-When the robbers first boarded the train I noticed how camera moves along and you can see from the train opening how quickly the train is moving as the surrounding whiz by.
-the smoke when the explosive sets off inside one of the train cars was colored when the
-As the robbers move on top of the train, the camera is positioned in the back of the train so that the audience can see what they are doing, and feel as if they are on the train moving with it.
-the camera gives a perspective of the size of the train and when all the people jump off and put their hands up, you can see the big jump to the ground.
-when the man who tries to escape runs out of the crowd and towards the camera, it symbolizes that where we are as the audience is freedom and escape from the robbers, yet he is shot.
-To me the camera felt like a third-party bystander, like someone watching from the outside looking in. Perhaps this was because of the lack of sound. The people who the train robber's stole from and killed were avenged in the end as they were shot themselves and had their stolen possessions stolen once again.
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"Napoleon" is a French silent film directed by Abel Gance in 1927 that depicts the Napoleon's life in his earlier years. The reason why it is famous is because of the fluid camera motion. Most films during this time had a lot of static. The following are new innovative effects used in the film that were fairly new in the technological world -
-Fast cutting
-Extensive close-ups
-hand-held camera shots
-location shooting
-point of view shots
-multiple-cameras
-multiple exposure
-superimposition
-underwater camera
-kaleidoscopic images
-film tinting
-split screen
-mosaic shots
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