Every Frame a Painting
Season 2 Episode 10 - Memories of Murder (2003) - Ensemble Staging
8.7 ?
2014
Documentary
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
Episodes in Season 2
1
The Bad Sleep Well (1960) - The Geometry of a Scene
7 min
2
Drive (2011) - The Quadrant System
7 min
3
Akira Kurosawa - Composing Movement
7 min
4
F For Fake (1973) - How to Structure a Video Essay
7 min
5
Lynne Ramsay - The Poetry of Details
7 min
6
In Praise of Chairs
7 min
7
Chuck Jones - The Evolution of an Artist
7 min
8
Vancouver Never Plays Itself
7 min
9
Buster Keaton - The Art of the Gag
7 min
10
Memories of Murder (2003) - Ensemble Staging
7 min
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