Snow white/sunny with a chance of meatballs.

When someone mentions any name of the seven dwarfs, or the song, Hi-ho Hi-ho, automatically they think of the animated classic Snow white and the seven dwarfs.  Snow white became the first full length cel animated film in history as well as the first animated film in America.  Walt Disney's first full length animated feature film gave way to a new brand of film making

Before production began in June of 1934, Walt Disney was already famous for the creation of the animated shorts of Mickey Mouse.  But Disney wanted to make his studio more famous and increase revenues by created feature films.  Snow White was made by using a multi-plane camera to create depth and a large sum of artist, drawing the scenes and characters on a drawing board.  Unlike previous animated shorts the Disney made, which he used animals, Snow white introduced human characters such as the huntsman, the prince, the queen and snow white herself.  Production of the film cost a staggering 15 million dollars, which lead Walt Disney to mortgage his home.  People would say that he was a fool to be doing what he was doing.

Snow white Finally came out to the public on VHS in 1994 and sold millions in only a few months.  It was the last of Disney's films to be released to the public on home video.

Fast forward almost 73 years, animation has made major strides since the release of snow white.  Yes there are still artist that draw the characters on a drawing bord, but all animated films are created using computer technology which was first used in the early 1960s.

Cloudy with a chance of meatballs is one example of how animation has evolved since Snow White.  Immediatly once the movie starts you can see a huge difference.  The way the characters bodies look, how theres so much going on in one scene, such as the background where other people are maybe walking, the clouds are movie, or the birds are flying.  Cloudy with a chance of meatballs also has a lot more action going on then what Snow White showed.  Throughout the evolution of aniamtion, films have got a little more action packed and somtimes more violent then what films used to be.  But I think that makes for a better movie. the choas that erupts when the food storm  occurs, is a far cry to that when compared to when the seven dwarfs are chasing the queen up the hill in a storm.  many animated films although have kept to one main focus in the theme, and that is family orented and love stories.

Wizard of Oz review

For almost 70 years, the Wizard of Oz has captured the imagination of everyone who has seen it, from the songs, to the most memorable lines, such as "I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore."  It has been known to be the most popular movie ever made

The wizard of Oz may have not have been possible without the success of the animation film Snow white and the seven dwarfs.  Snow white showed that films adapted from popular children stories and fairytales, could be made succesfull amoung the public.  In January of 1938 MGM bought the rights to the popular novel written by Samuel Goldwyn and began production that same year.  It was MGM's most expensive movie made at that time.

One of the main reasons of the Wizard Of Oz's popularity, was the way it was filmed.  The opening and closing scenes were filmed using black and white and then colored in a sepia tone to make a kind of brown ash color.  In the novel, the author described Kansas as being "in shade of gray," the farm house and property were situated in the middle of the prairie where the grass was burnt gray by the sun.  The use of sepia tone was a stylistic choice that made the Kansas countryside seem dull, gray, and unattractive.  This was all made on purpose to set up for when Dorothy opens the door to see where she has landed after being picked up by the twister, thus exposing the colorful land of Oz and how important and attractive Oz was compared to Kanses.

Citizen Kane review

In the first feature film that Orson Wells directed, Citizen Kane has been viewed as one of the most influential film in the history of the movie industry.  Some would even say it's the greatest movie of all time, not mainly for the acting or story line, but in the way Oreson Wells created it, and through new age cinematography
Citizen Kane begins with Kane dieing in his bed and we hear him only say one word, Rosebud.  A writer is then set off to find out what Rosebud meant to Kane.  So he investegates and inteviews people who knew him.  We then follow Kanes life of a famouse as rich newspaper editor and chief.  We first see him fas a young boy, who is taken away from his poor parents and brought into a life where he can sucecced, then through his mid-20s and tells how he became a legand in the news paper buisness and met his first love.  He then, as an older man who is so corrupt by his own fame, and a wife who leaves him, runs and loses the govenner election, and falls in love with another woman who has dreams of becoming a great oprea singer.  We see his life go down hill as he gets older and older.  He ends up losing everyone who loved him, and is left at the end in a large mansion alone in his bed.
Citzen Kane is mainly known for its use of photography.  Cinematographer Gregg Toland was hired for the job, but director Oreson Wells had his own views on what he wanted the movie to look like.  He believed that the director was responsible for lighting and how the set may look.  So both Toland and Wells worked together, and created a film that looked very different then most films of its time.  Throughout the film, Wells uses moderate high key, and tends to get darker and darker as Kane gets older and older.  Spot lights were also used for close of shots of the characters to show importance, as does almost all contrast of lighting in the film. (understanding movies)
These new methods of filmmaking became the new norm in many different films throughout the time after Citizen Kane.  Citizen Kane went on the win almost seven different Academy Awards, such as cinematography, film editing, music and sound.  Citizen Kane may not have grossed the highest amount of money in the box office, but still attchieved popularity throughout many different critiques, mainly raving about the way the movie was made.

Works Cited
1. understanding movies
2. IMBD