Barry+Lyndon+Analysis+by+Ryan+Chong

About a farmer moving up in society, going very close to become a Lord. Shot down by a Lord in a duel. Realistic Costumes -> Immersion Realistic Lighting -> Candlelight Scenes -> Nasa Lens -> Rise and fall Ruffian Fought with the British Traveler AWOL Disguise Lies Gamble Cheating Cheating on wife Fidelity Step-Son Son Dies being disobedient Pistol Duel -> Dad dies against a British Soldier, He wins against a British Officer -> Revenge Breasts -> Motherly -> Milk -> Calms Nerves Ironic Ending

According to a commentary I found online, Stanley Kubrick used a Nasa Lens with an F-Stop of 0.7 to capture the candlelight scenes in Barry Lyndon. Also from the same commentary it was said that the costumes made for the film were made to be as lifelike as possible. I believe that this effort put into the film for realism was so that the audience would feel immersed into the film. Why Kubrick would want to do that is because in all his films, he has a message for the audience, and I believe that the message can only be communicate to the audience when they are lead through a specific train of thought. So presenting ideas one after another in a film, the audience would hypothetically think of what Kubrick wants them to think. From another article that my dad found, a Chinese article, it said that in Clockwork Orange Kubrick used all natural lighting. I believe that this may be what Kubrick had done for Barry Lyndon as well. In both films, and maybe other ones such as Eyes Wide Shut, Kubrick may be using this for immersion.

Barry Lyndon is about the lower class trying to become an upper class, but fails at the end because he is incompetent, not good enough to be. At the end he still needed to lower his head to a lord.

Tracking shots Focus onto the character, and show how the environment is changing around the character

He chose to use shots a large aperture lens Gives people the sense that they are actually there. He chose to use candlelight Flowing customes All his shots would look like paintings

Long Shots of the main character Distance oneself to the character The audience is not the character

Classical Music create a mood that only classical music can create Existed for a long time Emphasize that the issue portrayed in the film is not only in present time but has existed for a long time and that will make the audience aware how because it has been there for a long time, the current time is time for change

Tuba Music Give the audience a sense of intensity Put emphasis on the scene and how it relates to the theme Signal the audience to pay attention The main problem is there in front of them. Keep it in mind so that they can act on it

__Bibliography__ Video commentary on Barry Lyndon -> http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNDYyOTYxMDUy.html http://www.visual-memory.co.uk/amk/doc/0086.html