The first and last shots of a film can be, and often are the most important frames of the piece. They can serve as bookends, providing the film with a sense of completeness. It's a great way to show transformation of any kind, whether thats a physical one or an emotional/character developmenty-type one. It can illustrate a character's arc (this is where they started, this is where they ended up- like There Will Be Blood) or it can simply remind the audience of where everything started by using similar shots for both (Gone Girl).
There Will Be Blood (2007)
Gone Girl (2014)
Black Swan (2010)
Birdman (2014)
I love how you talked about the beginning and end frames of a shot because that is very true with films and can really sell the story depending on the variety of shots you use. I like your use of great examples that back you up very well with your statement of information.
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ReplyDeleteI love how this blog showed the correlation between the beginning and end shots of a film. In many films, these shots are very meaningful, but they are something that not many people notice.
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Your writing technique is really informative, and I love the pictures that are shown and how the correspond to the writing you wrote. Great job. Your background looks very professional to. Chwang
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ReplyDeleteI like the style of your blog. It's really neat. You analysis was pretty g as well. Peace out, keep up the good work
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ReplyDeleteI like your blog man. its good.
ReplyDeleteI liked how you gave multiple pieces of evidence to reference your text and the topic itself was really insightful and gave some perspective about film making.
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I like how you added photos to the post it made the post very entertaining! The font and look of your post looks great.
ReplyDeleteI like the idea you give and the direction it was going in. The pictures look great but I think there could be more, maybe more explain what kind of "transformation" that they had went through. For each picture explain what makes the beginning and ending scenes so significant to that movie, why do those shots matter? To people who haven't seen the movie or have a hard time understanding shot composition and symbolism those are just normal shots so try to explain why those shots are different and meaningful.
ReplyDeleteI like this style, yet there is little explanation as to how this affects you, does this make you think about your own work? What could you convey in your own work with this? There's a lot of ways this could go, and it can definitely send a powerful message if done right. Keep it up.
ReplyDeleteNice job including the actual pictures. Very interesting blog post, though you could've talked about each movie illustrated and how it relates to the actual movie.
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