Movie Analysis: It's A Wonderful Life

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The movie “It’s a Wonderful Life” has quite the unique cinematography, editing, and sound. At certain times, the film appeared slightly soft, especially during the wide shots. Nonetheless, most of the film remained well defined and nicely frosty. There were few instances of sharp edges and glistening in the film, as well as, light edge enhancement. The black levels looked consistently rich and deep while the shadow provided a sturdy element; the low-light situations appeared even nicely since they did not have any issues of excessive darkness.
The film appeared reasonably stout for an older movie with the quality of the print utilized by the director providing its weakest points. As the movie progresses, one can notice that grain appears, …show more content…

For most parts of the movie, the audio was comparatively brittle and clean save for some of the moments of harshness or dullness. I would say that the lowest quality of sound in the movie was during the scene depicting the introduction of the adult George. While the display was that of an inarticulate and distorted sound, it seemed odd and filtered nonetheless. Apart from that scene, the film was thoroughly edited to make the dialogue seem thin but discernable, and the music and effects sounded about the same. The visual and sound mix appeared thankfully devoid of many distortions. Given the age of the material, the film offers an acceptable cinema and auditory …show more content…

Gower plans to kill himself after the news of his own son’s death and does not deliver the pills. As a helping and concerned brother, he evinces leadership and decisiveness when he rallies friends to rescue his brother who has fallen through the ice. Moreover, as a responsible business owner, George reassures the panicked customers when the stock market collapses by personally guaranteeing their accounts and sacrificing his wedding gift money. As a frantic soul wrongfully accused of theft, he resides to committing suicide evincing that the world is but a shadow, but after the angel had saved him, he proved that even through the turmoil there is joy within

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