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Assignment:

In Bresson's Notes on Cinematography, he declares that "Cinematography is a writing with images in movement and in sounds." Cinematography for Bresson was more than just mere camerawork, but rather a term that encompasses all that film as a unique medium can do that other mediums can not.

Choose one short scene from Pickpocket and analyze the use of movement to convey meaning in the film.

Write one paragraph that describes the movement in the short scene. Be sure to use the vocabulary from chapter three of Understanding Movies. Second paragraph that analyzes what is conveyed by the various movement techniques described in your first paragraph. What ideas emerge through movement alone? What things are hinted at and suggested by the movement, but not conveyed explicitly. This is the movie Pickpocket (dir Robert Bresson 1959)

Every scene in a film has a very definite objective. The director, cinematographer, and writer needs to further the action, engage the viewer in the character's development, or set up something that is to follow. Check Understanding Movies for the definition of "shot, scene and sequence." Then, pick one scene to explain what you think the writers and director were trying to achieve in the scene. This is the movie Goodfellas (dir Martin Scorses 1990)

1. Identfy the scene that you have chosen. Where does it occur in the film? (one or two sentences will do)

2. Using specific details and vocabulary from the scene, explain what you think the writers and director were trying to achieve in this scene.

3. Discuss whether Robert Bresson would think the Martin Scorsese's scene "works"? Explain why or why not. Is Scorsese adding to what Bresson started, doing something entirely different or a little of both? Explain.