inspiration for cinematography

I have been inspired by films like mystic river and Interstellar. They both have some amazing shots like the scene in mystic river where Jimmy Markum’s (Sean Penn) daughter is found dead. He breaks out in rage attempting to see the body, he is in disbelief and the high rotating camera angle expresses his mindset. This type of shot is often associated with psychotic behavior and after the death of his daughter, Jimmy’s attitudes change and is then depicted as being the victim of the story and his mentality deteriorates after this event, This shot in particular signifies the beginning of his downfall.

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In Interstellar there is an extreme long shot which is used throughout the film showing the spacecraft drifting through space. In this particular shot the spacecraft is shown next to a planet which emphasizes how unimportant there voyage is compared to the size of the universe. It demoralizes the characters and there mission. Christopher Nolan plays around with the idea of time in Interstellar and i believe these extreme long shots show the importance of time and how insignificant the human race is compared to the ancient planets.

Comparative study question points

  1. How do the specific historical contexts of the Second World War and the Cold War inform the narrative conventions of Film noir and Neo noir ?
  2. How does Blade Runner and the Maltese Falcon present masculinity? and how do those portrayals differ from each other ?
  3. How did the portrayal of women of women in these two films draw from the social context of the time?
  4. How does Blade Runner achieve genre hybridity and how many elements of classic noir does the film contain when it is compared from the Maltese Falcon ?
  5. How do the male and female characters portray the gender norms of the time and how are they reinforced ?