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A film studying technique

post #1 of 6
12/12/02 at 12:43pm
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I did this the other night while watching movies and I found it helped me concentrat ont he shot structure of films.

I muted the telly and put on some headphones with some music and just watched the movie that way. No dialogue or music from the film. Just watching the way the movie was/is composed. How the shots are framed and set up.

Anyway, it just helped me to focus on camera angles and cuts and extraneous shots.

I just wanted to share it in case anybody else might benefit from it.

Isn't being creative just the most maddening and fulfilling thing in the world?
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post #2 of 6
12/12/02 at 1:12pm
Usually if anything catches my eye as a fresh technique or something along those lines I go ahead and re-watch the scene a couple tims to figure the shot structure and what method was used for shooting. Though I find with that music or dialouge is what sets the scene and thus critical to watch, but not all the time.
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post #3 of 6
12/12/02 at 2:19pm
While I think that's a good concept, I find that I need to look at the whole scene to really grasp how the cinematography, sound, mise-en-scene, and editing all tie together. But I will give that a go if I'm trying to just focus on cinematography.
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post #4 of 6
12/12/02 at 7:23pm
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Dont get me wrong everything goes intoa scene. Ijust found it helped when i just wanted to focues on how it was shot. I don'tknow, just putting it out there.
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post #5 of 6
12/12/02 at 11:53pm
While I sometimes do that as well, I mostly find myself watching the scene as is while putting the sounds and dialogue "in the background". This is mostly helpful.

Another fun thing I like to do is anticipate the "cuts" in the scene by either snapping my fingers or doing it in my head. I like to see when I would cut and when they did. It's fun and helps one learn about editing, how long they hold, how quickly they get out of there.

I also like to watch and anticipate what shot will come next, this is my favorite thing when watching films. Cinematography and shot structure plays a part in these things.
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post #6 of 6
12/17/02 at 1:01am
These are all great tips. I have to try the no sound idea. I don't think I really need to though because I always end up noticing interesting camera angles and clever shots anyways. I was watching I Am Sam for the first time in my french class today and I kept on saying "Wow that is such a great shot!" or "Thats a great way to convey extreme emotion!" Needless to say I got some looks...
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