The Incredible Camera Work Thread

[TheZink]

Children of Men (the war scene!!)

To go along with this the car scene:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Children-Of-Men-impossible-one-shot-car-scene-spoiler

 

[Asteroid-Man]

The first Matrix film. That **** was revolutionary!

 

[mclay18]

Russian Ark. The entire movie (96 minutes) is shot in one complete take, and the cinematography is breathtaking. I read it took 4 takes to get it right.

 

[dark_b]

Russian Ark. The entire movie (96 minutes) is shot in one complete take, and the cinematography is breathtaking. I read it took 4 takes to get it right.

holly s...
thats insane.

 

[Carmine Falcone]

Damn, I don't even know where to start.

I love most of Roger Deakins' cinematography. And Sergio Leone's movies are always beautifully shot.

 

[PWN3R]

Russian Ark. The entire movie (96 minutes) is shot in one complete take, and the cinematography is breathtaking. I read it took 4 takes to get it right.

Never heard of this. Definitely checking it out, the trailer was intense.

This is another example taken from the amazing Paul Thomas Anderson. The scene itself isn't anything special, however the way it's captured goes a long way to how gifted PTA's direction is.

 

[Octoberist]

Roger Deakin's work is so beautiful.

I was telling my friends how Revolutionary Road looks like a movie from that era, due to the cinematography.

 

[Octoberist]

Irreversible had great camera work (it's not a movie for everyone though: warning) : all handheld and I loved the transitions.

 

[rashad]

Running Scared w/ Paul Walker. I loved that film and it featured some fantastic camera work.

Opening Shootout
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Pedophiles Scene
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Blacklight Hockey Rink Sequence
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[mclay18]

I love most of Roger Deakins' cinematography. And Sergio Leone's movies are always beautifully shot.

Deakins is a god. His work is very masterful and painterly but at the same time true to the time era the stories take place in. That's probably why the Coen Brothers have him work on virtually every film they make. (Except Burn After Reading, Alfonso Cuaron's collaborator Emmanuel Lubiezki was the DP on it because Deakins was shooting Revolutionary Road.)

 

[Motown Marvel]

Russian Ark. The entire movie (96 minutes) is shot in one complete take, and the cinematography is breathtaking. I read it took 4 takes to get it right.

i remember hearing about this movie but never saw it. and to make it even more impressive, i believe the film spans decades of time, which is accomplished in the single shot.

 

[Bunker]

I think Deakins got nominated for an Oscar twice in 2007 for No Country and Jesse James.

Right?

 

[mclay18]

Right but I think The Assassination of Jesse James was more impressive. No Country looked a bit too dirty and dry for my taste.

 

[Doctor Jones]

I was going to start a thread like this.

But I love Douglas Slocomb's work on the Indy films. I just love it.

 

[CELTICPRED]

The long shot of Connor jumping into the helicopter in Salvation.

You see him rise up out of the silo, run into the chopper, take off, get hit, and crashland all in one continuous shot, with the camera moving a lot and flipping at the end.

I couldn't figure out how they did it the first screening, but after the second you see the chopper pull away from the camera, where I believe they switched it out to a CG chopper, then cut in the second half of the shot where the camera swoops back into the chopper's cockpit and follow's John as he crashes and gets out of the chopper.

Loved that little sequence, felt like you were right there.


Star Trek had a quick little sequence I liked like that too where you see Spock get in the elevator and a second later be up at the bridge.

 

[Doctor Jones]

A few of my favorites -

The Joker's first shot in TDK with his back turned to us. He literally here is larger than life as Nolan described him coming out of nowehre. he's just there and waiting. I loved how he didn't just walk into the frame, you don't know how he got there, he just is. That steady shot towards him with that chilling music is excellent. Brilliant.

Lots of shots in the IJ films.

Soem stand out in TOD with Indy's eyes closeup when they come to the warning sign before Pankcot Palace. Sweaty and wide eyed with almost no fear in his eyes. "We walk from here."

When Indy takes the scroll form the village boy. He opens it up and figure it all out and says "Shankara..." to himself. A delivery of greed and door openers for him. This accompanied by the lighting underneath his eyes makes us see that this isn't the Indy we know and love yet. I just love Indy's journey in this film.

 

[PWN3R]

The long shot of Connor jumping into the helicopter in Salvation.

You see him rise up out of the silo, run into the chopper, take off, get hit, and crashland all in one continuous shot, with the camera moving a lot and flipping at the end.

I couldn't figure out how they did it the first screening, but after the second you see the chopper pull away from the camera, where I believe they switched it out to a CG chopper, then cut in the second half of the shot where the camera swoops back into the chopper's cockpit and follow's John as he crashes and gets out of the chopper.

Loved that little sequence, felt like you were right there.

I had a huge grin during that whole scene. Such fantastic work there, I think the movie was a disappointment overall, but all the action stuff was solid.

Another bit in that movie is when Marcus and the pilot woman escape the resistance HQ. The camera follows and stops with them while they are running/being shot at.


Another scene I really dig is from Hard Boiled. Damn fine action film, this scene is quite epic. Although I think it would have flowed much better without the random slow mo effects: