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"Casablanca:" A New Perspective - College Essays

"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 ...

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shot, the
director makes clear to the reader, without any dialogue, that the man signing
the check is Rick. This technique, however, is just the first of many used by
Curtiz.
The point-of-view shot is used by director Michael Curtiz to place the
audience directly into the action. By placing the camera at the exact location
and height of the character, the viewer of the film is 'inserted' into the
character's body, making the scene more personal. Curtiz uses a slight
variation of this type of camera placement when Capt. Renault and Rick are
having a discussion about Victor Laslo's arrival in Casablanca. The camera is
placed just above and aft of Renault's shoulder. The audience can now see
Renault's body reactions, as well as having Renault's perspective on Rick's
response. In this episode, the point-of-view shot helps to set the viewer into
the action, which will in turn motivate a better response from the viewer.
A third camera technique used by the director is not a ...

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