Not Journalism-Night of the Hunter

Night of the Hunter

This would go more in the telecom department, but I think it's still useful to look at. The use of light here is really beautiful, and simply on the level of aesthetics, I think makes this clip very valuable. This entire film really is a wonderful example of an amazing use of light, and how something so simple can make it so visually interesting. There are a number of shots I would die to have the chance to take as a still (the opening shot, at 20 seconds, at 30 seconds, at 51 seconds, and at 1:25.) Yes all the lights are staged, but I don't think that makes the shots any less beautiful, and to me it serves as a sort of goal, to find natural light that's doing the sort of things the staged lights are doing here. There's also some really good b-roll from 1:49 to 2:02. I'm disappointed however that instead of using that as a transition, the film cuts back to the woman talking, and then uses a crossfade to get to the children, rather than using the natural transition of the b-roll.

There's also a nice pan/zoom, which I know we're never supposed to do, but I think this is one example where it does work nicely (34 seconds to 42 seconds.)

The audio is also really beautiful, specifically the crickets in the background. They're so subtle, but I think without them, this clip loses an important depth.