1. Graphic Film-making composing the scenes

2. Battleship Potemkin 1925- Sergei Eisenstein Battleship Potemkin is a 1925 silent film directed by Sergei Eisenstein. It presents a dramatized version of the mutiny that occurred in 1905 when the crew of the Russian battleship Potemkin rebelled against their officers of the Tsarist regime. Battleship Potemkin has been called one of the most influential propaganda films of all time, and was named the greatest film of all time at the Brussels World’s Fair in 1958. Wikipedia.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps-v-kZzfec

3. One of the most celebrated scenes in the film is the massacre of civilians on the Odessa Steps. This scene has been described as one of the most influential in the history of cinema, because it introduced concepts of film editing and montage to cinema. In this scene, the Tsar’s soldiers in their white summer tunics march down a seemingly endless flight of steps in a rhythmic, machine-like fashion, firing volleys into a crowd. A separate detachment of mounted Cossacks charges the crowd at the bottom of the stairs. The massacre on the steps, which never took place, was presumably inserted by Eisenstein for dramatic effect and to demonise the Imperial regime. It is, however, based on the fact that there were widespread demonstrations in the area, sparked off by the arrival of the Potemkin in Odessa Harbor, and both The Times and the resident British Consul reported that troops fired on the crowds with accompanying loss of life (the number of casualties is unrecorded). Roger Ebert writes, "That there was, in fact, no czarist massacre on the Odessa Steps scarcely diminishes the power of the scene... It is ironic that [Eisenstein] did it so well that today, the bloodshed on the Odessa steps is often referred to as if it really happened. Odessa steps

4. Citizen Kane 1941 – Orson Wells Citizen Kane is a 1941 American drama film directed, co-written, produced by, and starring Orson Welles. The picture was Welles’ first feature films. It is considered by many critics, filmmakers, and fans to be the greatest film ever made. Citizen Kane is particularly praised for its cinematography, music, and narrative structure, which were innovative for its time Wikipedia.com

5. Opening Scene Every shot of this opening scene is carefully constructed and composed. The light in the window is consistent in its position in every shot outside of the mansion. The constant use of dissolves as the camera comes closer and closer to the titular Kane on his deathbed is not only a way for the director and cinematographer to show their precision in composition, but it also adds a slow-moving fluidity to the scene. This adds effect in allowing the viewer to absorb the information in every shot and not simply spoon feeding Kane’s entire life story to them. They do this in the next scene. http://xavieras.qwriting.qc.cuny.edu/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r0b_XeRkG4

6. Projector room scene Welles masterfully uses lighting and framing to tell the story. He only lights what is necessary. The entire scene is filmed in smokey clouds from cigarettes passing through the light beams, expressing shades of gray and also highlighting the bright of the lights as well as the black of the silhouettes. The fact that we rarely ever see the face of Mr. Ralston isn’t by accident. He is essentially not an important character and the projection room scene is the only scene we see him in. He is a catalyst for Thompson, who also isn’t particularly important in the film. This can be proved because we rarely ever if ever, see Thompson’s face throughout the whole film. We see the back of his head in the right side of the frame and we see the person’s face that he is interviewing on the right side of the frame. This is a pattern we see constantly throughout the film. They are the ones who are important here, not Thompson and Welles wants to stress that. In the projection room scene, none of the other press men are lit and naturally because they do not factor into the story. During the famous scene where Mr. Ralston stands directly in front of a beam of light, he becomes a towering figure, one capable of intimidation, as he demands that Thompson find everyone who ever loved or hated Kane and try to find out what Rosebud is. Light is used expressively here because Ralston radiates authority within those brief 12 seconds and from the low angle shot, we see his towering black silhouette, which expresses power. http://lyoung101.qwriting.qc.cuny.edu/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hj9lloAKw4c

7. Film Noir Film noir is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those that emphasize cynical attitudes and sexual motivations. Hollywood's classical film noir period is generally regarded as extending from the early 1940s to the late 1950s. Film noir of this era is associated with a low-keyblack-and white visual style that has roots in German Expressionist cinematography. Many of the prototypical stories and much of the attitude of classic noir derive from the hardboiled school of crime fiction that emerged in the United States during the Great Depression. The term film noir, French for "black film“, first applied to Hollywood films by French critic Nino Frank in 1946, was unrecognized by most American film industry professionals of that era. Film noir encompasses a range of plots: the central figure may be a private eye, a plainclothes policeman, an aging boxer, a hapless grafter, a law-abiding citizen lured into a life of crime, or simply a victim of circumstance. Although film noir was originally associated with American productions, films now so described have been made around the world. Many pictures released from the 1960s onward share attributes with film noir of the classical period, and often treat its conventions self-referentially.

8. The Third Man The Third Man is a 1949 British film noir, directed by Carol Reed and starring Joseph Cotton, Alida Valli, Orson Welles, and Trevor Howard. It is considered one of the greatest films of all time, celebrated for its atmospheric cinematography, performances, and musical score. Novelist Graham Greene wrote the screenplay and subsequently published the novella of the same name (originally written as preparation for the screenplay). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvnjHe vRceQ

9. The Big Combo 1955 Joseph H. Lewis Cinematography by John Alton Final Scene – Airport conclusion https://www.youtube.com/watch ?v=iIkCXF9Y4ow

10. Psycho is now considered one of Hitchcock's best films and praised as a work of cinematic art by international film critics and film scholars. Ranked among the greatest films of all time, it set a new level of acceptability for violence, deviant behavior and sexuality in American films. After Hitchcock's death in 1980, Universal Studios began producing follow-ups: three sequels, a remake, a television film spin-off, and a TV series. In 1992, the US Library of Congress deemed the film "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry. The murder of Leigh's character in the shower is the film's pivotal scene and one of the best-known in all of cinema. As such, it spawned numerous myths and legends. It was shot from December 17–23, 1959, and features 77 different camera angles. The scene "runs 3 minutes and includes 50 cuts. Psycho 1960 Alfred Hitchcock

11. Saul Bass prepared storyboards for the shower scene, and was on the set during at least part of the filming. After Hitchcock's death, Bass asserted that he had directed the scene at Hitchcock's invitation--a claim definitively contradicted by both Janet Leigh and Assistant Director Hilton Green. Bass's partisans have subsequently held that Hitchcock merely mechanically filmed shots already laid out by Bass. Comparing the storyboards to the filmed scene shows that to be untrue. On the other hand, the most crucial elements of the scene, such as the drain-eye matchcut and the tracking shot that follows it, are in the storyboards. That proves nothing about the author of the scene, however, since Bass drew the storyboards after extensive discussions with Hitchcock about the design of the scene. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0 WtDmbr9xyY

12. Moonrise Kingdom 2012 Wesley Wales "Wes" Anderson is an American film director and screenwriter. His films are known for their distinctive visual and narrative style. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for The Royal Tenenbaums in 2001 and Moonrise Kingdom in 2012, and for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for Fantastic Mr. Fox in 2009. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7N8wkV A4_8s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOKA6d 35IIM