Wings+of+Desire

The movie Wings of Desire uses many cinematic techniques to push the movie forward and convey the emotions and feel of the director. The movie is lit mainly towards the main character from the front to put emphasis on him and since he is an angel the straight on light brings out his purity and shows the lack of a dark side, which you normally do not see in movies. The girl that he tries to get is lit more from the side creating a higher key showing how she is human and imperfect. In the beginning the movie is shot more in black and white but shot in color when showing the humans perspective. The black and white separates you from the character because naturally we see things in color and so it pulls you out but when the angel turns into a human it becomes color which makes you feel more connected because we normally see things in color. Everything in the movie is framed towards the middle to make it more neutral because the movies feel is slower paced. The pacing of the movie is very slow with the editing and changes shot not as often which makes you relate and look deeper into what the character is dealing with. During the montage for the second angel I thought that the way it was cut was very interesting with the sped up shots that had lots of motion, cut between the still shots of the angel. It brings out a lot of intensity and with the fast paced music and sounds of the sirens made the scene even more intense.