Dracula Film

The film begins with tricky camera work and special effects, that have a narrarator in the backdrop. The voice of the Archbishop of Transylvania in the fiftenth century tell the story of Vlad the Impaler, the character that Dracula is based off of. We see him in war and the pain that he brings to his country's enemies. There is a crane shot that follows Dracula as he battles and it also tells of his wife, and her worry.  In this transition shot we see Dracula turn into his evil self and the man he eventually turns out to be. Fast forward to a close-up shot of Jonathan Harker and his travel in a wagon.  He begins writing in his journal entry and the special effects show Dracula's face in the pages of his journal. The story is properly reflected through the film but in a more fast-paced atmosphere, because Harker's stay at the mansion is more than enough months.  After an extended stay in Dracula's mansion the point of view switches to Mina Murray's and we see  crane shots that follow her as she anticipates Jonathan's letters. In her surroundings we see spring colors and wide shots that capture the colorful surroundings and it brought me out of the gloomy mood form Draxula's castle.
            Afer a while we see Lucy Westerna and her flurtacios attitude, contrasted against Mina's modest personality. Ther is no referal to Dracula or Jonathan Harker for that matter, and we are left to settle what became of him to our imaginations. Not long afte Lucy is engaged and to be married to Arthur, a wealthy land owner. With some more special effects Lucy is stalked by a beast in her garden as she is sleep-walking, and she was bitten, but the next day Mina makes nothing of it , and categorizes it as only a dream. With LLucy's wedding approaching Mina spends her time down by the market, where, with a speedy close-up, we are introduced to a mysterious gentleman with a Transylvanian accent(hint hint!!) who finds her attractive. Mina is not immediately drawn to the man, but we know that he is Dracula and want this attraction not to happen. Meanwhile, Lucy has gone mad with illness and is losing blood like a pig on Thanksgiving, and her friend Dr. Seward refers to Dr.Abraham Van Helsing for medical expertice. After a long awaited diagnosis, we know that Lucy is suffering from  bite and is slowly dying. Every scene has similar transitions, which take place with a fade, and then a moving-camera shot of the following scene. This particular shot makes the suspense of the film rise, beause we don'y know what awaits us as the scene slides.
         As we approach the climax of the film he music begins to deepen and the scenes get cut shorter. Jonathan has been found and knows that the mysterious man tht Mina is infatuated with is in fact Dracula as a younger man. Lucy is a Vampyr and has been crucified with a stake to the heart and her head flying off with a crane-shot capturing it as it moves. Van Helsing knows that in order to end Dracula's life he mus t do what he did to Lucy, but they must first track him down. Mina is completely obsessed with Dracula because he used his Vampyr charm to make her fall underhis spell. Mina must be kept away from Dracula because she no longer thinks of him as a monster but as her love, and he also does so , because Mina(Winona Ryder) resembles his wife, who commited suicide at the beginning of the film. With only ten minuted in the film the epic fight scene breaks out just as the sun goes down. Dracula comes after Van Helsing, but he is faster and he slices his throat, whil Jonathan Harker stakes his heat with a wooden stick.
           The film goes full circle as the final scene takes us back to the beginning of the film, where Dracula's bride lay dead and where he eventuaally goes himself, bit not beore his soul is cleansed. Mina proffesses her love to hima nd he to her , and his evil rises from him and the broken cross heals itself and all is happy.