Posted: June 14th, 2015

Understanding Movies

question #1
How does cinematography or special effects play a part in the film you watched “The Searchers (1956) dir. John Ford” or “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) dir. Howard Hawks “? Identify at least three places that one of these elements stood out in either one of the film.

Question #2
View the required documentary Visions of Light: The Art of Cinematography (Glassman, McCarthy and Samuels, 1992). Respond to this film with (at least) a substantive paragraph or two (100+ words)

Question #3

In a paragraph or two explain how Special Effects or Cinematography has changed from the films you watched “The Searchers (1956) dir. John Ford” and “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) dir. Howard Hawks “to present day.

Please note In question one if you chose to write about special effects then write about cinematography in question 3 or if you choose to write about cinematography in question 1 then write about special effects in question 3.