The Sequence (most unspoken aspect of cinematography)

nickmicros

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I feel like the "sequence of shots" is the most important aspect of visual storytelling and one of the most unspoken aspects. Seldom you will see a discussion about the order of shots, framing within the coverage, in relation to the story, here on DVXuser as well as others like cinematography.com. Lighting, lens, movement, cameras and so forth dominate these forums. Maybe for the increasing amounts of montages and reels shown online aside from narrative based films.

Sites like this is greatly helpful to study the sequence but articles only cover the titles of famous features.

www.artofthetitle.com

Anyone know sites like this that cover scenes from films, please post em.

Recently, I have been story boarding for a short coming up and studying sequences to know what coverage I need as well as framing to tell the story in the most creative and supportive way possible. Buffalo 66 is one of films in particular. To some gaffers and cinematographers the film has an "Bad" look. Regardless the editing and framing of shots in relation to the story is incredible. Recently I pulled stills of the 60% of the films sequences and hosted them. Take a gander at what Lance Acord, ASC, Vincent Gallo and Curtiss Clayton(editor) created in relation to the story of Buffalo 66'. If you haven't seen the film, it is nearly impossible to appreciate the sequence.

Bruno Delbonnel is another DoP to study. All his films consist of great lighting but also great visual story telling. Particularly Delicatessen.

FYI
Some of the stills are a bit out of order for some reason.

http://www.mediafire.com/?mzytjzmwmoz





 
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When a movie is successful that means that EVERY element of that film worked. Buffalo 66 is a cult classic so it WAS successful thus anyone talking about how bad the film looked is talking out of their ass..
 
I feel like the "sequence of shots" is the most important aspect of visual storytelling and one of the most unspoken aspects. Seldom you will see a discussion about the order of shots, framing within the coverage, in relation to the story, here on DVXuser as well as others like cinematography.com. Lighting, lens, movement, cameras and so forth dominate these forums. Maybe for the increasing amounts of montages and reels shown online aside from narrative based films.

Anyone know sites like this that cover scenes from films, please post em.

http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=133076
 
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