Nixon's Resignation

This speech was very interesting. At first the camera shot was wide view, they were very far away. As the speech went on they shot got closer and closer, and at the very end they continue to pan inward. It was as if the camera person wanted you to notice Nixon's disposition and the feeling he was putting into his speech. He looked very confident in the beginning, but at the end looked as if he was going to break down. Zooming in on this showed Nixon's feelings and showed every expression he was making very close up. Nixon held his speech in front of him for the entire speech, and in the beginning you were able to see it because of camera angle. At the end, all you could see was Nixon's face. This being on film was very interesting for the world could see Nixon's resignation as it was. They showed the raw resignation film for the whole world to see, as the very first president to ever resign was doing so, and doing so for a very controversial reason.

Richard Nixon - "Checkers" Speech

In this clip we see Nixon trying to defend himself against the allegations that were made that he was a bad person. They are at medium shot length, and it was filmed in black and white. The lack of color makes it seem very vintage. Nixon is clearly reading off a speech for he keeps looking down to see what to say next. The fact that he does this makes it very hard to trust what he is saying. For, instead of just speaking he needs to read off a script. The camera stays at the same shot length the entire time, and this seems to be important. Instead of getting close up, they chose to stay far away. At this shot you can see Nixon's body movement, and he does a lot of it. He moves his hands much and often moves his entire body as he is talking. With the camera at medium shot point they can get this entire movement. The camera also does not move, as to focus on what Nixon is saying. If it was to move in close you would focus also on his face, to see what kind of emotion he has.

Nixon & Watergate

In this clip, Nixon is clearly angry. He is talking with much conviction and he is very passionate about what he is saying. This seems to be the first time Nixon is actually candid. In all his speeches he has something to read off of, and knows exactly what he is going to say. In the Frost Nixon interviews Frost was ultimately in control of what was going to happen. Nixon did now know what exactly Frost was going to ask, and had to prepare himself for the worst. In this clip we see Nixon trying to defend himself saying he was not trying to cover anything up. Later in the interview he states that if he wanted to cover it up he could have easily. This interview was very interesting, they should both the reactions of Nixon and Frost as Nixon was talking. Yet, when they should Frost they were at medium view, and with Nixon they were very close up. It was as if they wanted the American people to be able to judge for themselves if Nixon was telling the truth. In other parts of the interview he is much more relaxed, but when the issue of the cover up is brought up they get very close on Nixon, and he gets riled up.