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 …
Buster Keaton: Symmetry of Laughter
A great compilation of clips by Vince Di Meglio that prove flat compositions and symmetry are best suited for comedy. Vince writes, “After watching twenty-nine Buster Keaton films, I was struck by his use of symmetry and center framing. This …
Danny and the Wild Bunch
A children’s book author is told that her new manuscript needs to be “darker”, but when her revisions piss off the characters in the book, they come back to make some changes of their own.
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