Cinematography Tasks

Citizen Kane- Orson Welles

In this scene we can see the usage of various shots. In the first scene there several shots such as a close up of a trespassing sign, a close up of the bars of the gate and of barbed wires. These all have connotations of danger and perhaps suggests the narrative will consist of trespassing or going against a person of authority. There is little use of camera movement (besides tilting) to achieve almost a montage effect. The use of the montage adds enigma and action codes as he audience feel a sense of suspense and are eager to see what happens in the following scenes. At the end, the director uses another extreme close up of a man's mouth, which is also enigma code as we are unsure of who the man is. The audience are likely to interpret the character as being the protagonist.

This scene uses a very limited amount of sound to further reinforce the sense of suspense the director is trying to build. The sound used is non-diegetic and is equidistant with the image or otherwise known as parallel sound. The use of lighting here is mainly low-key as we can see strong contrasts of light and dark (chiaroscuro.)

Moulin Rouge - Baz Luhrmann
This specific clip is quite fast paced and tension is built very well through the use of fast transitions. The fast paced editing and transitions showing off the extensive budget they have. This clip begins with a medium close up of a character, who we assume to be the protagonist, sitting at his typewriter. The words on the typewriter and then magnified on and  goes into an extreme close up. The director then pans back to the character's face so the audience can see his facial expression which perhaps was deliberately done to create a form of identification with the man. 

Synergy is created within this clip as the music is parallel to the visuals. 

A Touch of Evil - Orson Welles
The clip begins with a close up on what appears to be a time bomb. This was intentionally used as a form of foreshadowing. Later on in the clip, we see that the time bomb kills two people that get into the car it is placed inside of. The close up of time bomb is followed by the camera panning out and going into an establishing shot or long shot. This perhaps is used to establish the setting and the time era (references to posters and other props define this period of time.)  

The use of music here is all parallel, which creates synergy. As well as the use of non-diegetic sound there is also diegetic sound through the dialogue which adds to the realism of the film. There is also the use of black and white for dramatic effect.