It is important to remember that each visual appeal communicates to viewers the cinematographer’s concept of beauty. Camera angles, lens choices, composition, costume choices, music, editing/effects, and even the narrative and screenplay should all be designed to heighten our emotional reaction to what we are watching. For example, the filmmakers’ conceptualization of Lotte and Craig’s love interest in Being John Malkovich is unique. Maxine is both predictable and unpredictable, gorgeous and revolting, selfish and compassionate. In what other ways do the filmmakers fuse concepts of what is beautiful either into the film’s cinematography or its storyline?
