Black Girl - Craig Walters

I chose Pair A because the subject matter of the two is very similar, however the image of the main character hold a much different value between the two. In the first the main character is seen in French styled clothing. She has large diamond, or pearl, earrings while having her hair perfectly wrapped under a designer scarf (or something of the sort, not quite a fashion expert). Whereas, in the second shot, she is freed of these material things and allows for her hair to hang in its normal fashion making her seem more natural, or as Sembene was probably going for, African. Also, in the first shot, she is much darker than she is in the second. The high contrast in the first shot while being confined to an all white setting, much like the was permanently confined to the apartment in general, shows a dramatic difference from her skin color making her seem unnatural. This unnaturalness is highly emphasized throughout the movie as she was the only black person portrayed in France in this movie. The second shot is much more diffused as it was shot in a much lower key. This shot brightens up her skin much more while allowing many more features of her face to be seen making her seem more naturally human.