Image

The presentation of an image is a very important tool in storytelling. Whether it’s a shot in a film or the picture created in our minds from reading a book, image is a key component in how a person views the story. As a person who’s very interested in cinematography, I love good shots in films that create interesting images and creative compositions. When a movie has great imagery and cinematography combined with a great story, the imagery will build on the story and get the viewer to understand things and feel emotions he would not be able to with just the writing alone.

The clip from the film, Pleasantville, created great imagery through its use of color and black and white, and use of the seasons cycle we talked about in class. I enjoyed the way things started in black and white and gradually changed to color, slowly turning a mundane, uninteresting world into a colorful and lively one. The use of the spring season also helped add to this lively feel. After the black and white/winter creating the feeling of death, the spring created that feeling of birth/rebirth.