Most perfectly composed shot in movie history

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ProgWRX

#45
May 28, 2003, 08:43:52 AM
yeha we got the gist of it  :P
but it did evolve into the best sequence or scene  :P
seriously, well composed "shots" as in photography, are really too many to list, since well, ive always thought that director's have to be aware of composition all the time?  :?

I mean, this thread could be easily renamed  " Best composed shot in X or Y movie" since there are many movies in which you can select a bunch of stills that are well composed...

im just babbling here nevermind  :oops:
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#46
May 28, 2003, 11:04:09 AM
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#47
May 28, 2003, 11:17:13 AM
I'm not exactly sure what I saw, but I do know the horrific image will forever be burned into my mind. It was a nightmare.
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#48
May 28, 2003, 05:42:52 PM
Quote from: mogwai

that one's pretty average for Kubrick.  However:

- it's kinda a "visual rhyme" within The Shining, hearkening back to the hotel hallway steadicam shots and foreshadowing the hedge maze; the urinals and sinks in red create a kind of "corridor" into the deep space of the shot.

- also, it's blood-redness (and the presence of Grady) recall the subliminally flashed slaughtered twins frames as well as the elevator blood cascade moment—two of the films most shocking segments.

snaporaz

#49
May 28, 2003, 07:37:55 PM
2001: a space odyssey - too many to name.



goodfellas - nightclub entrance, then he kissed me

i am cuba - where the student/protester people hang the flag out of the window and the camera floats out above the street. i still have no idea how that was done.

seven samurai - i forget exactly who, but these two guys have a little duel, and right after the victor slashes the other with his blade, the loser falls to the ground in slow-motion. that shot is so fucking...pure.clean.solid.

taxi driver - lots of good ones; the camera leaving travis at the payphone in the hallway, alka-seltzer, tracking shot when the cops find him on the couch next to the brainless landlord, our first sight of his mohawk as he takes some pills.

casino - very, very fun shots. the shot from inside the straw with cocaine flowing around the camera, the helicopter shot over the desert, the counting-room shot, fuck i need to watch that again.

The Silver Bullet

#50
May 28, 2003, 09:30:12 PM
Quotegreat, but what we really wanted to know was the best composed shot.
Great, but I gave you my favourite shot. I personally love the composition of that shot in Lawrence Of Arabia. I think it is perfect in so many ways. Sorry for making you feel the need to act like a jerk.
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#51
May 29, 2003, 02:26:50 AM
Quote from: The Silver BulletSorry for making you feel the need to act like a jerk.
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The Silver Bullet

#52
May 29, 2003, 07:43:14 AM
:roll:
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#53
May 29, 2003, 01:14:37 PM
:shock:

chekcmate fool!
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The Silver Bullet

#54
May 29, 2003, 08:18:04 PM
Again? Try constantly.
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godardian

#55
May 29, 2003, 09:24:01 PM
I know it's sort of typical to bring up Boogie Nights, but:

I think one of the most perfectly composed shots of recent memory is the very final shot. I hate how everybody makes such a huge deal about the cock, because what I think is so genius about it is that once Dirk's head is decapitated by the frame- a fairly drastic compositional technique, that, and one not used terribly often- everything on that screen, including the infamous cock, has become an object, and the only face- the only humanity- we're left with is that of a blank mannequin staring out at us. I think it's a very unsentimentally poignant ending; the way it's composed and where everything is situated really lends to the emotional impact of the film's end.
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#56
May 31, 2003, 04:55:57 AM
Requiem For A Dream. I'm not a particularly big fan of the movie and I've only seen it once, but one image that's really burned in my mind from it is the first shot you get of Jennifer Connelly. It's a high angle shot I think, and she's looking up into camera. For some reason I remember the way that shot was composed was absolutely electrifying. If someone could cap it, that would be cool...
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#57
May 31, 2003, 10:26:38 AM
Quote from: children with angelsRequiem For A Dream. I'm not a particularly big fan of the movie and I've only seen it once, but one image that's really burned in my mind from it is the first shot you get of Jennifer Connelly. It's a high angle shot I think, and she's looking up into camera. For some reason I remember the way that shot was composed was absolutely electrifying. If someone could cap it, that would be cool...

My favorite Connelly bit from Requiem would be the muffled bathtub scream. It's beautifully composed... misery. Guess you could say the same of the film itself. I'm a fan.
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Redlum

#58
June 04, 2003, 05:58:14 AM
Perhaps not in film history but there's great comedic craftsmanship in this shot...


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Dirk

#59
June 04, 2003, 07:19:23 AM
Quote from: redlumPerhaps not in film history but there's great comedic craftsmanship in this shot...


"James' stories were about as sunny as his disposition"

Yeah, that one always gives me a laugh  :lol:
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