Cinematography

Cinematography is the art of photography and visual storytelling in movies. It includes all on-screen visual elements, including lighting, framing, composition, camera motion, camera angles, film selection, lens choices, depth of field, zoom, focus, color, exposure, and filtration. Cinematography sets and supports the overall look and mood of a film’s visual narrative. 

The following YouTube video entitled, "Composition + Framing - Storytelling with Cinematography," made by DSLRguide, gives a great introduction on how filmmakers can use composition and framing to get across complex emotions and ideas:

Composition + Framing - Storytelling with Cinematography (链接到外部网站。)

In fact, their entire series of Storytelling with Cinematography that includes 3 other videos are pretty good to watch if you want to learn more about the art of cinematography:

Part 2: Lighting:http://youtu.be/0xjD6tWegug (链接到外部网站。) Part 3 - Lenses:https://youtu.be/VlnwLGtgb1o (链接到外部网站。) Part 4: Movement:https://youtu.be/J9APrV5cYnE (链接到外部网站。)

In this assignment, please focus on the movie A City of Sadness, which is still available to watch till the due date:

Link to watch A City of Sadness (链接到外部网站。)

What cinematography techniques are used in this movie? Discuss at least 3 cinematography techniques from this page https://filmanalysis.yale.edu/cinematography/ (链接到外部网站。) , and use specific scenes (please indicate the time range of each scene, e.g. 1:29:45-1:32:37) to illustrate the effects that the filmmaker has achieved through the use of these cinematography techniques. More specifically, the filmmaker, Hou Hsiao-hsien, is famous for his long shots, long takes, and stationery camera. What kind of implicit meaning is he trying to get across through these cinematography techniques? 

Your analysis should be at least 250 words or one double-spaced page in length.