Seven Samurai

The seven samurai is very well thought out movie. The brightness of he lighting makes the movie look like the people were slaves and going through a rough time. This ties into the story because they were being run down by bandits. It also tell us that they worked hard. The fact that the movie is in black and white gives it a drastic covering because there is so much black everywhere. The beginning of the movie seems gloomy. I noticed that when everyone was talking they had a raspy tine in their voice. It seems as if they spoke with fear or caution so that they don't say the wrong thing. Everyone in the movie seemed poor, not only because of they place that they lived but also the clothes that they wore. They either wore torn up clothes or just a torn up pair of pants. The setting was in a poor village because everything was made out of wood. The streets were not paved they were dirt, and when it rained the street was turned to mud. In the beginning of almost every scene the shots are taken from afar. I have also noticed that the director does not have any foot shots, most of the shots are taken from either just below the knees or just above it.