VITTORIO STORARO'S CINEMATOGRAPHY IN FILMS DIRECTED BY WOODY ALLEN: A STUDY OF STYLE IN THE DIRECT OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Film analysis; Cinematography; Vittorio Storaro; Woody Allen
This research investigates the contribution of the cinematographer Vittorio Storaro for the Woody Allen’s work based on analysis of the films Café Society (2017) and Wonder Wheel (2018) both period films cinematographed by Storaro and a corpus composed of 7 films also set in the past and previously directed by Allen. Assuming as observation devices (Aumont and Marie, 2013; Vanoye and Goliot-Lété, 2012) the resources of light, shadow, camera movements and colors, the process of analysis had as theoretical and methodological support the problem-solution paradigm, the studies by Michael Baxandall (2006) about the vestiges of intention and the reflections of David Bordwell (2008; 2013) about the cinematographic style. The analytical journey allowed us to see that Vittorio Storaro's stylistic strategies changed Allen's visual poetics in the denotative, expressive, symbolic, and decorative dimensions of the films.