Ruthie Musgrove

The movie “The Devil Wears Prada” directed by David Frankel staring Anne Hathaway is a fun

movie that is sure to make anyone laugh. The beginning of the movies starts with a montage of

the different girls getting ready for work. They dress in nice clothes, eat healthy food, and look

all put together. The cinematography in these clips show us exactly what we want to see and

nothing more. The camera angle only shows the put together girls instead of the whole world

around them. This makes it look like they are perfect but that is just the placement of what is put

in front of the camera. During the montage we see one of the girls looking at cut out magazine

clips; they use an over the shoulder camera shot so the watcher can see exactly what the

character is looking at. We soon realize that Andy (Anne Hathaway) is not perfect when the

camera is following her at her new job. Everything turns to chaos and the camera cuts many

different times to show the work office versus the big fashion designer. Overall, the use of

cinematography in the different camera angels and in the timing of cuts are very important in this

movie. Throughout the entire movie long shots are used to show the characters entire body and

to show the environment they are in. These shots are important because the movie is about

fashion, so we need to see whole outfits to understand some of the context. We also see ariel

shots of New York City after some scenes which help us understand the energy of the city. Some

cuts in the movie show a cut from one day to another but all at the same time of day. This helps

us see many days in a short period of time so we can understand that each is alike in some way.

The use of cut shots are also seen to show the change out outfits in the main character when she

gets a sense of style. I enjoy the use of cinematography because it stops the movie from getting

boring. If cuts were not used, the movie would be way too long and not be able to keep drawing

the audience in. However, the cuts let us see many different angles of one scene and let us see
one day in two seconds. I did not mention the use of music because I only wanted to talk about

cinematography, but I will say the music creates the atmosphere in our ear and almost makes it

like you are in the movie. I would recommend this movie to anyone who like fashion or would

like to see a well produced movie.