Category: Cinematography
Acting Reference: The Thin Red Line
Here’s a nice clip from The Thin Red Line. I wanted to show this one because I really like how Jim Caviezel’s character moves freely through the scene. Often in animation tests I see characters who feel very planted to the …
The Discarded Image – Jaws
The Discarded Image is a new online video series that analyses and deconstructs well known pieces of cinema. The first episode features the beach scene from Steven Spielberg’s pop classic JAWS.
First and Final Frames
An excellent film essay by Jacob T. Swinney. What can we learn by examining only the first and final shot of a film? This video plays the opening and closing shots of 55 films side-by-side. Some of the opening shots …
Antonios Papantoniou: Scene Breakdowns
Independent Filmmaker, Antonios Papantoniou, has recently put together a few solid scene breakdowns from famous films/directors (included after the jump). This is the kind of stuff I often do myself, so Antonio’s hard work is much appreciated. Sit back and enjoy …
Notes on Dumbo by Marc Hendry
Analysis of the use of design and animation principles in the 1941 movie Dumbo.
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