Cinematography: Clip Analysis

Thirteen Reasons Why; Created by Brian Yorkey, Cinematographer Ivan Strasburg

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The cinematography in this scene alludes to an important plot point for this series. The use of tracking or dolly shots shows the protagonists journey around the school and signals important focal changes for the audience such as the suicide prevention posters throughout the school and the heightened emotions of the characters. The use of a medium shot allows the audience to recognise the turmoil of this character and the build up of tension before the characters eventual emotional climax nearing the end of the excerpt. It also displays social commentary of the issues surrounding the theme of the show through the use of wide shots, the use of wide shots also allows the sheer altitude of the situation to be discerned by the audience as well as the shot of all the characters together showing a climax of the events of the season up until this particular moment. 

Moulin Rouge; Dir. Baz Luhrmann, Cinematographer Donald McAlpine

The cinematography in the opening of this scene is particularly artistic and includes a consistent close up shot of Ewan McGregor's character, writing on a type writer in a sequential edit. The XCU of 'Moulin Rouge' introduces the film aptly as it transitions from the XCU to a wide drone shot of people dancing, suggesting we are now 'partaking' in his narrative. The stark contrast of colour palettes from the muted tones of the windmill and the title sequence to the bright, garish colours of the dancers acts contrapuntally to his monotonous, almost melancholic voice over of the scene. This implies that the story will act almost fantastically as a narrative and that this movie will include a busy, exciting, attention demanding visuals juxtaposing the dark and almost more realistic perspectives of the writer as seen by the last transition into the XCU of the typewriter. 

Citizen Kane; Dir. Orson Welles, Cinematographer Gregg Toland

The opening shot of this excerpt is a close up of a 'No trespassing' sign as well as a tilt to transition the focus from the sign to the house. The movement up the gate and the contrasting textures creates an ominous tone and works with the textbook melodramatic music to supply a genre marker as well as the wide shot, of the two monkeys on the gate, with the house encompassed in fog in the background suggests that the house lies in secret or works with a motif of secrecy, or lack of information which has great synergy with the film noir aspects of this movie in both cinematography and narrative content.