Week 4 by JustDan (xxdan08xx)

Metropolis

dan081998 — 2025-09-20 02:03:50 UTC

Restoration

dan081998 — 2025-09-20 02:06:08 UTC

Both films were somewhat lost media and had to be located and restored so we can watch today

Set Design

dan081998 — 2025-09-20 02:06:34 UTC

Classism

dan081998 — 2025-09-20 02:07:27 UTC

Plutocracy

dan081998 — 2025-09-20 02:07:38 UTC

Biblical Imagery

dan081998 — 2025-09-20 02:11:41 UTC

Dystopian Society

dan081998 — 2025-09-20 02:12:41 UTC

Replacing of a leader

dan081998 — 2025-09-20 02:13:50 UTC

Referring to the Machine man in metropolis

Special effects

dan081998 — 2025-09-20 02:14:28 UTC

Those used to show a crumbling mental state

Nosferatu

dan081998 — 2025-09-20 02:15:30 UTC

Manifestation

dan081998 — 2025-09-20 02:16:36 UTC

Nosferatu opens cautioning the reader to not say the name or else it will consume you. The wife's anxieties over her husband turned her into a beacon, attracting Orlok to her

Color symbolism

dan081998 — 2025-09-20 02:17:09 UTC

Tint of film corresponds to time of day/lighting of the environment

Plague Trauma

dan081998 — 2025-09-20 02:19:36 UTC

Nosferatu was made in post WW1 Germany and carries fears remaining from the Spanish flu in 1918

Expressiveness

dan081998 — 2025-09-20 02:20:31 UTC

As an expressivist film this isn't surprising

Score

dan081998 — 2025-09-20 02:22:34 UTC

For both films, the score underlying the picture itself helped in conveying the emotions that are looking to be expressed.

Landscape shots

dan081998 — 2025-09-20 02:23:24 UTC

Nosferatu had great natural landscapes where Metropolis had what I assume to be painted ones.

Frame rate changes

dan081998 — 2025-09-20 02:23:50 UTC

Use of changing frame rates to depict speed of motion

Double Exposure

dan081998 — 2025-09-20 02:26:13 UTC

Use of double exposure to achieve shots in both films