Cinematography… using Conrad L Hall as an example
Cinematography is an art form of film-making that started in the early 19th century and was known as the golden age of movies. Cinematography was the start of the filming era of black and white motion pictures and with no words, only music. They also used different types of cameras and different lenses to change effects. A cinematographer does the same job any photographer would do such as uses different camera angles, lighting, shadows, and change objects around etc...
Conrad L Hall is known to be one of Hollywood’s best cinematographers of all time and has won many Oscars. He started his career in the mid 1960’s and has worked in many great films such as American beauty, Declaration of Independence, Hell in the pacific and Road to Perdition.
This is a scene from American beauty. Hall used shadows to give more of an effect of going from night till day as the light comes through the window.
This is a scene from American Beauty. Hall also used the rule of thirds. I like how he used the candles around the girl in the middle. It’s as if she is the angel and the person the man and woman look up to because the light she on her.
This is a scene from Road to Perdition. Hall used the rule of thirds in this shot. The lighting coming down on the people made me feel hope.
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