M, Fritz Lang's first sound film was released in 1931 in Germany. The film is done in black and white and uses sound as a character rather then new technology over powering the cinematography. Lang's use of the camera is sometimes like a still photograph and not a motion picture, watching the film you could almost see it as a book with pictures and not a movie. Most of the shots make the audience feel as …showed first 75 words of 754 total…

…showed last 75 words of 754 total…feel as if your Elsie's mother wondering where your daughter could be. The camera may just be part of a whole, but in this film it defiantly plays a major part in the reactions and feelings of the viewer. In my personal opinion this film is one of the best I have ever seen; everything from the camera work to the lighting was perfect. I would recommend this film to anybody who is studying photography.