Auteur Signature Film Form

• Change in genres – romance, war film
• manipulated shadows – shadow leaves on the walls

Classical Hollywood Film Form

• long duration shot (close up) of Ilsa (25 seconds)
• Action reaction shots – talking to each other
• functional lighting
• Soft focus and high key lighting (maybe Auteur signature)
• Shift from diegetic song (Sam playing it) to non-diegetic orchestral version (ominous – Sam,Rick, Ilsa)

Production Context

• functional lighting
• ‘As Time Goes By’ was the only song made for the film

Themes and Motifs

• motif – piano
• motif – ‘As Time Goes By’
• motif (?) – blue – Ilsa wore blue
• When Rick meets Laslow the theme repeates
• Theme (ATGB) repeats but nicer – Rick and Ilsa
• Theme repeats but not nice – war

Representation

• Ilsa treats Sam badly, she orders to play the song and sing it
• Ilsa spoken about in a certain way – ‘spoke about you in a way that made me extremely jealous’

Political Context

• ‘I put that dress away, when the German’s march out I’ll wear it again’ – Ilsa. When the film comes out the world was at war.