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Young Frankenstein Film Analysis
Film Title: Young Frankenstein
Production Design: Dale Hennesy
Director: Mel Brooks
Cinematographer: Gerald Hirschfeld
Cosrume Designer: Dorothy Jenkins

Color Choices: Filmed in 1974, this movie was filmed in black and white. Our book notes that filming in B/W after the invention of color was a decision based on keeping the audience involved with dialog and characters, this movie was filmed in B/W simply to stay as close to the original 1931 Frankenstein as possible. This movie was the mother of all parodies, directed by the father of all parodies, Mel Brooks. In all ways, the movie tried to stay true to the original, including the use of 1:85 aspect ratio and similar film stock the original.

Settings: Like the original, the film

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