Film Review Critical Thinking

The material, Making Films for the Inner Eye, Sharits effectively discuss the effective use of the camera to achieve some incredible cinematic features and help build the theme and plot of a film. To show the place and role of the camera in cinema, the author traced the historical analogy of the art down to one Louis Delluc. Louis is depicted as a person who gave the camera a true essence in cinema.
Making Films for the Inner Eye effectively describe how best to use the camera for quality cinema work. the cinema art connect is outlined as the best approach to quality film making. The art dictates the quality of every shot and the effectiveness of the shadow moves. Through effective camera decomposing and reconstruction, it is possible to achieve a powerful orchestration and realize a popular film. However, under the photogénie concept, the camera person must be able to achieve equilibrium photographic elements to make the work more captivating.
As depicted in Making Films for the Inner Eye, in Birdman, the director effectively used the creativity and rhetoric elements coupled with sharp camera shooting and use of light to pass the message of a man’s struggle to be famous and human ignorance that may work to one’s advantage. This is depicted in the life of Riggan whose only purpose for living is to make and leave a populist mark in his surrounding and the world.
In my view, the director sought to show how ego and ignorance can make people make fools of them. Riggan, having attained the destined popularity as ‘Birdman’, happily left the on screen role, combated with the innermost voices that made him believed he had conquered the world and became the most powerful person anyone could think of. However, at the end of it all, it is evident that such fame counts for nothing, more so if inner peace is lacking. Riggen is struggling to shake off his association with the Birdman. He struggled to branch out artistically, deciding to direct starring in and co-production.
In Making Films for the Inner Eye, the Sharits (3) argued that the shadow and light movements are the hallmarks of the vision of a film. The filmmakers must therefore use the camera to seek the "true essence" of this medium. They must combine the essences of vision and the human imagination. In the Birdman, the way Riggan struggles to show up and impress Tabitha depicts the kind of camera creativity. For example, the way Riggan looks at the gun on the stage, his demeanor of passionate exhaustion, and the insinuation to ‘unintentionally’ not assassinating oneself capture these all. The audience analyses the images and come to a conclusion that the survival of Riggan l was not deliberate.
Further, photogénie concept is evident in the hospital where Riggan had been admitted. The shocking images of him climbing on the ledge make the audience infer that he was going to fly once more. Like Riggan, in reality, any person who does not accept reality would feel that he had done the best ever thing and conquered the world. However such people are totally disconnected from the life realities. They live in illusion. The supernatural powers exercised by Riggan on his setting are not humanly practical. In the material read, it is argued that light rays enter the human eye cross at the eye pupils, producing retinal images that are not only upside-down but also backwards, comparative to the normal visualization of the world. It is such concept that the director applied in the case of Riggan in Birdman to show how he perceives the world in an out of order manner.

Works Cited

Alejandro, González, dir. Birdman. New Regency Pictures. 2014. Film.
Sharits, Belson. Making Films for the Inner Eye. Web. 8 March 2015.
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