Week Three Lecture

This Lecture was all about cinematography. I think it's great that it's included in a course about new communication technology because I think films can communicate so much. This is done through the characters emotion and actions as much as their words. The cinematography of a film enables us the audience to deduce who, what, where, when, why and how without being explicitly told. Good movies can rely on a scene without words to convey emotion or meaning in what's going on. An example of this which can be seen in the lecture slides is Rocky. The scene where Rocky is climbing the stairs conveys triumph and hope and shows that he is becoming strong.

Films can communicate emotion, ideas and history, and promote empathy and understanding for other people's lives.