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Memories of Murder (2003) - Ensemble Staging
How do you emphasize to the audience that something is important? Well, you could always cut to a close-up, but how about something subtler? Today I consider ensemble staging — a style of filmmaking that directs the audience exactly where to look, without ever seeming to do so at all. NO SPOILERS. Eight Ways to Get the Audience to Look at a Character: 1) Let Them Speak 2) Make Them Brighter or Bring Them Closer 3) Let Them Move (Especially Hands or Eyes) 4) Put Them in the Center of Frame 5) Turn Them Towards the Lens 6) Separate Them from the Group 7) Isolate Them by Moving the Camera 8) Have Other People Look at Them
Aired: Dec 30, 2015 Genre: DocumentaryCasts: Tony ZhouCreated By: Tony ZhouDuration: 7m Rating: 0 Country:Production:
Episodes
01: The Bad Sleep Well (1960) - The Geometry of a Scene02: Drive (2011) - The Quadrant System03: Akira Kurosawa - Composing Movement04: F For Fake (1973) - How to Structure a Video Essay05: Lynne Ramsay - The Poetry of Details06: In Praise of Chairs07: Chuck Jones - The Evolution of an Artist08: Vancouver Never Plays Itself09: Buster Keaton - The Art of the Gag10: Memories of Murder (2003) - Ensemble Staging