The Graduate Film Analysis

Over the course of the semester and watching many different films starting at 1927, my view on films and my filmic experience has changed in multiple ways. Starting with the film It (Badger, 1927) and six weeks later watching The Graduate (Nichols, 1967); I saw the differences in how the films were capturing the characters and the advances in technology. Watching Annie Hall (Allen, 1977), which came out 10 years after The Graduate, I saw differences how they went about showing the moments of intimacy since The Graduate came out when the production code was in effect. Seeing how films started with black and white and not having camera movement, to the camera moving and start having effects such as shot-reaction shot, breaking the 4th wall to

In the film you could see the facial expressions on the characters which made the film easier to follow since there was no dialogue to go along with it. Many things I noticed in the film was that they made use of the camera angles and they used shot-reaction shot to go back and forth between characters, just like the part of the film when Betty (Clare Bow) and the baby were looking at each other and the camera kept switching between both of them. The transitions in It flowed but adding the title cards interrupted the scenes because in the middle of the scene it would cut to a title card and then go back to the scene. Even though the title cards interrupted the flow of the film, I think it made the film easier to follow since they was not any dialogue and in order to understand what the characters were saying the title cards were there to tell you. I thought the film It was a very well-constructed film and the theme was interesting to watch. When Betty saw Cyrus Waltham (Antonio Moreno) she knew she had to have him and she would do anything to get him. Betty used his friend Monty (William Austin) to get the Mr. Waltham by using her looks to get her way. This film came out three years before the production code and you could tell that if it came out after the production code it would have not been the same because Betty uses her looks and body to flaunt herself at Mr. Waltham after he loses

Allan Stewart Konigsberg who is now formally known as Heywood Allen or as many would called him Woody Allen was one of the people who got blacklisted and that was why he had to change his name. When Woody Allen came out with Annie Hall not only was he the director but he was also the main character Alvy Singer (Woody Allen), Alvy Singer played a guy who was a comedian telling about his life growing up and what it was like living in New York as a Jewish person. During him telling the story, he starts to tell us a part where he falls in love with Annie Hall (Diane Keaton) and how their relationship struggles and the obstacles of a modern romance. During the parts where Alvy Singer is telling us about the relationship or his life he often breaks down the 4th wall and speaks to the audience in order to grab their attention and make them part of the film. Annie Hall is taken in a direction where Woody Allen wants to make a comedy because that’s what he knows best; “Allen is regarded today as one of America’s most important humorists and filmmakers” (1, Little Men and Dialogues: Pogel). In Annie Hall I noticed many moments where they used symbolism, the one that stuck out to me most was at the end when Annie and Alvy were saying goodbye to each other the last time and the street sign says don’t