Two images that have been inspiring me of late.

The third man has always been a film I great inspiration to me. It's one of the films I watch most regularly to inspire and remind me of my passions for cinematography. For me it's one of the most complete films in terms of use of shots and lighting out of every black and white film I've seen it's one that I feel perfectly encompasses the forward thinking and passion for progression of film and film techniques. I love the use of twisted and angled shots the perfectly mirror the gnarled and crumbled scenery of the films setting of post war Vienna. On top of the performance and stunning in screen presence of orson wells and the soundtrack i feel regularly inspired by the film. And more recently it's been inspiring my thinking for a third year project I'm working on, the film as I have mentioned in other posts is based on the raven by Edgar Alan Poe. And after discussing shot ideas with the director in which I'm acting as the cinematographer and cameraman! One of the shots we are trying achievements is of the lead a hatchet opening a door and being blinded by light! One of the ideas I had for it was of a low angled shot beneath him looking up with a long shadow passing toward the camera and the character and actor blocking and radiating slightly under the light by remaining dark and shadowed allowing the brightness of the light almost dominate the image as If we are combining the two images below hence why the film the third man is a great inspiration. I love how in the two images the cinematographer used the light of a long tunnel to add such drama I the image as well as the use of light to create the long shadows which perfectly compliment the use of twisted angles in which the film is shot! It's something I would like to replicate. I think using off and odd camera angles as well as potentially combining the shots with a bent and twisted studio design would work very well in complementing the psychological factors of the story.