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We talk about shot design - because shot design isn’t just how it looks and feels, it’s how it works. || Produced by @stuwillis & @mehlsbells and @draft_zero

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Happy #Noirvember to all who celebrate! We've got plenty of murder and sleaze and Detectives With Their Own Code and such coming up, but here's a throwback: 1/2
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What a Way to Go really does COLOUR! Like this extended gag where an entire house is painted pink, only for Louisa May Foster (Shirley MacLaine) to swan into it in stark skin-and-bikini contrast . . . and then soon after, widows weeds.
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As every year, we are celebrating #Noirvember! Starting with a closer look at twin sisters, a gun, and a piñata in this Mexican fairy tale noir La Otra. shotzero.substack.com/p/how-…
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Nunca había reparado en algo tan evidente. Contrasta y dialoga con los créditos de '¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto!!'.
In Roger Ebert’s 4-star "Volver" review he notes how the camera establishes past versus present day, then combines them, in this scene: "In exemplary classic style, Almodovar uses a right-to-left tracking shot to show this housekeeping carrying us back into the past . . ." 1/2
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Voices of Disney villains, in the flesh.
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#Noirvember Character Introductions 2/2 This scene from The Postman Always Rings Twice clearly foreshadows the fate of John Garfield's protagonist within the first few seconds of sighting his femme fatale. buff.ly/tX0dWHL
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If I Had Legs I’d Kick You uses a red colour wash in several scenes where Linda (Rose Byrne) is with her daughter, and blue and green washes in several scenes when Linda is alone, usually smoking outside. 1/2
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If I Had Legs I'd Kick You 2/2 The juxtaposition visually represents the way Linda is trying to carve out her own time and place. (further breakdown and photos on the substack)
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I never even considered that it wasn’t enclosed like an actual elevator
breaking the third... and fourth... walls of this moment
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The crux of these two distinct colour washes is how the entire tone of the scene shifts in a split second - just as Jacob hits his angry note, the colour wash changes from cool blue to HOT PINK!
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Spooktober continues with a funny, weird blend of physical comedy and visual effects in this Beetlejuice gag! buff.ly/vTAPgdO
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The entirety of this spinning oner from Blow Out is over two minutes, so the full thing will be up on Substack along with further breakdown, but take a moment to appreciate how effective the spinning sensation is at disorienting us along with Jack's (John Travolta) growing panic!
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When the emergency lights go on in this Ride or Die scene, everything in the hallway is soaked in red; even the one practical light, the EXIT sign, is red - a sign of danger, but also a sign Debbie (Octavia Spencer) is about to throw down for the first time.
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Close enough, welcome back Leslie Knope
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Spike Lee washing this Da Sweet Blood of Jesus shower scene in yellow may seem like an arbitrary or purely aesthetic choice . . . but it ties into another scene where a church is bathed in mostly yellow light. 1/2
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Like much vampiric lore, Spike is playing with the juxtaposition of profane and holy, sensual and spiritual.
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I don't care what anyone says: Texas Switches are truly magical. One of the best examples of the practical approach yielding a mind-blowing result.
'Last Night In Soho' turns 5 this week. I'll post some behind the scenes photos in the next few days. But enjoy this breakdown of the 'Cafe De Paris' dance sequence with Anya Taylor Joy, Thomasin McKenzie and Matt Smith, choreographed by the great Jennifer White. Too many amazing people worked on this film with me, and there are sequences (like this) that I'm insanely proud of. Shoutouts to Marcus Rowland for this incredible set, the genius DOP Chung-Hoon Chung, our amazing VFX supervisor Tom Proctor and, in this scene especially, the magnificent camera operator Chris Bain. Enjoy and more soon! @lastnightinsohomovie @focusfeatures @FictionComplete @workingtitlefilms
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not only clear not only gorgeous not only movement which flows with scene's emotions but also creates symbolism and impactful imagery along the way shotzero.substack.com/p/bloc…
ik it's pretty basic but probably smth like this?
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Kicking off our week on Colour Washes with famously tinted film Nosferatu . . . which possibly served as inspiration for tomorrow's entry, also a vampire film.
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Step into our mansion, where today we look at wonderful, unusual, and fractured uses of mirrors in 1946's THE SPIRAL STAIRCASE buff.ly/KrpQKhD
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