Sentences with phrase «camerawork uses»

Lucien Ballard's fluid camerawork uses the tiny sets to best advantage, creating a claustrophobic, low - budget masterpiece.

Clever camerawork using small cameras attached to the racecars give glimpses of what it feels like to drive Formula One cars through S - curves at 170 miles per hour.

Not exact matches

Such problems are exacerbated by Berg's uniformly questionable directorial choices, with his relentless and thoroughly distracting use of shaky camerawork easily the film's most egregious failing (the needlessly overlapping dialogue comes in at a close second, however).

not sure how much Wenders directed & how much is Coppola, but it uses the soundstage for flight - of - fancy elements and great camerawork; Forrest is great

The camerawork by New Hollywood DP John A. Alonzo (Chinatown), who shot documentaries with Friedkin when they both worked for David Wolper in the mid-1960s, is a sterling example of late -»80s cinematography (for better and worse), featuring lots of blue and an aggressive use of shadows to add expressionist texture to interiors, along with appropriately bizarre lighting effects in the wooded scenery outdoors.

The chase also includes some more of Kim's inventive use of camerawork.

The 3D 48 fps edition looks amazing in steady close - ups of faces, for example, but has the negative effect of accentuating the worst of Jackson's decisions: the use of rapid - fire editing and unsteady camerawork for his action sequences.

Much of the film's handheld camerawork is distracting rather than immersive, and his aversion to using dramatic music stymies the film's rhythms.

The use of deep - focus camerawork to accentuate the confines of the house and a growing tension between a stalwart family man (Fredric March) and a reckless crook (Humphrey Bogart) make this a classic worth revisiting.

Using cinematographer Hossein Jafarian's crisp images, Farhadi develops the mode of camerawork that would characterize his subsequent films, a technique that involves constant movement and reframing (especially in the apartment's beautifully designed interiors) in order to follow the shifting of perspectives among characters as well as the story's emotional twists.

Not that that's a bad thing necessarily, as the visceral nature of such fare certainly can make for an engaging viewing experience, and some of the appeal of this film comes through the use of in - your - face camerawork and a constant sense of urgency.

The soundtrack aids the visuals with a sense of unity that is rarely achieved, and the use of intermittent handheld camerawork never distracts as it so often can.

Though the movie takes place in the homes of two seventeen - year - old women, intricate camerawork and editing using shot - reverse - shot techniques to close in on first one speaker and then the next help to open the play for the big screen.

Using camerawork and editing conventions that all news programs use (switching between cameras one, two, and three), McKay adds the anchors to the scene one by one, a choice that highlights their individual personalities and slowly ramps up the chaos.

Coogler is clearly a professional filmmaker, using pump - up training montages and enveloping camerawork to make the audience feel the hits Adonis takes in the ring (whether it be through quick - cut editing or long takes).

Mann approaches this film almost like poetry, using fine camerawork and editing to focus on internal emotions and relationships while keeping things low - key and authentic.

Drawing from Franco's loosely connected short stories about his posh Northern California hometown, Palo Alto renders moneyed angst and ennui in vogueish hues: woozy camerawork, fractured dialogue, lo - fi indie - pop, perilous drug use, and long takes of kohl - eyed, clear - skinned faces brooding, sulking, and puking into bushes.

Beautifully shot by Anthony Dod Mantle (127 Hours, Slumdog Millionaire), The Eagle benefits from fantastic use of shadows and light, lush landscapes, misty atmosphere, and fluid camerawork, as befitting a cinematic epic battle tale.

One scene in Vegas stood out for me when it came to camerawork and lighting, employing certain movements and the use of strobe lights.

As opposed to the frantic handheld camerawork of Shiri, JSA makes full use of its widescreen frame (it was the first Korean film to use Super-35, the Hollywood big - budget standard), to create more deep - focus static compositions.

One might've been able to overlook such shenanigans had the movie's second half - in which Myers» embarks on his inevitable killing spree - contained even a single effective sequence, but there's little doubt that Zombie's uniformly poor directorial choices (his use of shaky camerawork is just out of control) firmly cancel out Halloween's few positive attributes.

Filmmaker Gary Ross has infused The Hunger Games with a low - rent, curiously uncinematic feel that immediately alienates the viewer, with the hands - off atmosphere perpetuated by the director's continuing use of such hackneyed devices as shaky camerawork and extreme closeups.

Directed with verve by Patricio Valladeres, the camerawork during action is suitably frenetic during action scenes, with gnarly use of POV GoPro footage not just during the bike racing — but for a brutal drowning too.

While some will criticize his use of vérité - style shaky camerawork on scenes in set the districts and in the games themselves as pedantic, that touch adds flavor and distinction to these proceedings.

Free of theatrical confines, it makes use of giant sets, open spaces, and nimble camerawork.

And someone needs to stop the combined use of shaky cam with handheld camerawork.

While films like Jean - Luc Godard's Breathless and François Truffaut's The 400 Blows were being celebrating for their use of real locations, arrhythmic editing, live sound and hand - held camerawork, Cassavetes had already been there and done that on the streets of New York City with Shadows.

Cortes directs with a sure hand, using skilful camerawork and astute editing as well as a heavy - handed sound mix that over-eggs every creep - out with deafening noise.

The birthday - party sequence, which takes up roughly the first third of the movie, is a formal tour de force; Marston uses glancing, nervous camerawork to foreground Alice's restlessness and Tom's anxiety, all the while juggling half a dozen other guests with consummate ease.

Schwartzman uses the musical numbers, score and songs to flow well with his camerawork, and displays a promising knack for tinkering with music to influence the audience's elicited emotional response to his advantage.

With wholly magnificent sequences that make sharp use out of natural light (a burning house sequence, a fight in nighttime Shanghai) or utilize precise framing (Bardem's entrance), Skyfall has beautifully stylized cinematography that never rings with pretentiousness; this is camerawork that labors uniquely to present its dynamic environments, with the presentation of story coming first.

Scott's choppy camerawork takes some getting used to, and his lackadaisical, slow - motion style does make the film feel as if it is going nowhere for a while.

Danny Boyle returns to direct and uses the same relentless mix of music, camerawork and editing to induce that familiar adrenaline - fuelled movie high.

Hailed by the New York Times on its Paris release as «one of the great films in motion picture history,» Raymond Bernard's Wooden Crosses, France's answer to All Quiet on the Western Front, still stuns with its depiction of the travails of one French regiment during World War I. Using a masterful arsenal of film techniques, from haunting matte paintings to jarring documentary - like camerawork in the film's battle sequences, Bernard created a pacifist work of enormous empathy and chilling despair.

The film's structure, with its use of voiceover narration and flashbacks, resembles that of GoodFellas, and Russell's camerawork and jump cutting are also Scorsesian.

From Sam Levy's (Wendy and Lucy) incandescent black and white camerawork, to Jennifer Lame's (Price Check) elliptically precise editing, to the use of music from the likes of Georges Delerue (Shoot the Piano Player) and David Bowie, the New Wave imprint is obvious.

After you've played a handful of missions and gotten used to the way spinning and strafing work (or don't work), combat isn't especially hard, but driving remains so lackluster most players will probably walk through the maps to avoid the horrendous camerawork.

Dramatic battles use anime - style camerawork and require the player to use Kinect to move in the same way as their character and perform the same attack or movement from a particular famous scene, creating a fusion of dramatic demo scenes and battle controls.