Not exact matches
He talks about casting and
characters, the flick's tone and connections to the comics, sets and
shooting in Pinewood Studios, music, pressures and his physical state at the time, and
reactions to the film.
When he accidentally
shoots someone and walks away from the crime scene repeating «I didn't do that,» it's not the
reaction of a
character who does their necessary bit for the story; it's the
reaction of a person who can't process how his life has irrevocably changed.
Koler's immersive, go - for - it performance, Burshtein's effective, often affecting reliance on intimate framing and vivid
reaction shots, the enjoyable, well - drawn supporting
characters, plus a lived - in depiction of religion and culture, add up to make «The Wedding Plan» an unusually involving, you - are - there experience.
Instead,
reaction shots and facial expressions reveal the frustration that these
characters go through even when «popping a cap» into an unworthy star.
There was a moment at the end, we won't spoil it too much, but I did notice there was a series of
reaction shots from all the female «Cars»
characters.
There is a danger here, in asking us to watch the
reaction shots of a
character who barely reacts at all.
In between these peaks, it plays out the haunted / cursed house tale mostly via sound, camera point of view
shots and
character reactions — and it's far more effective than you might expect.
The emotional
reactions of the
characters substitutes dialogue (there are no subtitles for some of the Japanese lines), and there are hilarious gag
shots too, including a «you must be this tall» samurai sign, a dog casually reading a magazine next to a radiator, and a parody of Hokusai's famous print image «The Great Wave off Kanagawa».
Similarly, The World's End, which leaps into action only after its
characters have imbibed a few pints, features brawls
shot with swooning long takes that track a thrown punch a half - second too late, a delayed
reaction that suggests the camera itself attempted the Golden Mile.
It isn't big or fancy, but rather the sweetest, most heartfelt moment in any Pixar film to date, with a
reaction shot that will elicit the exact same response from the audience as it does from the
character on screen.
Others are so in need of help the film resorts to
reaction shots of
characters laughing at the proceedings, which is almost never a good sign.
There's a twist in the story whereby one of the
characters is having a
reaction to his exposure to the alien that gives him some superhuman side effects but this side angle feels undeveloped, seemingly more an excuse to showcase the inky - veined special effect
shots that have our protagonist give an eerie, glowy - eyed and painted - face look.
Several parts of the film are
shot in split screen to show perspective and
reactions of multiple
characters at once.
Action /
Reaction Transition: When you have a juicy action scene it can be very effective to break at just after the action peak and open next chapter with a character - focused reaction: Here is the end of our chapter 17, an ambush where Chief Flowers ge
Reaction Transition: When you have a juicy action scene it can be very effective to break at just after the action peak and open next chapter with a
character - focused
reaction: Here is the end of our chapter 17, an ambush where Chief Flowers ge
reaction: Here is the end of our chapter 17, an ambush where Chief Flowers gets
shot.
All of the
character designs are varied, and the
reactions shots, especially Chiyo's, are great.