The film A man with a Camera was exactly what I expected it to be at first. At first it seemed, simply, a man video taping anything and everything around him and then testing the features he could think of. However, as the movie progressed, I started to see that it wasn't just an editor messing with effects, every effect used helped tell what was happening the silent scenes.
I started to notice this most when we entered the office of marriage and divorce. The parallels between the two begging and ending circumstances was interesting. And that's when the rest of the film got more interesting to me. I started to find parallels in every clip. Not only with the clips but with the film and real life. And every effect and cut helped show these similarities.
One scene that I found very interesting was the back and forth between the cameras while they were filming the women in the carriage. I thought it was cool because it was not only showing the usual life of regular but the unusual life of the camera man as he took the shots of the women.
The other scene I found really interesting was the birth and the funeral scene. Especially the funeral scene because he slowed down the shot, making it feel as though you were actually there to feel the sadness and unhappiness of the people around them.
All in all, I felt the film was masterfully done and had a lot of thought put into its creation.
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