Sunday, January 26, 2020

Genre Research:Dirty Harry

The movie I am writing about is Dirty Harry (1971)by Don Siegal. This movie is about San Francisco being under threat by a terrorizing sniper called "Scorpio Killer". At this time an Inspector of the San Francisco Police Department Called "Dirty" Harry Callahan. He isn't one to play with criminals is called to this case to stop the "Scorpio Killer". Harry Callahan is put to the test. He is put ina game of cat and mouse until he can finally apprehend the sniper. He breaks the rules just to get the sniper in jail. 
In this movie, the costume that the protagonist wears is a burgundy vest, brown blazer, brown dress pants, maroon neck tie, white dress shirt, and and a gun(airsoft). This is the usual outfit of the character dirty harry in the movie so I guess that that is the main costume. The lighting is bright and shows all the action and everything being done in the film. The lighting did go dim for the big fright the bring out the characters a little more to fit the mood. There was a lot of action being done in the movie along with the suspense. The actors were very hardcore and each shows a well balanced story to themselves. The makeup being done was with the scrapes that Harry Callahan were given in the runs and dangers in the movie. The main  prop was the gun in the movie along with the badge. The setting for this movie was San Francisco, California and the police department.
The camera angle being used was the close up of the police badge. There was also a pan scene of the San Francisco Golden Bridge. The scene when he had a gun pointed towards him was an over the shoulder shot with variations. They had changed location as they filmed that part of the scene. Then the camera angle is behind the shooters head, this is called a point of view shoot. The frame shows us the built up area as well as overlooking the penthouse pool. However the most effective way in which setting was established, is in this scene when Dirty Harry is approaching the building were the shoot was fired from. Instead of showing the long tedious journey in the elevator or up stairs, the camera pans from the bottom of the building to the top. Giving a view of the large building whilst giving the impression that he’s traveled to the top, this allows the scene to involve more relevant detail once he arrives at the top.

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