Lingering shots, giving the viewer long enough to consider the possibilities.
He takes long,
lingering shots, never rushes a scene and uses no score, just organic sounds.
But Scott sucks the suspense out of every scene by focusing on long,
lingering shots of the red landscape.
McQueen is a master of
the lingering shot, focusing the camera intently on the faces, on raw scenes of slavery brutality, and letting the audiences sit (occasionally uncomfortably) soaking up the images on screen.
Their relationship alone is the stuff of throat lumps, even without Whitaker's fondness for emotional strings and
lingering shots.
And with a deft hand that avoids contrivance, Cotner and White suggest behind - the - scenes family bonds in
lingering shots on fragmented objects.
Directed by Luke Monaghan (Smith's «Leave Your Lover,» «Disclosure's «You & Me»), the video weaves together
lingering shots of the singer and snippets «Spectre» stars Daniel Craig, Monica Bellucci and Léa Seydoux, avoiding spoilers in favor of mood, style and at least the hint of sex.
The Passenger's slow pace, long,
lingering shots, focus on emptiness, and detached, almost brutally objective point - of - view are the Antonioni trademarks on full display here.
Opening with
a lingering shot of a snake consuming a fish, followed by some boys playing with a dead bird, Hide Your Smiling Faces wastes no time with setting it's menacing tone.
The opening credits of Noah Baumbach's last feature, 2010's Greenberg, play over
lingering shots of the film's co-star Greta Gerwig as she drives around Los Angeles to the tune of Steve Miller Band's «Jet Airliner».
There's also an abstract quality to
lingering shots of paper mills, forests and snowfall that are thoughtful and curious, but never sentimental or overly lyrical.
Aside from bad dialogue and worse special effects, one of the most frustrating features of «Legend» is its shortage of
lingering shots.
Though the movie isn't without the typical Bayisms (from the overuse of slow motion and
lingering shots of the American flag, to the corny dialogue), «13 Hours» is a marked improvement compared to his recent output that harkens back to earlier films like «The Rock.»
Sverrir Gudnason's uncanny physical resemblance to the man he portrays adds weight and authenticity, equally so the subtle performance of Stellan Skarsgård as father - figure coach Lennart Bergelin, while
lingering shots of woodland and ice rinks inject a pleasing sheen of Scandi - noir chic.
There are too many
lingering shots and Phoenix does lend Jesus a vague lunacy, but his inclusive agenda must have seemed nutty at the time.
The film is dead simple in its visual execution, except for some symbolic flourishes that will either jar with you or make you feel there's a mysterious resonance you can't quite pinpoint — like
a lingering shot of the dark interior of a sauna locker, this film's equivalent of that black sun of an air extractor in Apichatpong's Syndromes and a Century.
And how do we respond to a screenplay that includes both a high - mindedly complex political wife and a crudely
lingering shot of Kerstin's pencil - skirted behind?
As if domestic woes were not enough to fill this 119 - minute ensemble piece (cut down from the original's endless three - plus hours), there are enough
lingering shots of haystacks, small - town streets, and the cast's requisite Native American martyr to signal a deeper sickness of the Midwestern soul.
The overuse of
lingering shots and dewy close - ups made it feel, occasionally, overwrought, but Vikander (whose English accent feels flawless) plays Vera bravely, sometimes stubborn and difficult, but always true.
The rest is a compilation of unnecessarily slow,
lingering shots and countless, weighty monologues that make little sense in the bizarre modern setting.
There's
no lingering shots of a black eye, no looking in a mirror at a fat lip.
Despite its fascinating subject and seductive cinematography, Akomfrah's work ultimately disappointed, relying too heavily on romantic cinematic tropes like slow - motion pans, period clothing, and
lingering shots of actors gazing into the distance.
For each work the artist appropriates one of Andrei Tarkovsky's famously
lingering shots and couples it with a section of a song by the Velvet Underground.
Not exact matches
The traumas that civilization inflicts on us — the horrific impact of wars and holocausts, bombings and mass
shootings —
linger on in our memories, especially when they claim loved ones.
Open seasons for
shooting ducks and other wildfowl involve much suffering, some of it in
lingering death.
Ketchup seems a nasty «beverage» to guzzle willingly, yet many enthusiastic participants flock to bars weekly to start (or end) the evening with the downing of a
shot that none would eagerly sip slowly enough to take in the flavor or texture for a
lingering moment on the tongue.
A
shot of citrus flavor and a nice bit of
lingering sweetness also give it the ability to balance spicy chiles.
December 2010: Receives a cortisone
shot in his right ankle to relieve
lingering soreness in his Achilles.
Porter's size and
shooting are still appealing, but there are
lingering questions about his ability to make others better as well as his defensive makeup.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday touted the passage of the measure, though he took a veiled
shot at Heastie in the process by suggesting legislative leaders wanted to walk away from the issue in the budget, underscoring the
lingering tensions of the negotiations.
The
shot above is the view from my amazing apartment, and I wasn't lying about those
lingering purple sunsets in yesterday's post.
The opening
shots of Jonathan Glazer's Under the Skin depict a human eyeball under construction by an alien machine constantly
lingering just out of view.
Some of his
shots linger: the exhausted breath in the shootout in Idaho, the interrogation of Dillinger's moll.
It ends with a
shot that complicates that idea by revisiting and in effect reversing a famous image from an earlier western: The last moment of «The Searchers,» when John Wayne
lingers outside the door, symbolically barred from entering the civilized society he has saved.
The first time they share the screen in The Post (and, surprisingly, in any film to date it seems) is a breakfast meeting early in the film, which Spielberg wisely frames largely in a
lingering two
shot.
Much of «Nostalgia» is
shot as in a quiet dream, often
lingering in the dark shadows.
Gorgeously
shot by Philippe Le Sourd (in his first collaboration with Coppola), The Beguiled
lingers on its images, allows us time to settle into them.
He resists the urge to shower the narrative in schmaltz, instead choosing to
linger long on
shots and capture the angst amongst his characters.
The
shot lingers, gives us time, for our eyes to wander around the frame as the camera is not focused on any one thing.
He shows glimpses of imagery, but remains too tied down to the linear presentation of the story while
lingering too long on silent
shots meant to convey deep meaning.
Finally, the editing by Sarah Beth Shapiro is terrific; a few
shots manage to
linger for just the right amount of time before cutting away.
There are scenes, master
shots, where watching the camera
linger on Ejiofor's face will bring tears to your eyes.
Only Cundey asserting himself now and again (particularly in a masterful ménage a trios sequence
shot in hallucinatory slow - motion) grants The Witch Who Came from the Sea its
lingering cult status.
Refn composes every
shot for maximum drama, then
lingers on them as long as humanly possible.
Whereas most trailers
linger a few seconds at most on any one image, this extended spot — attached to screenings of Logan back in the spring — blows almost a minute and a half on an unbroken
shot of Ryan Reynolds» irreverent crime - fighter laboriously changing into his costume in a phone booth, underscored by the iconic John Williams Superman score, as well as the sound of the bystander he's taking way too long to rescue being violently murdered off camera.
It also has the occasional imperfection, like a speck that
lingers on the screen through several early
shots.
«The production is hyper - sexualized in an incredibly creepy way, with leering butt -
shots of countless cartoon hookers and
lingering, appreciative views of Barbara in her underwear.
Nothing is better suited for 35 mm film than the western because of the narrative significance of the land, often depicted in
lingering long
shots.
Frequently filmed in a sort of washed - out, oversaturated hue, the fights are crisply
shot and well choreographed and the camera tends not to
linger on the damage done.
Perhaps to compensate for its facile plot, the camera often
lingers on close - up
shots of the three leads as they each process their feelings, fresh trauma quietly unloading in their eyes as they serenely try to accept what has transpired.