Overall Look
The cinematographic
aspects of The
Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford add up to the over
look of the film. Throughout the film we
see certain shots that have a greater depth of field and where the subject is
more focused than his background. The
whole film gives off a great look. The
film looks old style because they used a old lens to record the movie. Another quality that adds to the overall look
is the use of still shots. The camera
will be fixed on one shot for a while before finally changing to the next
shot. This happens throughout the whole film,
which makes it a key quality in the overall look and feel of the movie.
Images
This lighting technique is used
throughout the film. It is used to
signify the importance of the subject in the scene. In this image we see Jessie James.
In this image you can see that the subjects are is in focus
while the rest of the background is out of focus, a quality used throughout the
movie.
Shot Lengths
The
shots that I noticed most often in this film were long takes and medium close
ups. In many scenes they were long takes
of the same thing
Shot Types
Some
shots used throughout the film are medium close up and close ups to show how
the character is feeling at that current moment. These are important because it shows us how
that character is feeling in that scene.
Camera Angles
Most
of the shots that I remember were low-level shots like the image shown below of
Jessie James.
Composition
The
composition seems to be fairly balanced throughout the film. The subject is the main focus of all the
scenes throughout the film. In the images below you can see that Jessie
is the main focus of the shot.
Camera Movement
Some scenes throughout the movie
feel like the camera is hardly moving at all, very little. There are some scenes where the camera seems
to not move at all. In the snake scene the camera moves very little. Here is a
link to it. In the other scenes like the
“you ever considered suicide” scene, the camera does not move at all.
Suicide scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-ZWfKn_XqE
Cinematography Style
I think the scenes where it shows scenery is
where the cinematography calls to itself, throughout the movie it felt really
slow but it built up as it progressed. I think the scenes where it shows symbols is where it really shows the style. Like the snake scene, the snakes represent Jessie's enemies.
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