Akira Kurosawa - Composing Movement

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Daub · 2020-06 · Strong recommendation

If you havne't already done so, check out the wonderful commentary by 'Every Frame a Painting': [VIDEO] (Composing Movement) [LINK] (The Geometry of a Scene) I don't normally recommend YouTube channels for film commentary, but this channel is very good indeed.

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_hardwaregeek · 2019-09 · Strong recommendation

What I love about Every Frame a Painting is the depth of its research. It's quite clear that the creators had an extensive knowledge of film. The videos always include wonderfully selected interviews with the filmmakers that emphasize the point far more than just a person talking. The Deakins interview in Shot | Reverse Shot taken from Cinematographer Style is a nice example^[1]. Or Sidney Lumet's interview in the Kurosawa video^[2]. Taking from film criticism solidifies the video's arguments, creates an amazing rhythm to the videos (Tony and Taylor are clearly great editors) and also prevents the "annoying person endlessly lecturing to me about film" feeling that I get with some other channels. I've thought about doing videos of my own on various topics (the usage of eyes and glances in Il Posto, Kieslowski's poetry, the reflexivity of In the Mood for Love, etc.) but the YouTube film criticism industry is pretty saturated. Perhaps a different format? [1]: [LINK] [2]: [VIDEO]

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keiferski · 2023-08 · Recommendation

Part of this, I think, is also the shift to dialogue-based scripts. It reminds me of this excellent Every Frame a Painting video that compares Kurosawa’s effective use of movement with the barely-moving, dialogue-driven Avengers films. A huge percentage of films/shows today are what Hitchcock called, “photographs of people talking” and aren’t actually cinematic. If they were more cinematic, hearing every line of dialogue wouldn’t be as important to understanding the story. Start at about 4:25: [VIDEO]

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