Visions of Light

Visions of Light Reflecting Questions

1. Why were the early non-talkie movies so free with movement and location?
The early non-talkie movies were free with camera movements and location because back then, the cameras were smaller and they moved around faster.

2. What were the issues with the very first talkie movies?
The issues with the very first talkie movie was how the cameras were unable to move around or even tilt. Therefore, many film makers had to think a lot to solve this issue.

3. Why did 'Citizen Kane' have such a great impact - List some reasons.
'Citizen Kane' had such a great impact because:
- innovative cinematography as well as music and narritive structure
- it was Orson Welles' first feature film
- film was nominated in nine categories for Academy awards
- won Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Screenplay)
- was a semi-official consensus among film critics, saying that 'Citizen Kane' is the greatest film ever made

4. What is Film Noir?
Film Noir is a cinematic term used to describe fancy Hollywood crime dramas. Hollywood's classic film noir period was from the early 1940s to the late 1950s. It is also a technique where you use the darkness as the negative space.

5. How was colour first introduced to film?

6. What effects did the widescreen format have on cinematography?

7. Why didn't the director of The Godfather care about drive-in theatres and how dark his film was?

Francis Ford Coppola (the director of The Godfather) did not care about the drive-in theatres and how dark his film was because

8. How did the director of photography use colours in The Last Emperor?

The director of photography used colours in The Last Emperor

9. 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?