"Casablanca:" A New Perspective
Throughout history, the film industry has seen many directing styles and
techniques. The early part of the 20th century saw a factory style of film
production, but as the years went by, director's began to employ new and untried
techniques in their pictures. One such technique which these director's
implemented was a new approach to the use of the camera and camera angles.
"Casablanca," an Academy Award winning film of 1942 saw director Michael Curtiz
manipulate the camera in ways others had not. He uses the close-up, point-of-
view shot, and creative shot motivation methods in his film starring Humphrey
Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, to create an American cinema classic.
The first camera technique Curtiz uses to help narrate the film is the
close-up shot. The close-up can effectively convey the story to the viewer
without the use of excessive dialogue. In this instance, the viewer is
introduced to the main character, Rick, through the use of the......
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