The Ultimate Guide to Freeze Frames - How to Do Them Right
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- Опубликовано: 4 июн 2024
- Good vs Bad Freeze Frames - We take a look at the divisive technique, and where it can work well.
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Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction to Freeze Frames in Film
00:53 - Freeze Frame History
01:53 - Chapter 1: Bookends
05:21 - Chapter 2: Pacing
08:18 - Chapter 3: Emphasis
12:42 - Takeaways
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MOVIE FREEZE FRAMES
For a while in the 1970s and 80s, freeze frames were all the rage. But the technique quickly became hackneyed and widely mocked, with everyone and their mother parodying freeze frames like the one in The Breakfast Club. But today, the frame hold is far from dead. In this episode of Ultimate Guide, we look at the divisive editing trick.
FREEZE AND STILL FRAMES AT BEGINNINGS AND ENDS
The most common place to see a freeze frame is at the beginning or end of a film. A well-utilized frame hold can start a movie with a bang. Think of the Tarantino freeze frame introduction effect. The frame hold at the top of Pulp Fiction is instantly iconic- a powerful blend of image and music. Freezes as endings can be just as memorable. Landing on the right frame can have a powerful impact. It can act as a final farewell (Thelma and Louise) or an open-ended question (400 Blows).
FILM FREEZE FRAMES FOR PACING
By definition, a frame hold affects the pacing of a cut. This can serve a variety of purposes. A freeze can emphasize a character’s expression, or a particularly important emotional beat. Or, it can be used more logistically, allowing for a voice over or piece of music to line up with the sequence. You’ll see this a lot in Martin Scorsese freeze frames, where he’ll halt a shot to give the narrator some time to explain what’s happening.
FREEZE FRAME AS EMPHASIS
No matter how you use a frame hold, it will draw attention. This is why the technique can be so controversial- use it incorrectly and no one can ignore it. But used well, it can allow an audience to absorb visual information they might have missed, or catch a small reaction that otherwise would have gone under the radar.
Freeze frames shouldn’t be relegated to the margins of history. There’s far too much the technique can offer. While there are certainly some laughable examples out there, there are far more great freezes that we won’t be forgetting any time soon.
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i fully expect this to be 50% talking abt Scorsese's movies
And sure enough, you were right! 😄
Same. I think there are freeze frames in almost all of his movies
We had to NOT show so many good ones from Scorsese and Schoonmaker!
Yeah，his freeze frames are so memorable.
In animation, there's a famous freeze-frame technique where the animation suddenly shifts to a pastel style, usually used to emphasize a shot. It was invented by anime legend Osamu Dezaki, who coined the phrase "postcard memories."
That's awesome! Thanks for sharing.
Video Quality never stops improving
Thanks! We try.
I'm starting to make mini RUclips reviews and began watching these. They're making every movie I watch more enjoyable. I think the average person doesn't appreciate the magic happening in movies. I sure didn't.
Sometimes i wish i was ignorant of all that goes into it, just fully immersed in the magic with no critical inner voice ..i can remember that feeling from when i was young and watching classics for the first time..
This is a complete audiovisual encyclopedia about the Freeze Frame in Filmmaking process. The Ultimate guide. Thousand Thanks StudioBinder for this Inspiring video. Very Useful and Inspiring.💯💯💯💯
Thank you!
Studio Binder! You’re giving film schools and other film related channels a serious run for their money! Can we have a video of film IP rights? You guys are amazing. Keep up the amazing work.
Failsafe is another movie that uses the Freeze Frame to highlight the severity of the pending nuclear disaster. The ending is very chilling, without showing the catastrophe, we see the last moments of the people of the Big Apple before we know what will hit. Freeze Frames are good in my opinion but should be used for narrations in movies. In the television show, the Dukes of Hazzard, it was use at the beginning and the end of the acts between commercials. In fact many television shows in the 50s through the 80s used freeze frame in the show as well as in the credits. That would be a good follow up to freeze frames in television shows. For my production, I don't think it would work but having this knowledge means that if I use it, I have a better understanding of how to deploy it. Thanks Studio Binder for a great lesson!!! All the best!!!
Thanks for sharing! Those are great examples.
The FREEZE outro never SNEEZEEE TO AMAZE ! Good video production as always StudioBinder crew!
Thanks!
A film-making technique with its own song: "Freeze-Frame" is a song written by Seth Justman and Peter Wolf for the J. Geils Band. It was first released as the opening track on the chart-topping 1981 album of the same name.
It's a great track!
Make more videos like this I'm learning so much because of you guys, thank you so much keep going ;)
Thanks, happy to hear it!
As always exemplary work, nice to have the voice of StudioBinder back ❤
One of my favorites is the last frame of The Wrestler as he jumps off the top rope. Does he live or die; you decide. Does it mattter since he's doing what he loves, etc. It sums up all of the conflicts in the movie.
Please make a video on simultaneous timelines happening in a film and how it’s done effectively (Star Wars rogue one for example)
Great idea and thanks for the suggestion!
Inception..
Thanks for including The Killer
Any time!
It’s such an effective technique that has unfortunately been soured by parodies and memes. But the good ones still hit!
Totally agree.
another master class and amazing movies selection ❤
As always very thankful for another learning. ❤💙❤️💙
You're welcome!
Have you shown the technique of extreme close-ups? I think there are more than meets the eye! Thank you so much for another magnificent Ultimate Guide!
You are so welcome! We did do one on Close-Ups: ruclips.net/video/VfaZXlJso-s/видео.htmlsi=m30s88x2DJUInTku
@@StudioBinder I must have seen it but I'll see it again!
peter jackson uses them heavily in King Kong (cannibalism scene) and more slightly in LOTR. Was expecting the best one, i.e. the assassination of jesse james and you did not disappoint, masterwork of an ending due to these freeze frames.
Glad we could comply!
You gained a new subscriber amazing effort much needed video
Welcome to the SB family!
Days of thunder final frame hold is nice.
I like their analysis very much 😊
Thanks! This one was fun to make.
A great channel loved it ❤
Thanks!
*Hey Studiobinder could ya please maka video on Semiotics, Iconography, Autuer Theory, High Cultural, Low Cultural, Cultural Artifacts, and Psychology in Film, these are very essential subjects in the film study.❤*
Will do!
Thanks so much! You've inspired me with my latest video. 👏👏👏
Wonderful! Glad we could help.
I never understood freeze frames but l do thanks Studiobinder
Wow, a clip from Blood Debts; a true essence of cinema verite
Indeed!
@@StudioBinder Fan of Red Letter Media? 😁
Knowing who is dressed as Father Christmas in Hot Fuzz makes that freeze so much better…
When people find out...!
While Bender’s freeze frame ending shot is certainly one of the most iconic, the one that first pops in my head is Flash Gordon 1980.
10:45 the freezeframe of the 'hands on the idol' in King of Comedy reminds me of the scene in Persona where the boys hands touch the idol on the screen
You're awesome guys
Thanks!
Thanks for the awesome videos 🌍🌟💖
Glad you like them!
Scenes in Blow Out(1981) are so easy and natural to use in this kind of filmmaking videos !
Recent film Challengers, there are only three freeze frames there. I counted lol - but yeah, it showed the end of each acts I suppose. Need to watch that again to come up with another explanation on that.^^
Thank you, don't forget English subtitles ❤❤
Sorry, they should be added now.
Yeah new knowledge 🎉
Glad to hear it! We thought this was a cool topic.
For a future video could you do one on music and how it sets the tone of your show?
I should probably actually watch a film instead of learning about how they work for a change.
One Picture Thousand Words. My Favorite Freeze Frame in Movies.
-Pulp Fiction (1994)
-Once Upon A Time in Hollywood (2019)
-The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
-Spider-Man 2 (2004)
-The 400 Blows (1959)
-Persona (1966)
-Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
-Death Proof (2007)
-The Breakfast Club (1985)
-Thelma and Louise (1991)
-Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
-Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
-The Killer (1988)
-Fight Club (1999)
-Magnolia (1999)
Those are all really effective examples!
Probably the most dramatic concept in filmaking
Honourable mention: Fists of Fury.
Absolutely!
Best: Dukes of Hazzard. Freeze frame to get a perfect look of the General Lee 😊
This whole video could be about “Civil War”. It makes great use of freeze frames
Great point! Really interesting applications in that movie.
I hope I want a video on set construction and set contracter
Great suggestion!
Super 👌
Thanks for watching!
The ending of
"Fist of Fury".
Wonder whose movies Bruce Lee was noticing...
What's the movie by Paul Thomas Anderson mentioned at about 12:00?
Magnolia. Such a good film!
This is fundamental
Thanks!
Supernatural "French mistake" - freeze frame, turn to black, cut 😅
The final freeze frame shot with fanfare in Death Proof is inspired by many old school Shaw Brothers kung fu films which would end in a similar manner.
Totally! Tarantino loves his homages.
have a gr8 day
Recently I rewatch Mission Impossible Fallout and there's a scene where Tom Cruise jumps out of a building and continue running to chase the main villain, and in that scene, they record the whole view of Tom and the whole area and buildings around him. Should I asked permission for every building if I record them in my movie? Especially the one with company name on the building? I really want to capture the city view in my project.
If you're thinking about the last freeze frame of Phir Hera Pheri we can be friends
At the moment that the frame froze, he knew, he'd F'ed up!
Exactly!
I would like to know who the voiceover actor is. Can anyone tell me please?
I have a question guys if I write and direct a movie will I be selfish if am one of the cast or the lead role??
Please make the next video about climax
It's funny how quick I grew tired of this technique. I know it's a well made video about the technique, but I was tired of freeze frames by the halfway point.
Frame stops, Music starts, that's a memory
Make a video about how to make psycho film
Great suggestion!
Next episode: The record scratch.
ultimate freeze frame is 400 blows. it is a statement, a question mark, a sledgehammer.
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Thanks!
12:45 Red Letter Media reference?
Blood Debts? oH MY GAAAAAWWWWWD
Had to do it.
My favorite Harry Potter movies ends with my least favorite freeze frame of all time.
The rest of the movie is great!
Run Lola, Run.
Great film!
@@StudioBinder And have an interesting usage of freeze frames. A few freeze frames show follow up in the fate of characters. I just thought someone might remember this unusual example)
When you can, please add subtitles. If available in Spanish, even better.
They should be working now.
@@StudioBinder Thank you, the video is awesome.
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You forgot ‘Three Amigos’.
We had so many we wanted to include!
400 Blows
Iconic!
"Cinemaah"
How to properly pitch a script
Good idea! Thanks for the suggestion.
First viewer 😊
Congrats!
The corny-est technique utilized by master filmmakers..
That's how you know they're masters!
@@StudioBinder ..i love 'em.. its a trend that sadly i rarely see anymore..
It seems to me that freeze frames and breaking the fourth wall go hand in hand:
ruclips.net/video/9nfgRf2A0Tc/видео.htmlsi=EOmcB87ntZNTfRLF
Makes sense, right? Freeze frames themselves have a fourth-wall-breaking effect.
First
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Thank you for the unexpected nostalgia of a time I remember when men and women were able to love each other: ruclips.net/video/wHo43B6nu60/видео.htmlsi=dDgTzJMU63hClUGx
A classic track!
@@StudioBinder 🤘🤘
No Bruce Lee?
Spoiler alert!!!!! For Thelma and Louise
Wild tales had a one of the best freeze frame
What made it great?
StudioBinder
on for Films Business
Thanks!