The opening tracking shot is a beautiful sequence that plays on the very same type of shot used in the final climatic battle of the first Avengers, and every fight is hugely entertaining, including the Hulkbuster armor vs the Hulk.
I'd hate to go back and find it to be less than the thrill I got walking into the theatre right at the start of
that opening tracking shot.
In a fluid
opening tracking shot we're guided through a busy carnival late at night by a mysterious male figure.
There is actually a cut in the infamous
opening tracking shot, where the mask is put on the camera, as it would have been too hard to adjust the focus if they tried it in one shot.
Though
the opening tracking shot of Jackie moving forward suggests the sort of independent toughness one associates with Grier from her earlier films, here she is actually a struggling working woman rushing to get to her job.
His inspired use of TV screens recalls John Frankenheimer's Manchurian Candidate (1962), and there's an incredibly clever tribute to the famous
opening tracking shot from Orson Welles» Touch of Evil (1958), only with De Palma's signature split screen tossed in for added oomph and excitement.
In
an opening tracking shot, we zoom down the hall to a room where young Adonis is displaying that he is born with his father's fighting talents, even though he is ashamed of that famous name: Creed.
The opening tracking shot in The Place Beyond the Pines.
With
the opening tracking shot, the cinematography is gritty and very in your face at times.
Pietrangeli's structuring logic proceeds from a philosophical, rather than character - based, foundation, causing a chill to pervade the entire film, even when the sun shines brightly on a desolate beach, as it does during
the opening tracking shot.
After a lean stretch of indie experimentation, Altman emerged with his director's chops intact and delivered a series of great movies, from the under - appreciated «Vincent and Theo» to two Oscar - recognized portraits of Hollywood, 1993's «The Player» (complete with an Orson Welles
opening tracking shot) and Raymond Carver omnibus «Short Cuts» (1994) starring Julianne Moore.
Best Scene (favorite movie scene or sequence): «12 Years a Slave» — The hanging scene runner - up: «Gravity» —
The opening tracking shot
Not exact matches
Tiger Woods was on
track for his first birdie of the day on Sunday at the Farmers Insurance
Open, following a beautiful approach
shot on 13 that left him just 10 feet from the hole and a gallery just waiting for him to sink it.
Johnson, the reigning U.S.
Open champion, appears on
track for next month's title defense at Erin Hills after just missing out to Brian Harman by one
shot at last week's Wells Fargo Championship.
Its one of those matches where, Just if giroud had not missed that
open goal, If alex oxlade chamberlain had
tracked back the defender, If Giroud & Sanchez had not come in each others way, If Welbeck's
shot on target was actually not saved by walcott,... Pfft..
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The
opening home - video
tracking shot sequence, showing Nuri and Katja's civil wedding in a prison, has a certain style.
Such
shots are frequently celebrated in film — think of Martin Scorsese's use of
tracking shots over the years, or the self - parodying
opening of Robert Altman's The Player — but critics rarely call attention to them on TV, perhaps because TV is more of a writers» medium, or perhaps because they're simply not as showy as others, often blending into the background.
Declaration of War announces itself in a nifty
opening sequence as Juliette meets Romeo at a party and they set off on their romance with an impressively edited
tracking shot through the streets of Paris.
Even after watching the brilliantly effective first trailer — which
opens with a slow
tracking shot down a long, dark corridor — we have absolutely no idea what the film is about.
Hawks, who also wrote the original story, tells you exactly what the film is about in the
opening shots: a spectacular wreck on a dirt
track, the animated response of the spectators leaping up to get a better view, and then the title.
We
open with a mystery, easing into a slow
tracking shot through a New York apartment that's tastefully arranged save for the spots of blood that lead to the kitchen.
The New York location photography has nice detail and depth — you can see it in a bravura
opening crane
shot that starts with a view of downtown, then
tracks sideways as Swank emerges from a Chinatown subway stop.
In establishing this matrix of border crossings, Touch of Evil «s celebrated
opening shot — mercilessly parodied in Robert Altman's The Player and sometimes vilified as mere Wellesian exhibitionism — is in fact an entirely appropriate bit of audacity, and one that earns its place, more so than such progeny as the
opening shot of John Carpenter's Halloween, the
tracking shot from the sidewalk to the stageside nightclub table in Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas, the elbow - to - the - ribs
opening of The Player.
This is truly a trade - off, as the DTS
track is irreproachable — and demonstration material from the
opening shots of Folsom's trembling superstructure as Johnny's band warms up inside.
Summer Hours
opens with children playing in the French countryside, observed by a calm camera in elegant
tracking and crane
shots; there's a warm guitar / string quartet score playing.
And if you've never seen it, don't pass up this opportunity to see Orson Welles» iconic and astonishing continuous
tracking shot that
opens Touch of Evil.
But it benefits from a handful of glorious visual moments unlike anything else in sci - fi — the stunning
track - back through the universe at the film's
opening, the special effects bonanza that brings matters to a climax and a truly weird and unforgettable through - the - mirror long
shot.
The film starts with an
opening sequence full of style and pace as we follow stunt motorcycle rider Luke (Ryan Gosling) in one stunning four minute single
tracking shot, as he walks through the bright lights of the carnival to the roaring crowd who await him.
How could such a pipsqueak of a director, they asked back in 1997, create a masterpiece that wowed right from its
opening sequence: an audacious five - minute
tracking shot that swoops and swirls through the nightclub of the film's title in joyful synchronisation to the dance music of the 1970s.
It would
open with a
tracking shot that would traverse galaxies, and feature sets and costumes that looked like nothing anyone had ever seen before.
Even the
opening shot, a long
tracking shot that follows Gosling from above the shoulder as he gets ready to perform a motorcycle cage of death stunt, is gorged with palpable tension.
Ironically, the movie
opens this way, with a foreboding
tracking shot up the front lawn of First Reformed, until the white building rises up against the dark sky like a looming monster.
Mister Lonely
opens with a slow - motion
shot of a Michael Jackson impersonator (Diego Luna) riding around on a miniature motorcycle, a stuffed monkey trailing behind him, while Bobby Vinton croons the title
track.
The Lady Miz Diva: My Dear Enemy
opens with a wonderful
tracking shot that takes you from a parking lot outside in through the betting parlor where Hee - su
tracks down her ex-boyfriend, Byung - woon.
The movie
opens with a
tracking shot and favors extended takes over quick cuts.
Even with two - time Academy Award - winner Christoph Waltz as the central baddie, even with an
opening sequence set during the Day of the Dead featuring an absolutely flabbergasting
tracking shot helmed by cinematographer Hoyte Van Hoytema (The Fighter), it's astonishing how little of interest actually takes place.
Hitchcock's dream of
opening with an elaborate helicopter
tracking shot was abandoned after it became clear that the technology wasn't up to the task.
The
opening scene is a masterful
tracking shot, choreographing dozens of extras on a freeway who perform «Another Day of Sun.»
We
open, for instance, in the rain, as a throbbing Tindersticks
track underscores a series of beautiful but inscrutable nocturnal images: glimpses of a man forlornly staring out his window, languorous
tracking shots of a nude young woman in heels roaming through a deserted street, and finally a tableau of a dead man's body splayed out beneath a fire escape, surrounded by paramedics in the background as a woman, probably his wife, is draped in a tinfoil blanket in the fore.
Walk Hard
opens with a long
tracking shot as a stagehand looks for Dewey Cox and finds him in an iconic pose of self - reflection.
There are so many amazing
shots running through our minds right now — one of the
opening shots from inside Darlene's car, fireworks exploding behind suburban roofs; the
tracking shot of the cab (whose driver would meet his fate at the corner of Washington and Cherry), which pivots as the cab turns; the way Savides captured the droplets of water that dot Jake Gyllenhaal «s face as he knocks on Mark Ruffalo's door at the end of the movie.
by Angelo Muredda Before Midnight
opens with a bit of misdirection, a
tracking shot of two pairs of shoes ambling towards the camera that we instinctively ascribe to Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Celine (Julie Delpy) before the second pair is shown to belong instead to Jesse's teenaged son Hank (Seamus Davey - Fitzpatrick), about to board a flight back to the States.
It
opens with a
tracking shot through the infamous Bates home with flies buzzing around a decaying birthday cake for two.
The Lincoln Lawyer
opens with an extensive «walking and talking»
tracking shot, often used to heap information on us by establishing location, exposition, and the general pecking order of characters in under a minute.
The new version follows neither the original (which played each sequence to it's conclusion then moved to the next) nor the rhythms of standard police procedural intercutting, but instead leave everything slightly off - balance, all of which occurs after the famous
opening shot, a long
track from one border town to another.
Directed by Sam Mendes («Skyfall») with a reportedly whopping $ 300 million budget, «Spectre»
opens with a magnificent sequence in Mexico City that follows Bond in a single
tracking shot through a street - crowd of thousands, into a top - floor hotel room (with a woman, naturally) and onto an adjoining rooftop that becomes the setting for some spectacular property damage.
In this two - part episode, the artists show how the carefully engineered
track builds and maintains tension for the entire running time of the movie, with music playing almost continuously from the
opening shot of soldiers walking down the street to the moment Finn falls asleep on the train.
Mike Leigh's sprawling J.M.W. Turner biopic
opens with a marvelous extended - take long
shot: A windmill's silhouette churns its blades against the rays of the rising sun as two Flemish maids enter the frame carrying buckets of water on their shoulders, the camera
tracking with them along the muddy banks of a canal before settling finally on a distant figure in top hat, Mr. Turner (Timothy Spall), fervidly sketching the scene in a portfolio.
The new Panamera is coming,»
opens on a
shot of the Nürburgring pits, with a man in a racing suit staring out at the
track.