Cinematography - Raging Bull

Walking to the ring:
Two tracking shots are used in this scene with steady camera.The first shot faces in front of the actor when he is walking to the ring.It emphasizes with facial expression to show his emotion.The second shot follows him at the back therefore showing the audiences are so exciting for him.
Selective focuses attract viewers attention.It is easier to understand the story development.

Tracking shots and selective focuses create an atmosphere for viewers.They may feel that they are walking in the same road with the actor.

Entrance to the ring:
Wide angle lens is used to show the ring space and the audiences reaction.Telephoto lens shows the relationship with boxers and the judge getting closer.

Panning shot show a connection from a crow of audiences to Jake entrance to the ring.

A close-up shot focus on a women face and she keeps on staring Jake.Reflection she and Jack get a complicated relationship. Another medium close-up shots for Jake show his confident for this fight.

The fight:
During the fight low and high angles are used.Extreme close-up and close-up shots focus on boxers face and their body movement. Hard shadow caused by low angle to express the boxers have to suffer a painful fight.Close up their facial expression create more tension.

End of the fight:
Canted angle is used when the scene focus on both boxers.It is imbalance just like the boxers they are weary.
Slow motion are used when an opponent fell down.That emphasize he is powerless than Jake.

Celebration:

When they put a golden belt on jack, tilting shot is used.To show his powerful and the best boxer in the world.Low angle helps to show his winner position much more powerful.Extreme close-up focus on his face and the golden belt. From his face we know that he enjoys the honour as a winner and the belt is a sign for the best boxer.

Cinematography-Atonement

Directed by	Joe Wright
Produced by	Tim Bevan Eric Fellner Paul Webster
Screenplay by	Christopher Hampton
Based on	Atonement by Ian McEwan
Starring	James McAvoy Keira Knightley Saoirse Ronan Romola Garai Vanessa Redgrave Juno Temple Benedict Cumberbatch
Music by	Dario Marianelli
Cinematography	Seamus McGarvey
Editing by	Paul Tothill
Studio	StudioCanal Relativity Media Working Title Films
Distributed by	Universal Pictures (worldwide except US and France) StudioCanal (France) Focus Features (US)
Release dates	29 August 2007 (VIFF) 7 September 2007(United Kingdom) 9 January 2008 (France)
Running time	123 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	$30 million
Box office	$129,266,061

Camera Angle:

This scene is about that Briony was in her home.She was watching that Robbie was arrested.

High Angle:    It shows characters to be less powerful.At that monument,Robbie was arrested so this camera angle let him looks hopeless and emphasizes his panic.Also,the camera high is the position of Briony.She was in her room therefore when she was watching out of the window,everything look small and far away.

Camera Angle:

Extreme Long Shot-XLS:

All human figures are very small.Even the two main characters stand at the middle but audiences may feel hard to find them.This shout concentrates on surrounding environment more than the characters' facial expression.It is related to their identity change. 

Long Shot-LS:

  A frame is leading by Robbie the soldier who was walking in the foreground.The space is not only focus on him.Also,it includes a lot of background movement to express that typical situation.

E.G: End of the war, the army need to go back to England but they do not have enough ships to carry all the horses.So,they kill some of them to reduce burden.This is a reflection about war is a cold-blooded murder.

Medium close up-MCU:

Character's face is magnified than the long shot.A frame is more intimacy with actor's face.Leading audiences focus on actor emotion and feeling.

E.G: From this frame,we can see a tear drop from Robbie because hundred of dead body are in front of him.He cannot bear the fear anymore.

Camera movement:

Tracking Shot:

Camera movement is following the character.Those scenes just like we are looking someone running in front of us.It is quite similar with human vision.

Panning Shot:

Horizontal moving from left to right,all actors look small because the frames want to focus on the environment more than them.To show they are very confused in such foggy forest.

 

Tilting Shot:

This shot is a vertical movement from down to up.The camera focus on his feet,it creates a edgy tension. When the camera is moving from down to up,it more concentrates at the background than the actor.

 

Zooming:

The camera do not move only need to zoom out from the actor.At the beginning,it shows actor facial expression.Later,it zooms out to emphasize the poor girls dead in a war.However,Robbie even he is a soldier but he cannot protect them.

Focus:

 

Selective Focus:

This film always use selective focus to help audiences concentrate on the actors emotion. Separation of subjects use blur the background and medium or close shot.

Lenses: 

Wide angle:

Figures in foreground look bigger than their original size.Meanwhile,the landscape at the background looks smaller and wilder.This is a place Robbie and Cecilia want to live forever.The house looks like a peaceful paradise for them.

Joe Wright

Tim Bevan
Eric Fellner
Paul Webster

Christopher Hampton

Atonement
by Ian McEwan

James McAvoy
Keira Knightley
Saoirse Ronan
Romola Garai
Vanessa Redgrave
Juno Temple
Benedict Cumberbatch

Dario Marianelli

Seamus McGarvey

Paul Tothill

StudioCanal
Relativity Media
Working Title Films

Universal Pictures (worldwide except US and France)
StudioCanal (France)
Focus Features (US)

• 29 August 2007 (VIFF)
• 7 September 2007(United Kingdom)
• 9 January 2008 (France)

123 minutes

United Kingdom

English

$30 million

$129,266,061

Metropolis(1926)-Fritz Lang

Metropolis is a film from German in 1926.The starting is that a futurist city is ruled by the most powerful industrialist Joh.His son Fred meets a worker's daughter Maria at Eternal Garden. After that he goes to a factory to find her. At this monument, he witnesses an accident in the factory and has an illusion for those poor workers. This horrible situation scares him.Therefore,he decides to find his father to improve this dangerous working environment.

Mise En Scence : Atonement

Setting:
From the table setting expresses the location is a English restaurant.Light is soft and white, probably it is in the late morning.The time could be 20's to 40's because all the hairstyle,make-up and dressing are so vintage.E.g: A lipstick in bright red colour.

Background is blur therefore two characters in the front can be indicated.Also people at the background only show part of their body or just their back.But the two characters are in the middle of the frame.This help audiences be more concentrate for two of them.


Costume:
Some of the women wear a hat.The hat shows they are in high social states.The man in right hand side wears  a tidy business suit.It shows that the environment is a place for upper class people.

The main actress dresses in blue shirt with an white apron.It seems like an uniform.A red cross is printed on the apron which may symbolic that she is a nurse.

The main actor dresses in a dark brown clothes.This colour makes him look older than his age.The style of it is a little bit similar with army uniform therefore he maybe a soldier.

Facial expression:
Two of the main characters look down on the table.Their face look calm and sad.However,in the middle of the picture, we can see a lady who wears a hat.She has an eye contact with the others and smile.It seems that she is joyful.This is a great contrast with them.

Posting:
The woman and the man hold their hands together.This represents that they are in close relationship.They could be a couple.But they are not sitting intimately.There must be a problem between them so that they look sad and strange.

In the frame,the actress' posting is faced to the front.On the other hand, the actor just shows his side,so this frame is dominated by her and the man is leading by her.