Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Cory Petras- Casablanca blog


Casablanca is a film that captured the hearts of many, but also gave many people something to relate to and to this day is still seen as one of the most recognizable films ever made. Casablanca was never thought of as a big hit movie. It was just one of the many films that Warner brothers did that year, but with the all star cast, amazing story line, especially hitting on the war going on in the world, many people in America could relate to this movie.

For such a star filled cast the movie should of automatically been a hit, but the plot, story,  and the time period made this movie a classic. But there is more to the movie then just that.  The director was a genius when it game to using lighting to tell the mood of the movie.  When the movie starts out and they are singing in the night club it was very bright, upbeat happy. But once rick saw his long lost love things changed. That night when he was drinking alone in the bar it was very dark and gloomy. Suggesting a depressed mood. This movie is filled with lighting techniques like this to give the viewer at home a sense of actually being there, and feeling the emotions of the actors. Another thing done is at the end part of the movie, when it was a depressing time; of course it was done at night, sort of a noir style of filming.

The use of speeding up the film slightly gave it a upbeat feel, but the close up on the actors faces at pivotal points in the movie truly gives you an essence of the emotion in the movie. When rick sees Ilsa, his long lost love for the first time the close up on her face really gives you a feel for what the director wanted you to see. The unknowing of what was going to happen with the love triangle made this for a suspenseful love story that many people could relate to.

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