Tuesday, August 31, 2010

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (Ishwar Gill)

The Life Aquatic: With Steve Zissou is by far my favorite movie. I love the character's Wes Anderson uses as well as his quirky film style. He tends to utilize slow motion pans and crabs, bright primary colors, and zoom ins in his films. I found that the scene where Steve Zissou's ship is attacked by pirates contained many shot types, even if they were for brief moments.




Additionally, I cant help but notice how the filter on the camera changes to one that is brighter and more saturated when Steve snaps and takes back his ship in his surreal and romanticized gun fight at 1:56.

0:16 - Wide shot
0:31 - Mid shot
0:48 - Medium close up
0:49 - Point-of-view (from pirates watching tv) as well as a Cutaway
1:17 and 2:00 - Cut-In
1:40 - Close up
1:56 - Extreme close up
2:35 - starts as very wide shot, zooms into wideshot
2:44 - Extreme wide shot of ship with Steve on it.
2:57 - Over the shoulder shot

A Scanner Darkly - Colleen Cozart


0:00-0:16 Following pan going from a mid shot to a medium shot back out to a mid shot with a slight zoom
0:16-0:21 Shot reverse shot with wide shot crab to the left
0:21-0:26 Mid shot
0:26-0:28 Wide shot
0:28-0:29 Cut-in
0:29-0:31 Over the shoulder shot with a tilt up to a mid shot
0:31-0:37 Slight zoom in to a mid shot
0:37-0:44 Mid shot
0:44-0:46 Medium close up
0:46-0:49 Mid shot
0:49-0:55 Medium close up two shot
0:55-0:57 Mid shot
0:57-1:01 Medium close up two shot
1:01-1:04 Close up
1:04-1:13 Medium close up
1:13-1:16 Mid shot
1:16-1:18 Medium close up
1:18-1:25 Mid shot
1:25-1:27 Medium close up
1:27-1:32 Medium close up
1:32-1:36 Mid shot
1:36-1:41 Mid shot tilt up two shot
1:41-1:44 Mid shot
1:44-1:46 Mid shot tilt
1:46-2:00 Mid shot
2:00-2:04 Medium close up tilt up to a mid shot
2:04-2:18 Medium close up tilt down
2:18-2:26 Mid shot
2:26-2:30 Medium close up
2:30-2:32 Mid shot
2:32-2:33 Mid shot
2:33-2:39 Medium close up
2:39-2:40 Mid shot
2:40-2:42 Cut in to hand on wheel
2:42-2:44 Mid shot two shot
2:44-2:45 wide shot two shot
2:45-2:46 Cut in to hands that moves into a medium close up with a tilt up to a mid shot
2:46-2:49 Wide shot tile up to a mid shot
2:49-3:03 Medium close up tilt mid shot
3:03-3:15 Mid shot tilt to a mid shot with a slight zoom out and crab to the right, characters move away from camera into a wide shot

Into The Wild - Jen & Charles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LAuzT_x8Ek

Contents:
1. Extreme wide shot - 1.37
2. Very wide shot - 0.13
3. Mid shot - 1.48
4. Close up - 0.08
5. Cut in - 0.30
6. Over the shoulder - 1.02

Monday, August 30, 2010

Scarface Success (posted by Ramiro Trejo)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTrcfnJwF04


Scarface is an amazing movie and one element that makes the movie good are the camera shots. 
The following are some shots that tie in with the in-class handout:


0:18  Scarface in a medium close shot
0:29 - 0:40  A Zoom Out which places Scarface in a smaller state compared to his
                        huge wealth behind him.
0:47- 0:55 A Cut In scene with two subjects only showing their hands 
                     plus a moving zoom toward the bill counter.
When the music starts, many of the scenes include zoom with movement which, with no words,
does some of the talking. 
1:31- 1:36 A Tilt movement showing the name "Montana Management" then showing the wealthy men walking out from the building.
2:26 - 2:35 Crab shot to the left
2:36 - 2:38 Wide shot of the wedding which gives the scene a more "family" atmosphere.
3:03  Over the Shoulder Shot concentrating on the woman's facial expression. 
3:19 - 3:28 Following Pan leading the group.