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Week 26.39 - Socials Roundup JAIL BARS (opens the original)
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Week 26.39 posts include shots which make symbolic bars from grates, window shades, and more, from Pitfall (1948); Dead Presidents (1995); My Blueberry Nights (2007); Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022); and The Penguin (2024).My Blueberry NightsAs Lizzie (Norah Jones) looks longingly out the cafe window, shots of her and of her POV are all framed with the window glass and shades symbolising how trapped she feels.Meanwhile, the shot of Leslie (Natalie Portman) is framed with nothing obstructin
Five Shots: WHAT A WAY TO GO (opens the original)
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Five of our favourite shots from absolutely madcap, 73-costume-famous, technicolor romantic-tragi-comedy spoof psychological melodrama musical What a Way to Go.Manic MoneyHow many techniques and Big Props can you cram into one minute? speedrampingquick-cutsDutch anglesa wall of blinking lightsridiculously gigantic mone
Blocking a Moving Wide: WHAT A WAY TO GO (opens the original)
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This nearly-two-minute scene is comprised of two moving oners, broken only by a short closeup sight gag. It’s a fun dance between characters and camera which shows off a crammed set and assorted props from ladders to towels to camera.Let’s talk about its wide aspect ratio, then step through blocking and framing, and discuss how they work together.Using a Wide, Wide ScreenWe’ve looked at Ang Lee blocking conversations in a wide aspect ratio, and how <a href="https://shotzero.s
Week 26.38 - Socials Roundup MAKE ME DIZZY (opens the original)
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Week 26.38 posts include dizzying shots from Shadow of the Thin Man (1941); Moontide (1942); Blow Out (1981); Practical Magic (1998); and The Way Way Back (2013). Practical MagicFrances and Jet (Stockard Channing and Dianne Wiest) make a potion using a blender as their modern cauldron — its gyrations transition into a spinning stairwell shot which carries u
Five Shots: SALAAM BOMBAY (opens the original)
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Five of our favourite shots from 1988 drama Salaam Bombay.Giant Vista, Small BoyThis shot comes minutes into the film, as Krishna aka Chaipau (Shafiq Syed) is sent from the circus to run an errand. It takes a moment before you can find him, but once he emerges from the softly blowing trees, you follow him the whole way. The visual of how tiny he is against the giant landscape is stark, his white shirt getting smaller and smaller against red dirt and green foliage.At the transition, Chaipau goes
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