Bone GNGL

The three cinematic techniques that really influenced how I
felt about Goodnight and Good luck were the indoor shots,
close ups, and tight frames. All of these different aspects
really show how the people's minds of this time period were
like. Everyone kept close tabs on everyone else this is displayed in the
tight frames. The close shots reminds people that they were
always being watched. Everyone is very paranoid in this movie. The couple that worked together hid their relationship from their fellow employees. They did this so they could keep their jobs. We see them in tight frames, and this describes the relationship between two people who are married. They cannot express their love but we witness it in the close ups. The people in the movie are afraid to bad mouth McCarthy because of the paranoid attitude symptomatic of the era, during which the blacklisting of notable figures who expressed views of dissension was commonplace.
Edward R. Murrow was filmed in a close tight frame. During these slow moving zoomed-in shots we as viewers feel he is talking to us directly. The time period made it so that with the limited people on television that people felt a personal relationship with the people who were broadcasted into their homes. The statements Murrow made influenced many people because of this personal relationship the viewers felt.

The indoor shots made me realize how suffocating the people felt. There was no room for anyone to made a mistake or say something that made them sound communist. The characters never got any fresh air or relief.