After going through our ideas about having images that will reflect the main character we were advised to research German expressionism, which we found out was a way of using different images or sets to symbolise certain things and create a deeper mood amongst the audience.
German expressionism started shortly after the first world war due to the lack of money, this lack of money meant that the theatres and creative side of Germany could not afford all the nice sets that places like Hollywood had. So they came up with a way to get these things across without having to spend lots of money. They decided on using quite peculiar mise-en-scene in the sets which were very non-realistic and had quite geometrical designs which were all different so that each one could show the different shadows and lighting for a performance.
A good example of this used in opening titles for a film is 'The Cabinet of Dr. Calligari'.
German expressionism has influenced a few film genres like horror along with certain films like Dracula, Frankenstein, The Cabinet of Dr. Calligari, Psyhco and Citizen Kane. It's a way of expressing the psychological turmoil of space by characters and because of it's themes of madness and insanity we thought that it would fit in with our ideas perfectly.
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