Snap! The Polaroid camera releases a flash of light capturing the image upside down through the lenses and chemically combining to the film. Most of us just go randomly shooting trying to capture our precious memories as they arise. As amateur photographers, we only look at the subject and rarely pay attention to the other subtle subjects that feel the space that we weren’t so worried about. When we finally get our Polaroid it’s not the process of waiting, but taking a second look at the exposure. Noticing all the little details that we neglected to see that makes our picture scream a thousand words rather than a mere hundred.
There are two types of writers, process-based and product-based. A process-based writer is one who uses prewriting, drafting, revising, proofreading and editing to develop their final product. A product-based writer is one who only cares about the finished product and doesn’t take all the steps a process-based writer does to end up with a final product. Anne Lamott who explains in her article “Polaroids” that she is a process-based writer and to her writing is like a developing Polaroid. Using the Polaroid metaphor, Lamott explains that for her, watching a Polaroid and not knowing what the picture is going to turn out until it has finished developing, is like writing a first draft.
Although, I myself am a process based writer, Lamott’s Polaroid technique doesn’t truly represent how I use a process for writing. My process allows me to see that my purpose can mature and become more meaningful as I recognize the supporting details. As said before we as amateur photographers don’t have the keen eye as professionals nor can we manipulate a camera meant for merely snapshots. Because of this loss of control we can’t effectively tell the story as it is presented to us. We don’t pay attention to the background of the idea nor that squirrel that just ran by as you pressed the lenses release button.
In “Polaroids” Lamott writes about attending a Special Olympics event that she is writing an article on. She says that going into the event she didn’t have any idea what the article would be focused on. Later in the day a mentally challenged man tugs on her sleeve and shows her a Polaroid of him and his friends together. At this moment an idea for Lamott’s article comes to her. “And this was the image from which an article began forming, although I could not have told you exactly what the piece would end up being about. I just knew that something had started to emerge,” (273). Unlike Lamott’s metaphoric idea of how writing is like a Polaroid developing, when I write I see the subject I see the main points but like that squirrel I didn’t see the little details that made the purpose important. When developing a point it’s the little details we didn’t catch during our first glance that makes the piece truly fly off the page. The processes of the Polaroid developing in our hands help us notice all the small details I had missed but don’t change the ending purpose. This maybe come a tedious ritual but I know each time I look at the final product the more beautiful it becomes.
In words a little less metaphorically I write in a process. Like most projects I have an idea, something I want to share with the audience that I feel is important enough to move them or even influence them. My process truly begins after I have jotted down the main ideas and the supporting details that make my point worth arguing. When I feel the idea has fully matured I start to express them on the paper. I add details and develop the point to where the story flows and effectively tells my purpose without giving it all to you all at once. I look over the first roughly written draft and tear apart. Rearranging the piece to better fit the invisible time line that allows the points to be fully understood. The process becomes more tedious as I reread the piece over and over again to make points clearer and remove the points that have become redundant. Revising is the next step in this process and one that can be very important so the reader can fully comprehend rather than trip over misplaced commas and wrong words. After another read and that I feel that the paper has truly accomplished its goal then I can say I’m finished.
As a writer we are never truly finished with this ritual. We are our biggest fans and at the same time our biggest critics and each time we reread our pieces we find something we could have done differently. Sometimes to improve our point or to even show a change in our views as time lingers by. We look at Lamott’s “Polaroids” and we are reminded that when we take a snapshot we are getting more than just the picture we had planned to achieve but that moment in time and all the little details that narrate the story we hope to tell.
Monday, April 12, 2010
Fredrico Fellini Comparison Essay
Federico Fellini, an Italian director inspired by neo-realism, Hollywood and fantasies became a world renowned director for his distinct style and reoccurring themes in his films. Starting out as a neo-realist and later developing to films about dreams and the subconscious mind. La Dolce Vita a film that is was in between Fellini’s neo-realism and surrealism period, and is said to be Fellini’s greatest film by many critics. Another one of Fellini’s well known films, 8 1/2, a self reflective film that shows a directors struggle with writers block. Both films have similar themes, a man’s struggle with where he is in his life, but is executed in different ways.
La Dolce Vita depicts the life of journalist, Marchello Mastroiann, who writes for a gossip column but longs to become a serious, successful writer. This film was largely influenced by Fellini’s life when he worked as a journalist himself in his earlier years. The films main focus is a realistic view of the inner struggle with a man, who is at a cross road in his life. He doesn’t want to settle down but wants to make something more of himself. However, he is too easily distracted by women and the self indulgence of high society life. During the opening scene of the film, a statue of Christ being flown to the Pope at the Vatican with Marchello’s helicopter flying closely behind became highly controversial and lead to the censorship of the film. The opening scene was inspired by an actual event that Fellini witnessed. Also, the first scene is ironic in the fact that the statue of Christ is flying over Rome with outstretched arms as if it was blessing the people of Rome while underneath the glitz and glam of the characters are vapid, self indulgent individuals. The film has no formal structure and is just a continuation of episodes of celebrity soiree’s and social gatherings that start in the evening and end at dawn. The suicide of Marchello’s friend Steiner is one of the main points in the film. Steiner was wealthy, intellectual, successful and something that Marchello envied and wanted to become. In the ending scene, a young girl calls to Marchello but he is never able to hear what she says and walks on, this scene represents Marchello’s ignorance to the fakeness of the high society world that he has indulged himself in.
8 ½ refers to the Fellini’s eight and a half films as a director and is also autobiographical. The main character Guido Anselmi’s struggles with writers block and constant memories and dreams of his childhood represents Fellini himself. Throughout the film Guido is being hassled by his producer and actors agents to begin filming and working on his science fiction piece. However, due to attention being drawn to personal problems with relationships, and finding ones true happiness; Guido is unable to complete the film. The opening scene of Guido dreaming that he is in a traffic jam, that everyone surrounding him is blankly staring at him, and that he cannot breath in his car is a foreshadowing of what’s going to happen in the film. In a sense, Guido’s wife, producer, production crew, and his mistress, are all suffocating him with problems that he needs to fix. All eyes are on him and they are throwing all of these problems in his face and demanding they be done as soon as possible. Like the opening scene, daydreaming and flashbacks are frequent throughout the film. As the film progressed the dreams and flashbacks mix in with reality and become difficult to apprehend what is real. At the end of the film Guido shoots himself which is symbolization that he suddenly understands the causes of his confusion and is unhappiness. This scene leads to a montage of him stating to accept me as who I am.
Both films follow themes reoccurring themes in his films: self reflexive and struggling with the subconscious mind. Like most Fellini films. They were both inspired by life experiences. In La Dolce Vita and 8 ½ the main character is at a cross road in his life, struggling to find happiness and is influenced by friends and society that surrounds them. Another similarity is a religious theme. In La Dolce Vita the opening scene was banned from the Catholic Church for what they thought as Fellini mocking the second coming of Christ. In 8 ½ Guido’s childhood memories show him being punished by Catholic priests for conversing with a prostitute whom the priest claimed was the devil. Although both films share a basic theme, both are executed quite differently. One major difference between both films is that La Dolce Vita is a more realistic film. 8½ is filled with Guido’s dreams and fantasies where as La Dolce Vita is a series of realistic events.
Despite Fellini’s transition from neo-realism to baroque, fantasy films, Fellini stayed true to his ongoing themes. Both films are examples of his unique style which some may now call "Fellinian" and "Felliniesque".
La Dolce Vita depicts the life of journalist, Marchello Mastroiann, who writes for a gossip column but longs to become a serious, successful writer. This film was largely influenced by Fellini’s life when he worked as a journalist himself in his earlier years. The films main focus is a realistic view of the inner struggle with a man, who is at a cross road in his life. He doesn’t want to settle down but wants to make something more of himself. However, he is too easily distracted by women and the self indulgence of high society life. During the opening scene of the film, a statue of Christ being flown to the Pope at the Vatican with Marchello’s helicopter flying closely behind became highly controversial and lead to the censorship of the film. The opening scene was inspired by an actual event that Fellini witnessed. Also, the first scene is ironic in the fact that the statue of Christ is flying over Rome with outstretched arms as if it was blessing the people of Rome while underneath the glitz and glam of the characters are vapid, self indulgent individuals. The film has no formal structure and is just a continuation of episodes of celebrity soiree’s and social gatherings that start in the evening and end at dawn. The suicide of Marchello’s friend Steiner is one of the main points in the film. Steiner was wealthy, intellectual, successful and something that Marchello envied and wanted to become. In the ending scene, a young girl calls to Marchello but he is never able to hear what she says and walks on, this scene represents Marchello’s ignorance to the fakeness of the high society world that he has indulged himself in.
8 ½ refers to the Fellini’s eight and a half films as a director and is also autobiographical. The main character Guido Anselmi’s struggles with writers block and constant memories and dreams of his childhood represents Fellini himself. Throughout the film Guido is being hassled by his producer and actors agents to begin filming and working on his science fiction piece. However, due to attention being drawn to personal problems with relationships, and finding ones true happiness; Guido is unable to complete the film. The opening scene of Guido dreaming that he is in a traffic jam, that everyone surrounding him is blankly staring at him, and that he cannot breath in his car is a foreshadowing of what’s going to happen in the film. In a sense, Guido’s wife, producer, production crew, and his mistress, are all suffocating him with problems that he needs to fix. All eyes are on him and they are throwing all of these problems in his face and demanding they be done as soon as possible. Like the opening scene, daydreaming and flashbacks are frequent throughout the film. As the film progressed the dreams and flashbacks mix in with reality and become difficult to apprehend what is real. At the end of the film Guido shoots himself which is symbolization that he suddenly understands the causes of his confusion and is unhappiness. This scene leads to a montage of him stating to accept me as who I am.
Both films follow themes reoccurring themes in his films: self reflexive and struggling with the subconscious mind. Like most Fellini films. They were both inspired by life experiences. In La Dolce Vita and 8 ½ the main character is at a cross road in his life, struggling to find happiness and is influenced by friends and society that surrounds them. Another similarity is a religious theme. In La Dolce Vita the opening scene was banned from the Catholic Church for what they thought as Fellini mocking the second coming of Christ. In 8 ½ Guido’s childhood memories show him being punished by Catholic priests for conversing with a prostitute whom the priest claimed was the devil. Although both films share a basic theme, both are executed quite differently. One major difference between both films is that La Dolce Vita is a more realistic film. 8½ is filled with Guido’s dreams and fantasies where as La Dolce Vita is a series of realistic events.
Despite Fellini’s transition from neo-realism to baroque, fantasy films, Fellini stayed true to his ongoing themes. Both films are examples of his unique style which some may now call "Fellinian" and "Felliniesque".
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Video Treatment
A Blind Date in Plain Sight
My purpose in this video is to entertain the audience with the idea that not everything in the world is perfect. More specifically, this video shows that dating and relationships don’t always have a happy ending. In the video, Fred never notices character two’s pink top nor does Alex notices the single rose that Fred is holding. The pink top and the rose both symbolize that there are things in romantic relationships that people overlook or don’t acknowledge at all about their significant other. These things can happen earlier on in the first few dates or in this case, a blind date, and can lead to the demise of the relationship.
Fred’s rushing around his room trying to get ready. He walks out of the bathroom and into his closet to retrieve a shirt. As he’s walking towards his desk and finishing his shit he glances over at his calendar. He looks at the unsuccessful dates he’s had this month. He glances lower to todays date that reads: blind date. He picks up a marker and circles it. He grabs the rose off his desk, and walks out the door. In another apartment, Alex is getting ready for the date. She walks out of her closet towards her bed to grab her bag. She looks up at the pictures of her and her ex on her bulletin board. She reaches up and rips them off her bulletin board, tears them up, throws them in the waste basket and walks out the door.
It’s in the middle of the afternoon in downtown Pittsburgh. Unlike the busy main streets of the city, Fred is in a back street standing in front of a coffee shop. He’s holding the single rose he grabbed off his desk. He stands nervously as he looks up and down the street. Every few minutes he glances down the street and continually looks around anxiously and nervously. Fred turns around to look at his reflection in the coffee shop window. He straightens up his shirt to make sure he looks his best. He glances up and to his right to see his friend Kerri walking down the sidewalk. She waves and smiles and starts walking towards him. The two greet each other and begin to have a conversation.
Meanwhile, Alex slowly walks toward the coffee shop in the opposite direction. She timidly glances around looking every direction. She stands in front of the coffee shop window and reaches into her pocket. She pulls out a piece of paper and unfolds it. “2 pm. Verdi Good Beans. Rose.” After reading the paper she refolds it and places it back in her pocket. She glances up and looks around. Fred is still conversing with Kerri. They are having a cheerful conversation and laughing happily. Alex is still standing outside of the coffee shop. She grabs her compact and lipstick out of her bag and reapplies her lipstick and fixes her hair. We see Tony walking briskly toward the coffee shop in Alex’s direction. Alex puts her compact and lipstick back her in bag. She looks up and sees Tony and calls to him. He comes towards her and they embrace and start chatting with one another.
Glancing back over at character Fred and character Kerri they are still in the midst’s of their conversation. Alex and Tony are enjoying their conversation. Fred and Kerri are saying good bye to one another. Kerri walks away passing character Alex and Tony. Fred is still standing in the same spot glancing to his left impatiently.
Glancing back over to Alex and Tony they are still conversing and laughing together. Fred continues to look around he glances around. Frustrated and sick of waiting, Fred begins to walk away to his right before walking across the street, he pauses to look at the rose and throws it on the ground beside a building and continues on his way. Tony says good bye to Alex and walks on past the coffee shop. Alex is left alone in front of the coffee shop. She takes out her cell phone to look at the time. She puts her cell phone back into her bag and looks around hopelessly. She pulls out the paper from her pocket and reads over the invitation. Angrily, she crumbles up the paper and throws it on the ground. She begins walking away from the coffee shop to her right. We see he paper that Alex crumbled up being carried by the wind and it ends up stopping right beside the rose.
Characters:
Fred: The leading male role. He has had numerous girls cancel dates with him and hes hoping that his luck will change on his blind date. He’s anxious and nervous about going on his date. He continually looks at his watch to see the time. He’s also concerned with his appearance because he wants to look his best.
Kerri: The female friend of Fred. She spots friend instantly and begins a cheerful conversation with him.
Alex: The leading female role. She just recently ended a serious relationship and is hoping that her blind date will help her to move on and start over. She’s shy to meet her date but has no problem yelling at her friend Tony when he almost walks right past her.
Tony: The male friend of Alex. He barely notices her as he walks down the street. However, he’s excited to see her and welcomes a conversation.
Location: I chose to shoot in front of Verde Good Beans. It’s not on the main streets of the city and therefore has less traffic. Because of less traffic it should be easier to shoot and less of a chance that I will get interrupted.
Props: The blind date papers, rose, lipstick, photos of Alex and her ex, and compact are the props I’ll have to supply my actors with. The blind date papers let the audience visually know whose going to be on the date and what they are to look for. The rose goes along with the invitations so you know the audience knows he the main male role is. The lipstick and the compact are what I feel a majority of women carry with them and many women spruce themselves up before a date. The photos of Alex and her ex show why she’s going on the date.
Visual Style: I plan to shoot in a second and third person point of view. Using a wide shot as the opening, various medium shots, over the shoulder and close ups shots. I also plan to use natural lighting for outside shots and low key lighting for the inside shots so it appears more sad and negative.
My purpose in this video is to entertain the audience with the idea that not everything in the world is perfect. More specifically, this video shows that dating and relationships don’t always have a happy ending. In the video, Fred never notices character two’s pink top nor does Alex notices the single rose that Fred is holding. The pink top and the rose both symbolize that there are things in romantic relationships that people overlook or don’t acknowledge at all about their significant other. These things can happen earlier on in the first few dates or in this case, a blind date, and can lead to the demise of the relationship.
Fred’s rushing around his room trying to get ready. He walks out of the bathroom and into his closet to retrieve a shirt. As he’s walking towards his desk and finishing his shit he glances over at his calendar. He looks at the unsuccessful dates he’s had this month. He glances lower to todays date that reads: blind date. He picks up a marker and circles it. He grabs the rose off his desk, and walks out the door. In another apartment, Alex is getting ready for the date. She walks out of her closet towards her bed to grab her bag. She looks up at the pictures of her and her ex on her bulletin board. She reaches up and rips them off her bulletin board, tears them up, throws them in the waste basket and walks out the door.
It’s in the middle of the afternoon in downtown Pittsburgh. Unlike the busy main streets of the city, Fred is in a back street standing in front of a coffee shop. He’s holding the single rose he grabbed off his desk. He stands nervously as he looks up and down the street. Every few minutes he glances down the street and continually looks around anxiously and nervously. Fred turns around to look at his reflection in the coffee shop window. He straightens up his shirt to make sure he looks his best. He glances up and to his right to see his friend Kerri walking down the sidewalk. She waves and smiles and starts walking towards him. The two greet each other and begin to have a conversation.
Meanwhile, Alex slowly walks toward the coffee shop in the opposite direction. She timidly glances around looking every direction. She stands in front of the coffee shop window and reaches into her pocket. She pulls out a piece of paper and unfolds it. “2 pm. Verdi Good Beans. Rose.” After reading the paper she refolds it and places it back in her pocket. She glances up and looks around. Fred is still conversing with Kerri. They are having a cheerful conversation and laughing happily. Alex is still standing outside of the coffee shop. She grabs her compact and lipstick out of her bag and reapplies her lipstick and fixes her hair. We see Tony walking briskly toward the coffee shop in Alex’s direction. Alex puts her compact and lipstick back her in bag. She looks up and sees Tony and calls to him. He comes towards her and they embrace and start chatting with one another.
Glancing back over at character Fred and character Kerri they are still in the midst’s of their conversation. Alex and Tony are enjoying their conversation. Fred and Kerri are saying good bye to one another. Kerri walks away passing character Alex and Tony. Fred is still standing in the same spot glancing to his left impatiently.
Glancing back over to Alex and Tony they are still conversing and laughing together. Fred continues to look around he glances around. Frustrated and sick of waiting, Fred begins to walk away to his right before walking across the street, he pauses to look at the rose and throws it on the ground beside a building and continues on his way. Tony says good bye to Alex and walks on past the coffee shop. Alex is left alone in front of the coffee shop. She takes out her cell phone to look at the time. She puts her cell phone back into her bag and looks around hopelessly. She pulls out the paper from her pocket and reads over the invitation. Angrily, she crumbles up the paper and throws it on the ground. She begins walking away from the coffee shop to her right. We see he paper that Alex crumbled up being carried by the wind and it ends up stopping right beside the rose.
Characters:
Fred: The leading male role. He has had numerous girls cancel dates with him and hes hoping that his luck will change on his blind date. He’s anxious and nervous about going on his date. He continually looks at his watch to see the time. He’s also concerned with his appearance because he wants to look his best.
Kerri: The female friend of Fred. She spots friend instantly and begins a cheerful conversation with him.
Alex: The leading female role. She just recently ended a serious relationship and is hoping that her blind date will help her to move on and start over. She’s shy to meet her date but has no problem yelling at her friend Tony when he almost walks right past her.
Tony: The male friend of Alex. He barely notices her as he walks down the street. However, he’s excited to see her and welcomes a conversation.
Location: I chose to shoot in front of Verde Good Beans. It’s not on the main streets of the city and therefore has less traffic. Because of less traffic it should be easier to shoot and less of a chance that I will get interrupted.
Props: The blind date papers, rose, lipstick, photos of Alex and her ex, and compact are the props I’ll have to supply my actors with. The blind date papers let the audience visually know whose going to be on the date and what they are to look for. The rose goes along with the invitations so you know the audience knows he the main male role is. The lipstick and the compact are what I feel a majority of women carry with them and many women spruce themselves up before a date. The photos of Alex and her ex show why she’s going on the date.
Visual Style: I plan to shoot in a second and third person point of view. Using a wide shot as the opening, various medium shots, over the shoulder and close ups shots. I also plan to use natural lighting for outside shots and low key lighting for the inside shots so it appears more sad and negative.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Recently, I've been thinking and taking things into consideration a lot more than usual. Society, feminism, gender roles, 21st century youth, etc. I can honestly come to the conclusion that this world is one big fuck whole of a mess with ever going problems and no solutions. Everyone is brainwashed with this whole what society thinks bullshit. Everyone is looking for acceptance in life. Most of the time its the acceptance that society has made for us. The acceptance that has been mushed into our heads since we were children. Unfortunately, more then half of Americas youth believes in this ridiculously scam. I wonder what this country would be like if people stopped caring so much about what other people think and stopped following trends and going on with society's rules and what their parents tell them to do.
Friday, February 26, 2010
Essay for Film History. Comparing and contrasting two films.
British director Alfred Hitchcock and American director Preston Sturges are both well-known directors from the 1900’s. Hitchcock’s Blackmail (1921) and Sturges’ The Lady Eve (1941) are two well-known films that are known for the beautiful cinematography. Although both films are phenomenal for their times, they have several similarities and differences.
The Lady Eve is a classic screwball comedy, noted for its witty dialogue between main characters Jean Harrington (Barbara Stanwyck) and Charles Pike (Henry Fonda). The performance in this film was excellent. The on screen chemistry between Stanwyck and Fonda was fantastic. The entire film was crisp and clear. Also, the set design in this film was very convincing. This film is said to be the best of Sturges comedic films. In 1994 The Lady Eve was selected for preservation in the US National Film Registry.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Blackmail is considered to be one of Britain’s first sound films. Originally it was to be a silent film but after the popularity of sound started to develop the producer of Blackmail gave Hitchcock the go ahead to have some of the film with sound. With this being one of the first sound films the audio is quite well. The performance in this film is fairly decent, though some of it seems staged. Hitchcock added his unique style to this film. Having a beautiful blonde commit a violent crime and of course Hitchcock’s signature cameo that became a frequent occurrence in his films. Hitchcock’s cameo in Blackmail shows him being bothered by a small boy as he reads a book.
The Lady Eve had a better quality then Blackmail, mainly due to the The Lady Eve being produced twenty years after Blackmail. Even though The Lady Eve has a crisper presentation, Blackmail seemed to have a truer black color, while The Lady Eve has more grayish tones. Also, the performance in each film was different. Like I said previously, the acting in Blackmail seemed somewhat staged at times and more theatrical then that of The Lady Eve, which seemed more natural and convincing. .Furthermore, Hitchcock seemed to use imagery to make the audience understand how the main character Alice was feeling. For example, the knife laying on the kitchen table while her and her family were sitting down to eat a meal and how she kept starring at the knife uneasily or how she would see the man’s face she murdered through a homeless man on the street. All used to let the audience know the guilt and paranoia she is feeling, while The Lady Eve was a more of a straight to the point film.
Both of the films had creative shots. Ironically, both films had shoots where the camera zoomed into a mirror and showed what the character was viewing in the reflection. Other then the obvious similarities (black and white, sound, etc.) there wasn’t many similarities, since the films were twenty years apart and completely different genres.
Although, each film had few similarities and what seems to be more differences, both films were excellent for their time. Each film has a unique cinematographic elements that makes them worth viewing again and again even after sixty plus years.
The Lady Eve is a classic screwball comedy, noted for its witty dialogue between main characters Jean Harrington (Barbara Stanwyck) and Charles Pike (Henry Fonda). The performance in this film was excellent. The on screen chemistry between Stanwyck and Fonda was fantastic. The entire film was crisp and clear. Also, the set design in this film was very convincing. This film is said to be the best of Sturges comedic films. In 1994 The Lady Eve was selected for preservation in the US National Film Registry.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Blackmail is considered to be one of Britain’s first sound films. Originally it was to be a silent film but after the popularity of sound started to develop the producer of Blackmail gave Hitchcock the go ahead to have some of the film with sound. With this being one of the first sound films the audio is quite well. The performance in this film is fairly decent, though some of it seems staged. Hitchcock added his unique style to this film. Having a beautiful blonde commit a violent crime and of course Hitchcock’s signature cameo that became a frequent occurrence in his films. Hitchcock’s cameo in Blackmail shows him being bothered by a small boy as he reads a book.
The Lady Eve had a better quality then Blackmail, mainly due to the The Lady Eve being produced twenty years after Blackmail. Even though The Lady Eve has a crisper presentation, Blackmail seemed to have a truer black color, while The Lady Eve has more grayish tones. Also, the performance in each film was different. Like I said previously, the acting in Blackmail seemed somewhat staged at times and more theatrical then that of The Lady Eve, which seemed more natural and convincing. .Furthermore, Hitchcock seemed to use imagery to make the audience understand how the main character Alice was feeling. For example, the knife laying on the kitchen table while her and her family were sitting down to eat a meal and how she kept starring at the knife uneasily or how she would see the man’s face she murdered through a homeless man on the street. All used to let the audience know the guilt and paranoia she is feeling, while The Lady Eve was a more of a straight to the point film.
Both of the films had creative shots. Ironically, both films had shoots where the camera zoomed into a mirror and showed what the character was viewing in the reflection. Other then the obvious similarities (black and white, sound, etc.) there wasn’t many similarities, since the films were twenty years apart and completely different genres.
Although, each film had few similarities and what seems to be more differences, both films were excellent for their time. Each film has a unique cinematographic elements that makes them worth viewing again and again even after sixty plus years.
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