-In the horse's head scene, the camera slowly scans closer to Woltz, then slowly retreats, showing piece by piece the answer to the "mystery"
-During the business meeting with Solazzo, my first impression was that they were in a courtroom, which was a similar idea that Ms. Shepard had during the first scene.
Adding on to your point in the horse's head scene, when the camera slowly scans to Woltz, and then retreats, the camera zooming in and out has a metaphorical meaning. Mr.McGuigan brought up in class, that the camera zooming in to Woltz could by signifying the curiosity of people, but when the gruesome horse's head is shown, the camera zooms out, it is like people rejecting the truth when they see it.
ReplyDeleteNow that we have watched more of the movie I thought i would add on to your idea. The important use of camera angles also appeared in the very first scene of the movie when Amerigo Bonasera seeks justice from Don Corleone. The camera slowly pans out from Bonasera as if you are shocked by the story of his daughter.
ReplyDeleteAnother camera angle used similar to the other slow zooms can be found when the Corleone family is dicussing possible ways to take out Sollozzo and McCluskey. The camera slowly zooms in on Michael when he informs everyone of his idea. As soon as he has finished and the camera is now very close to Michael, it quickly zooms out when the rest of the family kindly laughs at him.
The use of these camera angles is important because they can empower characters and also evoke different emotions in the viewer.
Good stuff here. I wonder if all this zooming in and zooming out reflect our--and Kay's--interest and reciprocal horror concerning mafia life.
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