Saturated with Lance Acord's sumptuous visuals, Buffalo 66 is a hallucinatory triumph
of shot composition and editing.
Not exact matches
What makes this book so radical — and thought - provoking — is its ingenious
composition: fifty dart - like essays that
shoot to the heart
of an equal number
of components
of public health in the current age.
The U.S. team began playing with the photo
compositions — putting some
of the food slightly out
of place, including a hand in the
shot, and so on.
BOFA already provided you with accurate information about the
composition of the Vitamin K
shot.
After inspiring millions
of people worldwide with its successful landing in a crater on the Red Planet on Aug. 5, 2012, PDT (Aug. 6, 2012, EDT), Curiosity has provided more than 190 gigabits
of data; returned more than 36,700 full images and 35,000 thumbnail images; fired more than 75,000 laser
shots to investigate the
composition of targets; collected and analyzed sample material from two rocks; and driven more than one mile (1.6 kilometers).
«Our findings point to two potential impacts from additional research — analyzing the diversity and
composition of the microbiome to predict response to immunotherapy and modulating the gut microbiome to enhance treatment,» said Wargo, senior researcher on the project and co-leader
of the Melanoma Moon
Shot ™, part
of MD Anderson's Moon
Shots Program ™ to reduce cancer deaths by accelerating development
of therapies from scientific discoveries.
The scanning force microscope (SFM) scans the surface with an ultra-fine tip, while the time -
of - flight secondary ion mass spectrometer (ToF - SIMS) determines the material
composition of the first surface mono - layer by «
shooting» metallic ions at it.
The changes in average cranial capacity from Morton's seed - based measurements to
shot - based measurements can not be reconstructed with any certainty, incorporate erroneous seed measurements made by Morton's assistant, yielded a broad range
of changes (− 10 to +12 in3) hidden by Gould's mean, and are confounded by the shifts in sample
composition (circa 50 %) between the two rounds
of measurement.
I found Jamie on instagram as her images jumped out at me, not because she does every yoga pose naked but because
of the beauty
of every
shot; the
composition, lighting all come together to celebrate the beauty
of the human body through yoga.
She's a super sweet girl who offers free photography tips about lighting,
composition, best times
of day to
shoot and more.
I absolutely love creating imagery for my blog, and one
of my favorite
compositions is
shooting Flatlay Photography.
love the
composition of these
shots, especially the first one!
Visually it was quite striking â $ «Wes Anderson's use
of colour and
composition of shots was brilliantly done and added stylistically to the off - centre atmosphere and nature
of the film.
The CinemaScope process was well used here, with panoramic
shots of Manhattan accompanied by Newman's entire orchestra performing his
composition Street Scene in prolog and epilog
shots.
The
compositions stress the location over the people, dwarfing them in wide
shots of ornate rooms, or leaving them off - balance in tilted angles which necessitate constant re-oriention.
The visual style — the orange - and - blue color scheme, the elegant «Scope
compositions, the graceful tracking
shots, and the shrewd use
of shallow focus — has been reproduced almost perfectly from John Carpenter's original, yet the wit and intelligence are gone.
Much as he downplays the human overseers
of the park, Côté never obscures his own hand in the proceedings: The disorienting reverse
shot of the drawing woman through the stuffed beast's antlers is the first
of countless droll (and uncomfortable)
compositions that forces us to wonder if documentarians and spectators are really so far from taxidermists after all.
Extras are, per Anderson's M.O., exasperatingly abstract: The cover copy refers to the bonus features as «special trailers,» but one is just a deleted scene
of Shasta and Doc watching the waves lap against the shore at dusk (their lips are moving, but a dreamy Greenwood
composition mutes everything they say), while the fourth and final, «Everything in this Dream,» is an artful 6 - minute montage
of cutting - room scraps, including a few
shots of Doc and Sauncho watching a schooner leave port that could be construed as the ending from Inherent Vice the novel.
Quietly funny and unexpectedly frightening, Like Someone in Love is also one
of the more forthright demonstrations
of Kiarostami's Bressonian mastery
of sound as a tangible property: the opening
shot alone is a masterclass in sound editing, and not too shabby a lesson in
composition, either.
Director Dale Berry doesn't show much concern for things like blocking and
shot composition, with characters occasionally standing in front
of the camera and blocking the audience's view.
The Spierigs
shoot the bulk
of their picture in scrinched - up telephoto
compositions, piling the actors on top
of each other.
They soldier forward, pointing out nice Antal
shot compositions, seamless VFX work, and the like, but the result is a so - so helping
of lightweight anecdotes and interesting moments
of actorly banter interspersed with stretches
of dead air.
Like many cinephiles, I was first drawn to Ozu by his serene
compositions, the meditative «pillow
shots»
of train stations and empty rooms that served as scene transitions, and the exquisite way that his films explore the architecture
of domestic and urban life.
A combination
of low budget, crappy CGI and uninspired
shot composition means that this film is not in the least bit flashy to look at.
In Parliament, he
shoots from drastic angles, adding dramatic shafts
of light to give his interior
compositions added dimension.
Perhaps it's a question
of shot selection, as Gray — who has a painterly, shadowy visual style, often reminiscent
of the great American films
of the 1970s — has stuck to a largely emotional logic in earlier films; his
compositions are wide or tight to reflect how characters feel.
Shot with minimal adequacy, highlighted by a particularly inept
composition that cuts off characters» swearing faces (a transparent means
of making forthcoming TV edits feasible?)
But it's important to recognise the performances
of the two leads in particular: Lawrence's besotted and committed nurturer and Bardem's benevolent and caring creator perfectly portray the themes that Aronofsky is going for here and his
compositions and close - up
shots of both actors allow them to subtly take command
of their roles.
Guest poster Joel Gunz looks at the
shot of Madeline standing under the Golden Gate Bridge in terms
of composition and cinematography, as well as artistic antecedents and psychological readings.
Unfortunately Ebert's talk is too often punctuated by silences but is still worthwhile as he points out some interesting points regarding the film's history and the
composition of its
shots amongst others.
His luminous landscapes are reminiscent
of Terrence Malick; his interior
shots, often candle - lit, are
compositions of light and shadow as elegant as oil paintings.
Fluk's
compositions are at once chilly and sensual, with a European art cinema buff's attention to bodies, and there are lovely moments throughout: James and Jonah in a swimming hole, scanning the water's surface in search
of fish; James and Sam's regret - soaked slow dance at a community center social; a tracking
shot that trails Jessica through a grassy field as she looks back teasingly at the camera.
And when Siri shares in Fincher's delight at carefully mapping out his film's interior spaces, he accomplishes this not with elaborate, CG - enhanced dolly
shots, but with the same crisp, angular, deep - space
compositions he employs throughout the rest
of the film.
In the case
of Gun Fury, this includes
shoot - out choreography, barroom
composition, and the heightened depiction
of forward motion, from galloping tracking
shots to camera angles staring down a row
of reigns as horses sprint headlong over the desert terrain.
Also, on the plus side the cinematography is done well, and D.O.P. Christopher Ross deserves a lot
of credit for how good this film looks, with its bright colours, brilliant
shot composition, and breath - taking use
of the English Countryside in order to immerse us more in this small seaside town.
His highly intricate
shot compositions (with the help
of his longtime collaborator Emmanuel Lubezki) and infusion
of muted but potent sexual, emotional and social observations through visuals have distinguished him greatly from the increasingly pedestrian eye
of most American filmmakers.
From the opening scene, an almost monochromatic chiaroscuro
composition with strong diagonal lines (it was
shot in an actual snowstorm), it's clear that Arrow's 1.85:1, 1080p transfer, sourced from a 2K scan
of the original camera negative, is on the money.
It's the kind
of addled farce that lies at the heart
of so much
of Roth's fiction, and Perry's formal chops — he and cinematographer Sean Price Williams use 16 mm black - and - white film over cheap DV, and they favor piercing deep - focus
shots over hazy, foregrounded
compositions — visually approximate the careful construction
of the author's language.
In overuse
of an artsy effect that wore out its welcome a decade ago, our eyes are bombarded with great swimming balls
of refracted sunlight; portions
of some
shots — and entire
compositions in one or two others — are washed out by overexposure, and a couple
shots are even out
of focus (no, it wasn't the theatre's projector) to no purpose whatever.
Sammo Hung's choreography, with fight scenes
shot as cartwheeling flurries
of gold, blue, and crimson, is just one
of the pleasures in a film that also includes shapeshifting heroines, talking stags, a toppling colossus, cheesy digital
compositions, and wacky exchanges («What's a Phantom Bazaar?»
The presentation just aches
of familiarity from the long
shots and distancing
composition.
The askew
compositions, metaphors and visual motifs to Irvine Welsh's own novelistic off
shoots, are never indulgent and playfully highlight the cock - eyed viewpoints
of our Scottish antiheroes.
It's probably Mamet's finest film as a director, his widescreen
composition is wonderful — there's this one
shot where Emily Mortimer's head, in profile, sits in the center
of the screen while she talks and it's exceptional.
The
composition of some
shots is breathtaking and, while it is cool being able to sit back in your own home to watch it, I can not help but feel that this would have been an incredible cinematic experience.
Darkness by Day, de Salvo's second feature, is beautiful, unfolding in long, contemplative wide
shots that in their
composition and subject remind a great deal
of Victor Erice's The Spirit
of the Beehive.
A couple
of shots seem overly grainy, but most are quite wonderfully clean and solid, enabling you to really appreciate the top - notch
compositions and cinematography.
Beautifully
shot by Roger Deakins, it boasts languid
compositions that echo the finest works
of Terrence Malick and Sam Peckinpah.
Bad Teacher belongs to a dying breed
of films
shot in 1.85:1 and not placing that much importance on visual
compositions.
What attracted critical minds like Jacques Rivette, Eric Rohmer, and others to Nicholas Ray and his oeuvre — bored stiff as they were by the risk - averse, respectable, and ultimately neutered «cinema
of quality» — was the stamp
of the personal and the element
of danger they discerned in his films, whether that meant the improvisatory handling
of actors with a touch deft enough to coax remarkable performances out
of even non-professionals; the «superior clumsiness,» cited by Rivette in «Notes on a Revolution,» resulting in «a discontinuous, abrupt technique that refuses the conventions
of classical editing and continuity»; or the purely visual flourishes Ray relished — ranging from the sweeping, vertiginous helicopter - mounted
shots in They Live By Night to disorienting, subjective POV
compositions like the «rolling camera» during a car crash halfway through On Dangerous Ground, its very title indicating the source
of Ray's critical appeal.
His
shot composition is also in service
of his broader themes: the desert
of Las Vegas bears a deliberate resemblance to the desert where drones fly overhead, except Las Vegas has pockets
of water and grass in its backyards.