were not smooth and really clearly, The light source was not hard to tell, often on the top or the side. "The first feature film originally presented as a talkie wasThe Jazz Singer, released in October 1927. A major hit, it was made withVitaphone, the leading brand of sound-on-disc technology. Sound-on-film, however, would soon become the standard for talking pictures.“
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- Why did 'Citizen Kane' have such a great impact- List some reasons.
"Citizen Kane" this movie was a challenge movie which talks about a person's whole life. Film scholars and historians view Citizen Kane as Welles' attempt to create a new style offilmmaking by studying various forms of movie making, and combining them all into one. The most innovative technical aspect of Citizen Kane is the extended use of deep focus.
- What is Film Noir?
It means the black-color-scenes-movie. The scenes of Film Noir are actually black and white, the lighting and the background, It actually often present the darkness, terrible, disgust, hate, strange, fantastic, and cruel theme of the movie.
- How was colour first introduced to film?
It was produced by Geoge Albert Smith of Brighton, Engliand in 1906. The camera machine was designed and invented by 1900's possessional people.
- What effects did the widescreen format have on cinematography?
It makes audiences can see more pictures of the scenes, and comfortable on the vision.
It makes audiences more easily to get in the scenes, more enjoyment and feelings around them when they are watching the films.
- Why didn't the director of The Godfather care about drive-in theatres and how dark his film was?
The reason of that is because ALL the scenes of The Godfather was dark, in black and white. The most of scenes of this movie was the conversation, so how could people hear the conversation if they were in the car or (did drive-in theater)?
- How did the director of photography use colours in The Last Emperor?
The director of The Last Emperor used the light color of the photography,such as yellow,and orange, and dark color for the background, such as when people are almost fighting. In that age, a traditional Chinese period, most of the people did not know any knowledge about the science.When a blonde man walked in through the gate with a bike, the light of color was clear.
- The track-back/zoom-in shot in Goodfellas signified a psychological change in the relationship between the two protagonists- How did the visuals change with this effect?
When the track-back/zoom in shoot in Godfellas signified the psychological change in the relationship between the two protagonists, we can more clearly see the reactions on the protagonists's faces, and most of them the zoom-in shot are showing more serious situation.
