Casablanca (1942) + Batman returns (1992)
cinematography is the discipline of making light and camera choices when recording phototgraphic images for the cinema
The main key difference between the cinematography of a film of the 1940s and a film of the 1990s is, firstly and obviously, the fact that the films in the 1990s were in colour whereas the films in the 1940s were in blank and white
Casablanca's cinematography was created very cleverely in a way in which the camre angles and lighting helps emphasise the actors facial expressions and surroundings in a way where the director has already pre-planned specifically, how that moment of the film should come across to the audiene and how they should be exactly feeling identifying with the film.
An example of this is the main female actress in the film Ingrid bergman. The camera shots in which focused on her were mostly viewed and taken from the left side of her face since it was considered to be her 'better angle'. The lighting on her was usualy soft to make her seem more precious and feminine and more as a damsel with catch lights (catch lights are lights that are used to specifically highlight a charcters eye which gives the character a more softer and innocent look) to give her eyes a sparkle/glistening effect in which the whole purpose of this was to make her face, in BCU shots or CU shots, seem more tender for the audience to identify with her more in a sypmathetic way. An example of this is shown at 0.59 of the trailer.
Also in some parts of the film there are lines of shadows across the characters and in various places of the background and they are formed in such a way in which they resemble bars that are similar of a prison that which therefore connotes being confined or restricted or even imprisoned in the surroundings or environment that the characters are in. An example of this is the scene right in the opening of the trailer; on the floor there is a shadow of crossing bars and to add to this connotation the charcters in the scene are wearing uniform and holding guns connoting the whole idea of being imprisoned once again.
Dark lighting and expressionist lighting (this is when the lighting is giving an emotional effect) is used variously throughout the film. They are particularily seen towards the end of the film. This style and use of cinematography is classical elements in which would be expected in such a film of the 1940s.
cinematography is the discipline of making light and camera choices when recording phototgraphic images for the cinema
The main key difference between the cinematography of a film of the 1940s and a film of the 1990s is, firstly and obviously, the fact that the films in the 1990s were in colour whereas the films in the 1940s were in blank and white
Casablanca's cinematography was created very cleverely in a way in which the camre angles and lighting helps emphasise the actors facial expressions and surroundings in a way where the director has already pre-planned specifically, how that moment of the film should come across to the audiene and how they should be exactly feeling identifying with the film.
An example of this is the main female actress in the film Ingrid bergman. The camera shots in which focused on her were mostly viewed and taken from the left side of her face since it was considered to be her 'better angle'. The lighting on her was usualy soft to make her seem more precious and feminine and more as a damsel with catch lights (catch lights are lights that are used to specifically highlight a charcters eye which gives the character a more softer and innocent look) to give her eyes a sparkle/glistening effect in which the whole purpose of this was to make her face, in BCU shots or CU shots, seem more tender for the audience to identify with her more in a sypmathetic way. An example of this is shown at 0.59 of the trailer.
Also in some parts of the film there are lines of shadows across the characters and in various places of the background and they are formed in such a way in which they resemble bars that are similar of a prison that which therefore connotes being confined or restricted or even imprisoned in the surroundings or environment that the characters are in. An example of this is the scene right in the opening of the trailer; on the floor there is a shadow of crossing bars and to add to this connotation the charcters in the scene are wearing uniform and holding guns connoting the whole idea of being imprisoned once again.
Dark lighting and expressionist lighting (this is when the lighting is giving an emotional effect) is used variously throughout the film. They are particularily seen towards the end of the film. This style and use of cinematography is classical elements in which would be expected in such a film of the 1940s.
Batman returns cinematography, first of all in colour and was used/created in such a way where the lighting an camera angles is always or mostly focused on the whole picture of the setting.
The surroundings/environment/setting of the scene is always showin in LS and is always shown in either low key lighting or very dark lighting. The only moment in the trailer in which there is some form of bright light is the explosion (0.25) and this is to give the film a constant thriller effect the whole time.It also connotes the seriousness of the film sonce there is no major aspect of bright light so the darkness shows a sense of stern-ness and focus.
The actors are also shown in a dark light the majority of the time. The 'bad' characters always seem to have a backlight effect in which they are in a MS and theres a low key light that is behind them which gives them a sort of eary glow which shows the audience that they are the 'bad' characters in the film and show a sense of mystery and lurking towards the audience. Examples of this are scene in the trailer at 0.31 to 0.38 which is where we first see one of the 'evil' characters of the film and another example is 0.45 and 1.05 of when we see the second 'evil' character cat woman.
Batman (the hero of the film) also always seems to be seen in a low key lighting. There is no significant part of the trailer in which he is shown in high key lighting or even a bright light and this is to again show the seriousness of the film throught the whole of the trailer. There is only one moment throughout the whole trailer in which we even see batmans real identity and at this point he is also featured in a low key blue light that gives an ora or glow around him with the batman symbol behind him and the camera is looking up at him from a low angle shot which connotes the sense of a Hero effect since we are looking up at him so he seems to be more superior for that specific moment only (1.20)
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