The film ‘The Godfather'

The film ‘The Godfather' by (), is one of the most critically developed films in terms of photography technique use. As revealed by (), the main photography in this film springs from as early as the year 1971, even though some photographic shootings in the film does not match their actual scenarios according to the films plot. In this respect therefore, the film took fewer days of its photography work than the budgeted time. Various moments in the movie are quite shocking in the way different scenes are developed in terms of their photographical representation; which has aroused eminent protests by rights activists for various organizations. In this paper, a critical appraisal of the film in terms of its use of various techniques would made by providing an in-depth analysis of the photography technique used in the film.

One of the most terrifying moments in the film is revealed in the presentation of an actual severed horse head. Basically, this photographic presentation of this head of a horse in such terrible condition aroused a lot of protests from various groups of animal rights. Though the horse had not been killed specifically for the movie, it was actually very shocking to have a freshly killed head of a horse to be used in the movie. Particularly, the essence of using the horse's head in the movie reflects the pedophile situation. In this case, this strategy of using true objects in the film enhances the naturalist aspect of the film to a great extent. As it has been revealed, this scene was shot in the Washington Port, where a hose's head was being delivered to a company specializing in the processing of dogs' food.

Further, the shooting of ‘Moe Greene' scene was inspired by the killing of gagster ‘Bugsy Siegel'. In this case, the achievement of the presentation of this scene was successfully made by having actor Alex wear glasses which had two hidden frames in their frames. As it was revealed, one of the tubes contained faked blood while the other had BB gun and compressed air. According to the shooting plan, once the gun was shot, the air that was compressed would shoot the BB and then shatter the glasses from inside, as the other tube release the fake blood.

More so, the McCluskey's shooting scene was also accomplished through the use of fake forehead which was build up to represent actor Hayden. In this scenario, a fake blood was put inside a hollow part of the faked forehead, which was thereafter capped using prosthetic flesh. In the presentation of the film, the plug was quickly removed which made a bloody hollow, appear in the head of Hayden. By so doing, the scene really appeared an actual shooting of McCluskey by making the audience see it as a real happening.

In particular, this technique of using modified commodities to represent the reality, has intensively contributed towards the development of the film successfully. As a matter of fact, such scenarios where faked commodities were used really made () work appear real and actual as presented in the play. Generally, the use of faked commodities in this film can be described as one of the main contributors towards successful representation of the play in the real acting.

Further, the use of slow and long zoom in the opening of the film has really helped in the framing of the scene. In this case, Bonasera, who is presented as the undertaker, petitions Corleone and ends up with the Godfather as seen from the rear end. As it turns out, the delaying of the zoom for about four minutes has been revealed to have been shot by a computer-controlled lens for zoom which were designed by Karp. Later on the lens was still used in the production of silent running. In this regard thus, the scene presentation was made successful by having these operations being properly engineered so as to represent the actual actions as they appeared in the play.

Basically, the use of highly technological appliances in the production of the film has really contributed towards its successful accomplishment and presentation. In particular, the use of zoom in the opening scene has actually impacted a lot in the enhancement of better understanding of the playwright's motives and aims. As it could be observed, the various petitions by Bonasera for Corleone and Godfather could not have been successfully presented in clear and full scenes. In this respect therefore, the use of the ‘computer controlled zoom lens' can really be described as being objective to attain the playwright's aims of presenting the scene.

More so, the use of back projection in the scene where Michael is driving was mainly to avoid high costs in the film's production. As it happened, technicians were using lights behind an automobile to develop the illusion.

The equally startling scene of McCluskey's shooting was accomplished by building up a fake forehead on top of actor Sterling Hayden. A gap was cut in the center, filled with fake blood, and capped off with a plug of prosthetic flesh. During filming, the plug was quickly yanked out with monofilament fishing line, making a bloody hole suddenly appear in Hayden's head.

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