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The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
Acting: Joan's eyes were always opened very wide. I am unsure whether or not this made her seem crazy to me, or scared for her situation. People moved quickly during the beginning, any to show commotion. During most of the actual trials, people moved slow. Also, the face expressions were very strong; there was no misconceptions to what people were thinking.
Cinematography:
Everything moves slow except for the lips when people are talking
Guy zooms into camera before she answers about Lord's prayer, versus camera zooming into guy
Always zoomed into Joan's face
Camera moves fast when Joan gives an unexpected or untrusted response
zooms and and out of man that is yelling at Joan's answer
Camera shows Joan unresponsive about the St. Michael questions
Camera coincides with peoples movement, fast versus slow
zooms into peoples faces
Man yelling at Joan saying she blasphemes God, angle makes him seem superior
Man who thinks Joan is a saint, clean white background
Joan has a clean white background whole time
people crouch down as the angle of the high priest dude makes him seem important and large
shows power high priest has over judges, one man does not raise his hand, high priest gives look, he crouches down and raises hand
Sound: N/A

Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times (1936)
Acting: Chaplin played a constantly funny man. Everyone else seemed to be annoyed or scared of him. It was very comical. For a movie with no words, Chaplin did a fantastic job of letting the viewer know what was going on. His motions were even a bit exaggerated, but not so much as to take away from the scene and let it seem like bad acting. His body language said it all.
Cinematography: The camera always followed Chaplin.
Sound: Entertaining, funny music. Recorded voices would play when needed. The new feeding instrument was being explained by a prerecorded voice. Also, when Chaplin was in the bathroom, his boss that saw him slacking off "spoke" in a deep, demanding voice to get back to work.

Shadow of a Doubt - Hitchcock (1942)
Acting: Very prim-and-proper speaking. Clearly spoken words as "older" movies usually had. Shouting on the phone to make the older generation seem like they don't know about technology.
Cinematography: Main character starts out in light. Once the blinds are cold, he throws a glass. Light vs dark and good vs evil. Scene where the two men try to chase him is from a bird's eye view, so the viewer can see where and what everyone is doing. When the main character gets away, he is looking down at them, both literally and figuratively.
Sound: Suspenseful music when he goes out to see the two men that were waiting for him. Lots of people talking at a time when they found out about the telegram, to make the family seem more realistic. train sound. Odd, questioning music on train, make it seem like there is something wrong with the uncle. Sad music when the people in the train find out that he is sick. Happy music when the family is picking up the uncle at the train station.

Seven Samurai (1947)
Acting: People are either very scared, very sad, or very stern. the grandfather is able to talk, while seeming very stern and very knowing.
Cinematography: Lots of farmers are seen together in poor, ratty clothing. Everyone looks up at the man who wants to fight the bandits at the same time, and then everyone looks down at the same time. In the scene with the granddad, the granddad is closest to the camera and the light is focused on him, while everyone else blends in.
Sound: you hear the bird singing while the farmers are walking seriously about whether or not to fight the bandits. Scary music when the farmers are going to see the granddad. Rain sound when its raining.

The 400 Blows (1959)
Acting: the teacher seems stern and someone with no compassion. Boys make "love" gestures when hte teacher reads a part of the poem about a women, once the teacher turns around, everyone stops.
Cinematography: Shows back of teacher's head while he is writing the poem on the board. Shows him as he turns around to see what the children are doing. shows the whole board. Switches to child that is ripping the papers from his notebook and runs out of paper. From the angle that the teacher sees him in. Shows whole classroom from an angle so you can see all of the boys reactions.
Sound: Papers scrambling. Classroom sounds. Pencils writing. Whistling that finally gets the teacher's attention.

Pather Panchali: Song of the Little Road (1955)
Acting: Simple tasks performed by the little boy. Smile to know that something is up when she pulls out he kittens. No words needed to show what little boy is going, just actions. When one of the lady offers to help the other lady with her chores because of her "condition", it is obvious that the lady currently doing the task does not want her condition to take over, and that she has a lot of pride. All of the commotion when the kids lock their mother in her room, shows how the mother has lost control.

Cinematography: Roof top scene is angled as to show that other people in other buildings are doing the same thing and putting their blankets up on the ropes. It is the norm there to do all of the labor by themselves. though it is black and white, the lighting shows that it is sunny and hot. Angled down at old lady to show that she is weak and frail. Makes her hunch seem even more apparent. The little boy does not want to hear his mother be hurt, and he closes his ears and eyes and pretends that he cant hear it. It also shows that the family did not think that it was such an unordinary thing, because the camera showed clips of his little girlfriend constantly while they were fighting.
Sound: Older sound. voices very loud. Music plays to show culture. Stops when little boy is called away from the old lady by her mother.

Acting: Little boy is obviously forcing the little girl to marry him after she changed her mind. Though she did not mind it all too much. It is apparent that the older brother constantly picks on his little brother, the main character, though he is very fearful of getting in trouble for his actions.

Cinematography: The beginning zooms into the starry night sky, while the boy is explaining about the dog that was went in outer space on Sputnik. He mentioned what a poor life the dog had. She had wires tied to her heart and lungs so that people could know her reactions. She later died of starvation. It them cuts to the little boy looking up, presumably at the sky. This is a constant motif throughout the story. Every time the main character is going through trouble or an unhappy time, he thinks of other people that have done through even unhappier times. As he talks about it, the camera zooms to the starry night sky.

Sound: A light-hearted, simple piano song plays every time the little boy talks about an event. The song starts to play when it goes to the starry night sky scene. The little boy always tells a story that says that it could always be worse.

Acting: No acting. Real people.

Cinematography: Shows buildings up close in the beginning, and then eventually the whole city. Second man talks about pistol, picture of a pistol revolves on the screen. As the cop gets shot, the scene will quickly cut to show briefly where he was shot, and back and forth. After he was shot, the screen went to the immediate aftermath. It showed newspaper articles, pictures, etc. As the man talked about him needing to sign the statement, it showed his hands giving the paper back. Same with the pistol. shows the tray of cigarettes anytime it needs to be conveyed that a lot of time has passed. The many cigarettes tells the viewer that lots of cigarettes have been smoked, meaning time has had to been passing. When the police officers are eating, the reflection of the Burger King sign is shown. Faces are never shown during the remaking scenes. Paused at milkshake when cop was shot for dramatic effect. Everyone speaks directly to camera.

Sound: The music is suspenseful while the men are talking. The music continues while the cop gets shot. The music continues while the man being accused was telling his version of being accused. The music stops when the cops talk about their side of the story.

Acting: When the man in the colorful shirt is holding the knife, the worker stares with wide eyes. Politeness towards the gusts shows that he works there, but the fact that he can talk sternly to the workers shows that he works there but is in charge. He asks ladies that look alike if they are Huti or Tutsu. He points out that they look exactly the same, but they are different. One can easily be murdered for other people deciding that they should be labeled differently.

Cinematography: Shows clips of town. Viewer gets idea of setting. Setting is seen as taxi drives through town. Town is scene, and so are the houses on the mountains. Such colorful shirts show belief. Colorful crayons that the children color with, versus color shirts of the rebels. Though he talks about "leaving these things to my good judgment" when his wife asks him to help the neighbor who was taken, it zooms into his face. Showing that he really does want to help, but he knows that he can't.

Sound: Factory sounds heard when talking to the man in the colorful shirt. Weird music when talking and the man in the colorful shirt holds the knife. Happy music when he gets safely int eh fence and visits his family. Family seems to innocent. Dreading music when soldiers are on teh street, taking men. Though main character talks about not beliefing Thomas that he should leave, dreading music plays that prooves that Thomas is right. Radio sound is ood, proving something si up. He then sees a house burning.