Don Vito Corleone’s youngest son, Michael Corleone, was initially against the “family business” and joins the Marine Corps in World War II after dropping out from college. After his father is attacked by rival gang, he decides to kill the rival gang. Immediately after committing the murders, he runs away in hope to forget it all, but after his wife and his brother are killed, he goes back to New York and become the new head of Corleone family. After moving to New York he marries Kay and promises to make the family legitimate.
In the film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. After leaving Wonka’s factory, one of the employees walks out of the gate, and off to the side. He then hands over the secret recipe to a rival chocolate maker. The lighting in this scene was dark and lit up by a few street lamps. This makes the scene look mysterious because not only does he use lighting to set the tone of mystery in this film but he also uses it in Edward Scissorhands.
Mobsters were a group of men with real character, and real morals. Al Capone just happened to be the most respected, and notorious mobster of all time. Some people chose to walk on the opposite side of the street when they seen him, on the other hand he would help old women cross the street. Although Capone's family had no ties to the mob, the neighborhood they lived in was mob central. Childhood struggles and young life influences led to his criminal behavior as an adult, which started out as a success but slowly demolished.
Throughout the course of cinematic history one of the most popular genres of film has been “gangster” or “crime”, in particular a focus on the Mafia. A couple of the most popular films have been The Godfather, The Godfather Part ii, and Goodfellas. Some of the similar characteristics that the audience notices after watching these movies are: violence, power, family, etc. Of course those examples of films come from the perspective of the American directors who made them. Films like La Siciliana Ribelle (The Sicilian Girl) and I Cento Passi (One Hundred Steps) offer a perspective from Italian filmmakers.
Lighting is used to show when things are dark and mysterious, or bright and joyful, Burton uses lots of dark lighting but throws in scenes with brighter lights as well. In Edward Scissorhands the mansion where Edward was created is dark with very little sunlight coming in through the few windows. They way the lighting is used makes the place feel creepy and lonely, unlike the town not so far way which is very bright and colorful with pinks, greens, oranges, and blues. The town is happier looking with lots of sun, making the dark mansion stick out. Also in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Burton made Charlie’s home like Edwards mansion, dark.
With the lack of electricity as a key foundation of the entire play, the lighting throughout the first act is essential to appear natural. Chris Petridis, the lighting designer executed this through the illumination of the actors from ostensibly non-electric sources. Jacqy’s character is portrayed as prepared and as a result, assists the ambience of a fire lit stage with her use of a torch to bring attention to specific sections of the scenes for the audience. The purpose of the lighting is to guide the eyes of the audience around the space and to focus on what is important to assist the storytelling aspect. Throughout the second act, the group is in a warehouse during the afternoon with the appearance of a skylight for the main source of light, as an evolution of the lighting in act one, the characters are shown to use their knowledge of stage awareness with the use of lights while still in a post-electric society.
Carlo Gambino also known as the “boss of bosses,” was the head of an organized crime family in New York. Macbeth was a Scottish general that turned into a murder after letting his ambitions rule him. While Macbeth’s terrible deeds were limited by the imagination of Shakespeare, Carlo Gambino’s actions troubled many in real life. If we look at the life of both characters we see different and similar characteristics, from their early dominions to their lasts.
Lighting is used rather traditionally for the majority of the movie and helps to distinguish the “good” from the “bad”. For instance, the original Maria is shown in soft-key, angelic lighting that casts a halo around her to emphasize her purity and beauty. The fake Maria, on the other hand, is shot in harsh lighting that creates a dark, unsettling vignette around her. This lighting style creates a contrast between protagonists and antagonists and is used frequently in Hollywood cinema.
In the momma’s death scene as momma is climbing the stairs, the director uses this technique of lighting along with a close up shot to keep the audience's attention focused on momma, which acts in a foreboding manner as if to suggest or hint at her death. This was done by having the camera angled upward with momma facing downward, so that the darkened lighting of the pale coloured roof above momma could be used to implore the audience to focus more on the brightly coloured face of momma, which draws in our eyes to concentrate on mommas facial expressions to gain a sense of how momma is feeling, rather than to look elsewhere. This shows the director wanted to subtly induce the audience into looking at the centre of attention of this scene, Momma, to give the foreboding effect of her
The use of background light was an important focus in this picture, there was less attention to lighting the actors faces but in almost every frame there is well placed background light often combined with a moving light source. Repetition was also evident within the visual composition of the frame, the actors were rarely positioned within the center of the frame but always to the left or the right with a light source covering them from behind. Ridley Scott perfectly matches colorful high key light with low key lights creating impeccable contrast, this lighting used could be described as a modern Citizen Kane style. Although this is overall a very dark and low light film, the motif of shadows and darkness allows the beauty of light to truly be
It follows the Corleone family between 1945-55, the passage of power in the face of huge changes and the longevity of family. Winner of 3 Academy Awards for Best Adapted Screenplay, Picture and Actor for Brando from the 10 it was nominated for, it isn't hard to see why it's now a formula to follow for filmmaking and narrative.
In addition, there is also an example of bottom lighting in this movie. When Pastor Galswells gets frustrated with Victor failing to present his vows there is bottom lighting on the Pastor. This portrays him as evil or dangerous in that
The elements lighting; sound; camera movement; framing devices and colour are important in creating impact, atmosphere and emotion in a film. These elements are clearly depicted in the film The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring directed by Peter Jackson. Lighting used in film is lit in certain ways in order to enhance mood, atmosphere and drama. This lighting suggests depth, illuminates and enriches the story.
The use of contrast and the play with light and darkness is fascinating. It has a great psychological effect on the audience. The Don Corleone’s office is submerged in darkness and the characters in the scene come in and out of the light, thereby directing the focus onto them. A very large part of the film is shot in low key lighting, to emphasize on the theme of the film which is essentially, the life story of the Mob in
This gives the audience an ominous feeling whenever there is a scene in the industrial area. The lighting in Romeo and Juliet is used to create a more direct tension for specific events. When Mercuito dies the weather immediately picks up and turns into a storm. The lighting is dark and direful and this heightens the tension at this point in the film as well as indicates to the audience how serious the consequences of this death will be. Because the lighting is used to add to the dramatics of the movie is makes it easier for the audience to feel the
