I chose the movie clip entitled “King Kong”. It’s from the movie “Training Day” starring Denzel

In this move, camera work plays a very important role. Since there are lots of emotional events in this story, camera work has to be able to transfer these emotions to the viewers. In fact this movie contains a rich camera work. The distance of camera, the angle and the way that camera moves toward the characters are significantly well done, because we can see all the changes that occur on face of each character. These make the movie to be more impressive and interesting.

This allows the scene to create greater tension with the use of darkness diverting the audience expectations. For the camera movement, firstly it is a long shot to show the location and they are going to fight, and then it use a lot of close up, over shoulder and extreme close up to illustrate how they fight with using different Kong Fu and weapons, during they are fighting, it also has some bird s eye view shot to show how intense of their fight, because it also show the ground fault of the weapons and the struggle traces shows the suspension. As a distinctively visual technique, audiences are able to feel the suspense. The way in the shooting, the director Ang Lee has done all the details in every possible way. In the light text effect, he spent most of the low key lighting to keep the mystery of kung fu; the lens shooting, he spent a lot of The third-person perspective and two shot make the audience appreciate the traditional Chinese martial arts, and he can also take care while a lot of details, such as eye contact play against the two sides, the audience can understand the meaning of what they want to say without the dialogue. The scenes is showing a back and forth between two characters staring at each other, then that is most likely the use of the shot-reverse-shot technique.

Most of the actors are wearing darker clothing as well which makes their faces stand out even more. This lighting style also adds to the tension and the mystery of the scene. It makes the audience on edge. The contrast filled lighting of film noir is also effective at bringing out the extremes of emotions and thought. The darkness of the genre makes anything that goes wrong seem less taboo, because the lighting of the genre sets up the norms for the world that the film lives in—and in that world, bad things happen. The lighting of the film helps the audience understand the world that the characters are in.

The second way why cinematography made the film is because the camera shots during the film were very close to one other. It did become kind of confusing many times during the film. Now you would see medium shots more than any other one during the film. There were also long shots that were shot alongside the medium shots so long shots would

The director used different lighting to express the characteristics of the hero and villain. When a scene is dark and little colour is used, it shows that the character is menacing and scary. On the other hand,

Lewis uses lighting to dramatize the opening scene of the film and characterize the protagonist of the story. The most noticeable utilization of film noir lighting is in the beginning

On what I saw, low-key lighting was the most frequent kind of light used in the movie. For example, when Ray is sleeping with Abby multiple times, it is very hard to see what is happening in the background. Many shadows were visible in the movie and this made the film have a more dramatic look. It had a very mysterious and dark atmosphere, which created more suspense.

In the film The Dark Night the director, Christopher Nolan, uses many different techniques to make this scene, a particularly important piece of the story that finishes the film, impactful for the audience. By using minimal lighting, music and mise-en-scene, a simplistic yet sinister effect is cast over the scene. With Gordon and Dent in completely opposite positions of power, the drama and value of this scene is intensified. Attention is immediately drawn to Dent's cause for violence and action, something that can be drawn back to everyone he opposes; a loved one. Though this scene is, once broken down, very simple, various film techniques were used to add significance to it.

As a youngster, Denzel Washington faced difficult situations of his youth time that were filled with tough decisions. For Denzel, the road to recognition has sometimes been long, hard and dangerous. Denzel’s

One positive aspect was that the lighting was more bland and not overly saturated. I believe this gave the movie a more natural, yet depressing tone. The movie starts out before the sun rises and as Maria rides the bus to work in the first scene the overcast sky creates a bleak atmosphere. This coincides with the plot line and how Maria feels about working in the flower factory. On the other hand, the shaky camera proved to be distracting for much of the film, especially the ending scene. The shot of Maria walking through the airport was supposed to represent a newfound strength and power, but the movement of the camera distracted slightly from such an empowering scene. Overall, the director did a wonderful job on the film. It is truly a film about redemption and finding oneself. While much of the film portrays one difficulty after another, the audience feels as though they are on the journey with Maria. We feel as though we are traveling from Colombia, trying to figure out what to do next in New York, and finally finding the strength to stay as Maria

Daniel Day-Lewis never fails to impress, even when he appears in a poor film. For the most part, however, he has chosen

Low-key lighting is used to demonstrate mise en scene. Mise en scene would dictate the types of props used in the movie; the things that you see in the scene. For instance in Tony Montana’s house, you can see that he used dark colors in his house, dark reds and blacks. These colors will reflect very dark lighting and a sense of evil. This is how mise en scene correlates to the type of lighting that is used in a film.

For years police corruption has been a major problem in American society but where is the line between moral and unethical police corruption, many modern movies address this vary issue. Some films portray how types of police corruption can have a positive influence on society, while others show the dark side of police corruption. Many law enforcement agents join the criminal justice with the basic idea of "justice for all," however, most of them do not realize that the nice guy doesn't always win. Even though there are vast amounts of movies which specifically address police corruption we will use three main movies for our argument today, mostly LA Confidential, however, also Training Day.

Cinematography by definition is “a general term for all the manipulations of the film strip by the camera in the shooting phase and by the laboratory in the developing phase”; it is the “writing in movement”. The tonalities of film (contrast and exposure), speed of motion, perspective/focus, framing, camera angles and movement are components of cinematography. Editing is the selection and joining of camera takes in addition to the techniques utilized to manage relation among shots. This can be achieved through transitions and continuity (Bordwell). To understand the impact cinematography has in the film Days of Heaven, one must take into consideration the choices made by the cinematographers in specific scenes and how they contribute to film in its

     The film takes place in California. The location is nature, and the houses are big, they have big front and back yards. The location seems appropriate and realistic.