Movies

[jorf]

I watched The King's Speech last night. I think that I learn more about photography from watching movies than looking at still photographs some times. I'm frequently struck by a "photograph" in a movie when I am not looking so hard at it. There was a scene where Geoffrey Rush's face and right shoulder were in focus and his very slightly turned body caused his left shoulder to be out of focus. Beautiful. Wonderful angles in that big room that was Rush's character's office. Great stuff.

Some cinematographers (?? DPs??) really know how to set a mood and draw you in, etc, etc.

That's all, just wanted to say it. Do others have that experience?

[Saralonde]

Yes, I find myself looking at how they lit a particular scene. I find it interesting to see how the light hits faces and sets a mood.

Funny, I just hopped over to the dPS blog and found this.

[graciousness]

Absolutely. Especially when I watch movies with Christopher Doyle's work in it (cinematographer, works such as "2046" and "In the Mood For Love", both beautiful Hong Kong films by Wong Kar Wai, and one of my favourite all-time movies ever, "Hero"). I'm always blown away by his movies.

[Jim Bryant]

Yup....one can learn all about lighting, camera angle and lenses by watching movies, something I've been doing for over 40 years. It annoys my wife when we go see movies, she's looks at plot and story lines, while I study lighting, angles and lenses.

[Krusty79]

There was already a thread on this...

Films with good cinematography

[mad editor]

Absolutely! Sometimes I get lost and miss some of the story line because I'm concentrating on the cinematography.