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Aden Murphy

Mrs. Conroy

Period 7

p. 1

How many good movies are there with bad filming? Half of the movie is filming, and if the scene doesn't get captured just right, people won't think about that scene as much or remember as being deep. Good cinematography doesn't just happen; they take time and usually the director doesn't get it right even after the 4th time. The director will watch a scene that took up to 12 hours filming and it could all be wrong and they would all have to start over again. Without the scene being perfect the viewer wouldn't see the film the way the director intended people to see it.

A good example of fine cinematography is when Arvid commits suicide by slitting his wrists with a broken record. The director didn't just film him dead, he captured the drama by showing him getting ready and folding his best clothes, putting them away under his bed, and then having a bath. He got into a bath so that he could die having a nice hot bath; like it was the only thing he had left. The camera followed from the ground, went up to the bloody bathroom floor, and to the broken record that took part in Arvid's death. The room was silent and still like everything stopped and time didn't matter.

Also, there was a part where it filmed when Peter got arrested. That scene stuck out in my mind. Peter knew he was going to get arrested and he didn't care. He wasn't dragged to the police car; instead he almost got in on his own. He had enough courage to stand up for what he believed in and what was the right thing to do. The director filmed Peter chanting swing songs and supporting swing. His face was beaten in and he had ripped clothes, but that didn't matter because he was standing up for what he believed in. In Nazi Germany standing up for what you believed in was a hard thing to do without a real lot of courage, and filming the scene like that captured how much one person means.

The cinematography in the scene when Peter's brother Willie followed Peter to the swing club, and found him getting beat and taken away, was amazing. The director made them look like they were together, but also far away at the same time. Peter passed on his courage and the meaning of being your own man to his little brother, Willie, in a matter of seconds. Willie looked up to his brother and made a stand by picking up the umbrella and shouting "Swing Heil" in the middle of the streets, as his brother was getting taken away.

These are just a few of the many great-filmed scenes in the movie "Swing Kids". If they weren't there, the movie would just be another old movie. However, the way these scenes were filmed, the movie seems like a deep meaningful thing to think about for the rest of your life.