Whether we believe in auteurism or not, each of us has our own image of what a film director does. But if you’ve never actually been on set, you have no idea what a director’s real-life experience is, making decision after decision during filming and beyond. you may not be able to understand. (Wes Anderson downplayed the challenge in an American Express commercial years ago.) Not all of these decisions are easy to make, and the simplest-sounding decisions are actually the most serious. It can cause severe headaches. For example, where do you put your camera?
that’s the subject New video essay on From Taylor Ramos and Tony Chou’s YouTube channel Every frame becomes a paintingExplore how famous directors like Steven Soderbergh, Greta Gerwig, Guillermo del Toro, and Martin Scorsese, as well as master cinematographer Roger Deakins, approach camera placement decisions. .
Advances in technology may have given us more options for every shot, but that doesn’t mean the job has gotten any easier. Some filmmakers find solutions by asking one particularly clear question. “What is this scene about?” The answer can suggest what the camera should see and even how it should see it.
He became a filmmaker himself. Every frame becomes a paintingAfter their hiatus, Ramos and Zhou now see all of this as more than just an intellectual pursuit. “Sometimes it’s the equipment that gets in our way,” Zhou says. “Sometimes it’s the weather. Sometimes resources are scarce. And sometimes it’s ourselves who get in our way.” Every director remembers that John Ford once directed a young Stephen Stephen. We should heed the sobering advice he gave Spielberg. It has been adapted (with some truly surprising casting choices) in Spielberg’s autobiographical film. Fabelmans: “When the horizon is at the bottom, it’s interesting. When the horizon is at the top, it’s interesting.” Watch the movie to see what happens when the horizon is in the middle.
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