Final Cut Comparison: Part 1

Final Cut Comparison: Part 1

Movie Chosen: The Godfather (1972)

  When looking at how the film opening of Blank Shell compares with the legendary film The Godfather (1972), we can see multiple similarities and differences. Starting with the most significant and notable similarity between the two, both productions utilize dark lighting to focus in on each actor's face. This is used in both cases to pull the audience's focus towards the actor's performance, and this is where some differences between the two opening's presentation arise. First of all, rather than utilize spoken dialogue between multiple characters, Blank Shell simply adopts an all-encompassing narrative recording to build out its world. 5his difference is largely due to both time- and budget-constraints. My friends largely did not wish to participate in this project, and scheduling around their own personal lives would've proven difficult, which spurred the motivation to simply record a narrative rather than a full dialogue between characters. Overall, The Godfather (1972) simply does a better job of establishing its world through a higher amount of actor resources in comparison to Blank Shell.