"(Technically, when you look at the image below, you can see that the shot has been reframed and restaged. In the previous shot, the hero’s right foot stepped on a dead body. then slipped forward and twisted right. But in this angle, the hero is standing four feet forward, to the left of the dead body — his foot is not anywhere close to the corpse that supposedly tripped him. I approve of this image; it’s beautiful, superior cinematography, which nobody in a normal audience will ever realize was restaged. One lesson here is that the audience won’t notice physical inconsistencies, as long as the visual progression remains beautiful, logical, and meaningful.)"
This tickled my brain a little...I think now that I must "see" this sort of thing very frequently in film, but either I don't notice because the scene is swiftly moving along and I have to keep up, or my mind just fills in information in order to make the inconsistency make sense. Even as you laid the reframing of this shot out in plain view, I caught myself trying to explain the reframe like this, "Maybe idiot gambler just stumbled forward as the stranger was grabbing his shirt..." I wonder how many times I've filled in information like this without noticing myself doing it at all. I suspect this has implications for communication in general, too.
Thanks for this homework assignment! BTW, I enjoyed working on chiasms, too. Now it's a little hard to stop using them, actually! That's not a complaint, it's just kinda funny. I get a little excited when I see them outside of my own writing, too...it be like, "Ah-ha! I know what that is..."
Thanks, I needed that reminder of my chief enemy, procrastination
Also thank you for the reminder of just how dystopic and gruesome media has become.. give them gladiators and they shall have their need for and strength for rebellion assuaged
Love ya BP, we know you're the one in the mask and we pray you spare us or are able to high stakes teach us before the other psychos get us
Brb, gonna watch Squid Game now...
In the meantime...
"(Technically, when you look at the image below, you can see that the shot has been reframed and restaged. In the previous shot, the hero’s right foot stepped on a dead body. then slipped forward and twisted right. But in this angle, the hero is standing four feet forward, to the left of the dead body — his foot is not anywhere close to the corpse that supposedly tripped him. I approve of this image; it’s beautiful, superior cinematography, which nobody in a normal audience will ever realize was restaged. One lesson here is that the audience won’t notice physical inconsistencies, as long as the visual progression remains beautiful, logical, and meaningful.)"
This tickled my brain a little...I think now that I must "see" this sort of thing very frequently in film, but either I don't notice because the scene is swiftly moving along and I have to keep up, or my mind just fills in information in order to make the inconsistency make sense. Even as you laid the reframing of this shot out in plain view, I caught myself trying to explain the reframe like this, "Maybe idiot gambler just stumbled forward as the stranger was grabbing his shirt..." I wonder how many times I've filled in information like this without noticing myself doing it at all. I suspect this has implications for communication in general, too.
Thanks for this homework assignment! BTW, I enjoyed working on chiasms, too. Now it's a little hard to stop using them, actually! That's not a complaint, it's just kinda funny. I get a little excited when I see them outside of my own writing, too...it be like, "Ah-ha! I know what that is..."
I hope you have a wonderful Holiday!
I watched the episode to understand this essay - I wasn't expecting you to spoil the whole show.
No idea how i wasn't subscribed. Thank you for putting in the work on this.
Do you have any book recommendations on craft...writing or cinematic?
How can you tell what is a beat and what isn't? It seems like literally everything that happens in a scene is a beat.
And you are saying that each beat ought to build tension otherwise it is not worth including in the story, right?
Thanks, I needed that reminder of my chief enemy, procrastination
Also thank you for the reminder of just how dystopic and gruesome media has become.. give them gladiators and they shall have their need for and strength for rebellion assuaged
Love ya BP, we know you're the one in the mask and we pray you spare us or are able to high stakes teach us before the other psychos get us