Good Night and Good Luck is a film set in the 1950’s. That being said, the way it was shot was very much akin to those times. Overall, the way the movie was filmed supplemented the action and swept the viewer away into the 50’s in a sense. The focus of the film surrounds Edward R. Murrow, the television hit See It Now, and the employees that work the show. Right off the bat, the fact that the movie is filmed in black & white helps set the nostalgic feeling of the fifties. The setting is almost entirely focused in the workplace of the station that plays See It Now (CBS). Because of the indoor set, the entire film is comprised of mostly close-up shots, which rarely pan out very far. Many first time viewers initially mark the camera and shot work as drab and bland, however, as the movies plot unfurls, the film techniques used help immerse the audience to the character’s world. The basic shot set-up for the See It Now program itself can be used as an example of this observation. The close-ups of Murrow and his profile as well as the attention paid to his cigarette smoking help raise the tension and interest in the stories he is telling. Not only this, but it helps the viewers pay closer attention to the facts that Murrow presents. Overall, the film does a fantastic job grabbing its audience and taking them to another place. The black and white photography helps do this of course, however, the camera angles and shots are what pulls everything together to deliver a 50’s era experience.
Don't forget that the possessive needs an apostrophe. You need to look at a few scenes specifically.
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