Film Cinematography Techniques

Discussions focus on impressive cinematic shots, long takes, visual styles, and comparisons in films like 1917, The Revenant, Tarkovsky's works, Birdman, and others, with recommendations for similar movies and directors.

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_spduchamp Jan 10, 2024 View on HN

That is an excellent example of the cinematic effect.

relwin Mar 21, 2023 View on HN

Watch the movie "1917" for long takes. Short takes would ruin the harrowing experience the main characters suffer.

oldgregg Aug 30, 2024 View on HN

So thought out, feels like watching a kubrick film

Grimm665 Sep 5, 2021 View on HN

Inglorious Basterds does this very well, its opening scene is very close to what you describe, as well as a number of other scenes in the film.

swimfar Jun 25, 2020 View on HN

It took me a bit to figure out what I was watching. It's a comparison between scenes from "The Revenant" and scenes from various films directed by Andrei Tarkovsky.

chacha2 May 29, 2021 View on HN

Tarantino did something similarhttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6mzqahILpAs

I'm surprised to see this posted on HN.If you're interested in this genre of film, I happen to have just uploaded a video in a similar style which you can watch here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYAVkuBxZ_Q&hd=1My brother shot the footage while traveling the world, I edited, and music is by 'Jupi/ter' on Soundcloud. The production value may not be as high as K

praneshp Dec 20, 2017 View on HN

Different topic, but about Orson Welles from Every Frame a Painting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GXv2C7vwX0

rdtsc Jan 23, 2014 View on HN

Give The Mirror a try. It is highly autobiographical so it is probably not his most well known or well liked film but its cinematic techniques are some of the best. Poetry in motion is how I can best describe it as well.

pavelrub Dec 24, 2016 View on HN

The reasons you consider it to be such a good film probably have more to do with cinematography than writing, acting or directing. The beautiful shots are a direct result of Emmanuel Lubezki being the DP - the same style can be seen in Birdman, Gravity, The Revenant, and some of Terrence Malick’s films.