Casablanca
    Casablanca was a movie that I had heard a lot about but had never had the urge to watch.  I believe that this was mainly my belief that movies in black and white were not as exciting.  After watching Casablanca I found that my pre-conceived notion was wrong.  Making a movie in black and white proves to be much more difficult which means more technical aspects have to be paid attention to. Scenes in Rick's cafe uses many long shots with different lighting to create shadows to give you the the feeling of how late it is when no one is in there to fill up any of the space. 
    The setting of Rick's cafe when something "illegal" is going on is much different than when "nothing" is going on.  The only time that something "illegal" was going on and the cafe was full of people was when the letters of transit were being deposited into the piano that Sam was playing.  The more shadows and the longer shots in the movie seem to depict more depth into what is going on in the movie.  As the cafe gets empty and the shots get longer with more shadows there seems to be more mescivious actions going on.  The most important things seem to happen in this kind of setting.  This room, Rick's cafe, has many different ways that it can be shot in the movie and especially when a car drives by and you can see the shadows very well, this type of long shot works very well.
    As the movie went on it became more interesting and more complex.  Rick seems to have total control and always knows what is going on.  He seems to be able to "trick" anyone into doing exactly what he wants.