Shadow of a Vampire is a movie within a movie. It shows the director's struggle in making the Nosferatu. The film is a great example of German Expressionism. The different camera angles and the low key lighting make this movie what it is. In the story the director makes it seem that that Max Shriek is an actual vampire. The film held my attention the whole time because of the sickness it possessed. Murnau wanted to make the greatest movie ever, even if it meant death. He filmed the climax of his movie when Shriek was killing his partners. This film was a nice change from the silent films. I was really interested in the movie because I had just seen Nosferatu. German Expressionism obviously had a strong influence in this movie. In my opinion what made the movie so good, was the low key lighting.