Manhatten

The movie that I watched was a movie, directed and written by Woody Allen, called Manhatten. This film is great in such that is takes advantage of the use of lighting, color, sound, music, etc. 1) One of the big ones in the movie, is the color, which of course it's all in black and white. I think the director made the choice to use black and white because of the story of the movie. The movie is about how people are straying away from traditional values, and morals; and so he uses this black and white concept to sort of relate to older times. 2) He also makes some scenes pitch black, and this is to make sure that the viewer is paying close attention to the audio, because the audio is key at those moments. 3) Another big aspect of the film is the music. The music is actually sort of music that is taken from like the 50s, and this again helps relate back to older times. 4) He also helps use Woody Allen's character to portray this traditional value. In the movie he's dating a girl who is 17 years old, and all throughout their relationship he is speaking as a wiser person to her, and always comments and jokes to her about what things are like now for teenagers and what they're interested in. 5) Another aspect is the setting. One of the scenes is a sort of older scene where the two guys are walking in the night under street lights on the sidewalk. 6) Costumes, is another technique that Woody uses to portray the older feeling. The costumes that they wear is sort of older clothing, compared to when it was filmed. 7) Another big aspect of the movie is the narrating in it. In the beginning, the opening scenes are narrated over. It's Woody thinking aloud about writing a book, and his opening chapter is about how a man live sin Manhattan because he loves its antiquity and old feel. 8) Lastly, Woody uses sound to enforce the older feel. The sound quality isn't bad, but it isn't as good as it could've been at that time. It sounds more like one of those 60s tv shows.