res throughout the movie. Dissolve is the transition between two shots when the first image gradually disappears and the second image gradually appears (Filmland). This effect is usually done using a black screen to represent an ending of some sort. In Thelma and Louise the dissolve is white. The color white also represents freedom and happiness. Thelma and Louise have reached their freedom.Cinematography, if used properly, adds immensely to the action and effects of a film. Thelma and Louise greatly benefited from panning shots, reactions shots, and dissolve. To the untrained eye these effects go completely unnoticed and unappreciated but to those who do appreciate them know that because of cinematography Thelma and Louise is a masterpiece....
