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Media Film Analysis
Lady in the Lake - 1947
Starts off with the image portraying Metro Goldwyn Mayer, which is the
producer and/or distributer of the film, the whole film is in black andwhite, including the trailers, due to the time it was set in. During this
image the lion roars and music is played in the background. This screen
then advances to a title sequence and cast names, all these are
expressed on letters, underneath the next one.
Here shows the actors and producers etc, this is all with music in the
background, the lighting is fairly dim and the writing and letter is alwayscentral to the image, the resolution does not fit the screen size probably
due to different resolutions around the time of the production of the
movie.
Ends on a picture of a gun.
CAST:
Robert Montgomery Philip Marlowe & Director
Audrey Totter Adrienne Fromsett
LLoyd Nolan Lt. DeGarmot
Tom Tully Capt. Kane
Leon Ames Derace Kingsley
Jayne Meadows Mildred Havelend
Dick Simmons Chris Lavery
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Morris Ankrum Eugene Grayson
Lila Leeds Receptionist
William Roberts Artist
Kathleen Lockhart Mrs. Grayson
Ellay Mort Krystal Kingsley
Screenplay by:
Steve Fisher
Based on the novel by:
Raymond Chandler
Paul C. Vogel A.S.C Director of photography
Gene Ruggiero Film Editor
David Snell Musical score
Maurice Goldman Choral Direction
Douglas Shearer Recording Director
Cedric Gibbons Art direction
Preston Ames " "
Edwin B. Willis Set decoration
Thomas Theuerkauff Associate
A. Arnold Gillespie Special Effects
Irene Costume Supervision
Sydney Guilaroff Hair designs for miss Totter
Jack Dawn Make-up creator
Produced by:
George Haight
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The lighting is very dim, possibly to show night time, and foreshadowing that bad
events will happen, there are no lights in the room.
In the background you can see a dart board and posters, as well as a high-rise city,
showing he is rich and is possibly the bad guy he is also holding a pipe which how
America in the typical time of it's culture,His facial expression shows something hidden is occurring, his eyebrows suggest
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something suspicious is happening, and his mouth is half ajar.
Leaning back in his chair, he looks comfortable and confident at what he does.
Props- Gun and pipe, richness, carelessness, violence?
He is centred on the screen to make him most important, however the background
out of the window is also a large piece of the composition of the screen, meaning we
are meant to look at setting more closely, that he is high up.
Colour - Black and White - Old-fashioned.
Sound - Christmas music? Is happy and cheerful, maybe dramatic irony due to the
fact it is a film full of gun crime and murder.