Casablanca Cinematography The film Casablanca directed by Michael Curtiz and released in 1943—at the height of World War II—is set in December 1941 in Casablanca‚ French Morocco. It is a time of escalating power of the Nazi party‚ which attempted to gain control of most parts of the world starting with Europe and Northern Africa. As a result of the ascending power of the Nazis and anti-German sentiments‚ many Europeans were desperate to flee their homes. Because Casablanca was not yet taken over
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Casablanca - Cultural Context Some aspects of cultural context War/Politics: The main backdrop to this story is that of war and politics. There are many war stories but Curtiz chooses the unusual setting of Casablanca – it’s a cultural and political melting pot that provides a richly textured cultural context in which the characters can interact. Much of this is explained in the opening scene (see section on Key Scenes below). Several cultures co-exist or are represented – the locals
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Casablanca essay Casablanca is a classic Hollywood movie where the setting is in French unoccupied Casablanca of 1940’s World War II era. The good portion of the movie has a love story theme centered on two people whose names are Rick Blaine and Ilsa Lund. In the movie‚ Rick is the owner of Rick’s Americana bar and there his predictability is minimal as it can keep the audience guessing on his nature. He did play the part of the hero but kind of hard to notice his heroic nature in the beginning
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fundamentals of film are mis-en-scéne‚ cinematography‚ editing and sound. The mis-en-scéne includes the setting‚ costumes‚ make-up‚ lighting and staging. It is defined as “the visual elements on the stage and includes depth‚ height‚ and width. Although the precise meaning of mise-en-scène with regard to film is disputed‚ it generally refers to what is seen in the film frames throughout the film or to what is seen in one single shot or frame.” The next element is cinematography and that is the photography‚
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Casablanca‚ often called one of the greatest love stories of all – time‚ is simply just one of those movies where you can’t call yourself a film lover without watching it first. In every sense of the word‚ it’s a must – see similar to its predecessor Gone with the Wind and its successors Singin’ in the Rain‚ Citizen Kane‚ and The Godfather. Casablanca tells the tale of the mysterious protagonist Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) who was thrown of out America‚ but made the best of it with his hard as
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Some suggest that Rick Blaine’s (Humphrey Bogart) popularity among college-age people grows out of his role as a classic existential hero. What is existentialism? What existential traits does Rick have? Are these appealing to you? Why would they have such appeal to the above-mentioned audience? Existentialism is an early twentieth century philosophy that deals with individualism‚ and assumes that people are entirely free and thus responsible for what they make of themselves. Rick throughout a bulk
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Film Report: Casablanca (1942) Ques.1- Rick and Lazlo can be said to represent two different types of heroism. How would you categorize each one as a hero? What qualities‚ of any‚ do they share? How do they most differ from each other? Ans: Rick was a hero of friendship. He had been in a long mourn situation because of Ilsa. He loved Ilsa a lot but she did not accompany her from Paris to Casablanca‚ which became the reason of mourn for Rick. After some time in the movie‚ Rick came to know the
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The film Casablanca was released in 1942 in the setting of Casablanca‚ Morocco. Initially‚ I expected this film to be a typical romantic wartime drama involving a man and a woman torn apart by differing political views. I also expected a very simple love story involving one dimensional characters and somewhat superficial dialog. Lastly‚ like many of the older romantic films‚ I expected a happy ending with the two main characters living happily ever after. I can safely say that this was no typical
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the movie Casablanca. Starring Humphrey Bogart‚ Ingrid Bergman‚ Paul Henreid. Considering the movie is from 1942 i think its astounding. Casablanca is very fast paced and has lots of bold turning points and emotion tyed up inside. I personally find alot of movies trying to copy the sort of theme this movie delivers. The kind of rugged compassionate hypocritical films. I feel Casablanca is very much a classic film that’s storyline can almost keep up to some of todays. The cinematography of the movie
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Sequence Analysis for Casablanca “Play it again Sam” Shot 1 - Establishing shot shows Selective focus on Sam as piano wheeled in focus‚ within Ricks bar - Black and white color scheme with hard lighting and low-key illumination effectively recreates bar image - Sam face fronting camera‚ well lit‚ Ilsa back to camera - Background out of focus‚ thus centering the scene around Sam and Ilsa - Diegetic sound of conversation between sam and Ilsa - 2 planes of action -Sam and Ilsa conversation
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