Question: In our book, Nichols writes, "An attentive viewer must also be familiar with the repertoire of choices a director faces to recognize her decisions as choices rather than as simply the product of the camera's mechanical ability to record images". What do you think Nichols is trying to say in this statement and what are your thoughts?
I think that in this statement Nichols is trying to say that in order for us as viewers of a movie to fully understand why things are how they appear to be in movies that we need to understand the choices a director makes to put all of those images into our head. In order for us to see the movie how a director wants they have to successfully portray that desired image to us in a successful manner. We also as viewers have to understand that the movie making process is a very long one. Movies are not created by an at home video recorder and then released to the public. Movies take a long time to come together and also a lot of work from many different people. My thoughts about this quote is that Nichols is exactly right. In order to understand a movie, we really need to understand the director and what they want us to see in their movie.
Keylee, I completely agree with your post. I think this is what Nichols is trying to tell us. We need to realize a movie isn't as simple as pushing a record button on a camera. Great post!
ReplyDeleteLove this Keylee! Where you say we need to understand what the director wants us to see, that's a great thought.
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