Maltese Falcon Cinematic Techniques

The cinematic techniques and postproduction actions can make or break a film. The two films showed in class so far are nearly polar opposites, both showing how a director can achieve or fail to achieve the status of “normal” story telling. The epitome of “normal” story telling and film noir, The Maltese Falcon directed by John Huston in 1941, shows how to use camera angles and post production techniques to keep the viewers engaged and on the edge of their seat. On the other hand, Freaks directed by Tod Browning in 1932, is considered a textbook example of how to make a movie confusing for an audience to follow. Both of these films clearly exhibit different cinematic techniques and postproduction edits, that make can either The Maltese Falcon serves as a perfect example of exhibiting the traits of a normal, continuous story. The editing of the film makes the viewing experience seem smooth and logical. There

To start off the movie, the camera often comes down to the level of the “freaks” in the movie, however, towards the end, the camera starts to pan out and the “freaks” are harder to see due to the lighting. In addition, it is also hard to follow the characters in the film. The edits in the film make it noncontiguous. However, Freaks was unique in the fact that the film used people who worked as carnival sideshow performers and had real deformities. This made the the film extremely controversial, that even led to the film being banned in the United Kingdom. Overall, these two films were very different in the sense of cinematic techniques and postproduction actions. The film, The Maltese Falcon, was a textbook example of how a movie should be edited and how to use camera angles to captivate the viewers. The film, Freaks, had poor edits and confusing camera angles, with otherwise a solid plot, which made it difficult for the viewers to