German Expressionism Investigation

Nosferatu

1922
F. W. Murnau
Birth of the horror film, high contrast/chiaroscuro, moved away from mass market storytelling and focused on delving into more psychological issues/stories
Nosferatu inspired a remake of the film with the same name in the 1970s
The song "Nosferatu" (1977) from the album Spectres by American rock band Blue Öyster Cult is directly about the film


The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari

1920
Robert Wiene
Madness, paranoia, obsession, moved away from mass market storytelling and focused on delving into more psychological issues/ stories
In 1962, a British version very loosely based on the film was made called The Cabinet of Caligari with a script by Robert Bloch, the author of Psycho, In 2012, the Chatterbox Audio Theatre recorded a live soundtrack, including dialog, sound effects, and music, for the classic silent film. The movie, with this soundtrack, was released on YouTube on October 30, 2013.^[21]


Metropolis
1927
Fritz Lang
Complex architectural compositions, urban settings
Madonna's music video for "Express Yourself" pays homage to the film and Fritz Lang, The Brazilian metal band Sepultura named their 2013 album The Mediator Between Head and Hands Must Be the Heart after a quote from the film.^[55]

Twilight Zone Chase Sequence

Camera movements are very important to a film. They can be used in a variety of ways that can immerse the viewer into a film immensely, and give the film some depth. An example would be panning to show an entire room, bringing out things that wouldn't be seen or noticed beforehand. Filmmakers use camera movements to give a unique experience to the film, to craft an artistic masterpiece, or just simply because it looks good and will captivate an audience.
Successes and Recommendations: I think we handled most of our camera movements and principles of design very well, but if I had to redo, I would change a few things and attempt to make everything much smoother. My advice to anyone doing this project would be making sure your camera angles, movements, and principles of design all flow together well when creating the final product and having a bit more extra footage on the beginning/end of each clip would be helpful, along with redoing shots or having multiple versions of one shot to decide which to use.