What type of composition is most commonly used in "The Godfather"?

The composition adopts a dichotomy.

The confrontation between the two takes up half of the composition, showing that the two are evenly matched, but at the entrance of the studio, the lighting In this regard, the icing on the cake is added: Walls has oblique side lighting, and his facial features are relatively three-dimensional and clear, but Tom has a yin and yang face, that is, side lighting. If you watch the movie carefully, you will find that when shaping the image of Tom, The director has always used side lighting more often. Such side lighting reflects Tom's profound and impenetrable emotions and creates a sense of mystery about Tom, the uninvited guest, in the eyes of Walls. The composition of the main characters is very exciting, and the director's placeholder portrayal of the secondary characters is also perfect.

For example, the traitor Paulie. The director had already deliberately portrayed the character of Pauly during the wedding, which was mainly reflected in his flattery of Krishaman and his envy of the wedding gift money. In order to highlight Pauli, the director used depth of field and blurred the background; in terms of clothing, only Pauli is wearing a gray suit in the foreground, and the actor's own height is also very prominent. In terms of composition, Pauli is standing on the right side of the screen. , accounting for nearly one-half of the screen.

1. Lighting: As an auxiliary light source, the light on the Godfather can be better understood by people, that is, it informs people of the source of the light source, although the crew will definitely have additional lighting during filming. Lighting.

2. Plot promotion: The godfather saw Johnny’s arrival through the blinds, paving the way for Johnny’s appearance.

3. In terms of plot performance:

1) The Godfather looks out of the window from the blinds, which reflects the Godfather’s mystery and God-like sense of manipulation. He can see the world but the world Can't see him.

2) In the last scene of The Godfather, Kay is standing in the living room full of light, but Mike is just the opposite. The room where he is standing is relatively dark, with only the halo of light coming from the blinds. This is also Showing the polarity of Kai and Mike, they are not from the same world after all.