4 More of the Best Shots of All Time - Movie Lists
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- Опубликовано: 6 мар 2018
- We've covered frame size, composition, movement and relationship shots, and now we're talking glass! This week we're zooming in on the best uses of lenses. From super wide to telephoto, here come four more of the best shots of all time!
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oh my god, the focus on the row of glasses from The Young Victoria
Alfo Media Right??? I literally said "oh wow!" Out loud. I gotta see the movie now that I saw that shot. Lol
Gabriel Ocasio same
That shot actually got me f'd up and idk if I'd want to actually want to watch it again. It was so jarring to me.
It just kept going! That movie’s on my radar now for that shot alone.
Goddam brilliant. I had to stop the video and watch it again, because I've never seen anything like it. I wish Lumet/Roizman had thought of it for the boardroom scene in Network.
When you showed the telephoto shot of Benjamin running in The Graduate, my mind immediately wandered to the repeated shot of Lancelot storming the castle in Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
So did I!
Me too but at the Lawrence of Arabia scene haha!
Wtf. Me too
You've been corrupted.
Re: The Graduate rack focus. Elaine's blurred face comes into focus as her confusion (blurred) becomes realization (more focused) becomes truth (focused) - "oh no."
That's how I saw it, and it came into focus as she said "Oh No" upon that realization
Which means Kathrine Ross would of needed a cue to let her know her face was back in focus. The timing of it is perfect.
the focus one is so good
Indeed!
It seems to me to create the effect of tears welling up in your eyes. Both on screen and in my actual eyes.
Nathaniël Pranger I really like that interpretation of the shot! I saw it as representative of the woman's attention, as if she had a slight out of body experiences from the disbelief
That really is a fantastic use of focus. Something I can't recall seeing very often. Such a great way to highlight a major turning point in the story. It gives you a moment of pause. It feels like Ben's attention is still on the mother. It feels like the daughter's attention is elsewhere. It feels like the movie itself is afraid to bring focus back on the poor girl. Just brilliant.
I just wonder why it isn't used more often🤔 Very effective and probably not that hard to pull
11:52 That was a beautiful shot. I've never watched The Young Victoria before, but I kind of want to just for that.
seriously.
It’s actually incredibly dull...
@@jonathanmelia eh, it isn't dull but you have to be interested
Okay, can I just say how WELL WRITTEN THESE VIDEOS ARE?! ANALYZING EACH OF THESE SHOTS ARE SO DIFFICULT BUT THEY MAKE IT SEEM SO...EASY AND SO NATURAL. This is honestly one of my favourite channels ever.
Yes, you can feel they actually love and respect cinema. It's not just clickbait tops that want to piggyback on films reputations like yt has become filled with.
For the first time I know all the films showed in the video, does that mean I'm smart??, NOUP, it means I don't use enough time studying. Thanks cinefix for another great list.
Man, can I relate to this
I don't see how watching these particular movies relates to being smart
not 'these particular movies' but the fact that he has happened to know/see 'all the films' in a video full of at least a hundred references. i wish i could say that, but i will be happy knowing i have a few good recommendations to check out. thank you, cinefix
I've seen at least 95% of films they talk about in each video, but I don't feel smart about it until they talk about what they did right.
Any movie for that matter
i feel like the shot from the graduate is actually Elaine coming to terms with the situation. Before, rushing around with noisy chaos, after, slowly focusing and realizing what exactly is happening.
-good vid :]
Yeah, exactly! I'm surprised they didn't interpret it that way.
Indeed. Male gaze vs female gaze. The genius here is that the shot is equally charged from both points of view, a rare accomplishment.
Barry Lyndon is THE film where the phrase “every frame a painting” is most accurate. The zooms (as stated in the video) are meant to replicate/create the perception of an animated oil painting.
Another notable thing to mention about the use of zooms is that the film zooms our throughout Barry’s life to show the scope and range that his life can lead. That his environment and circumstances have the potential for change as he still has his life ahead of him and opportunities available.
However, the movie’s final shot zooms into Barry, signifying the doomed certainty his life has ultimately led to. He has lost everything and has no opportunities left available to him. This is as he enters his carriage to return home to Ireland, exiled from England and never to see his wife again.
I read the graduate shot as a realization. It slowly dawns on her. And when she puts the pieces together, she`s clear.
I`m pretty sure the dude in the situation would be super focused and zoomed in on her eyes and mouth LOOKING intensely for signals. Not avoiding contact in shock, I mean, he knew the cougar was up to something devious, why is he so surprised?
LLlap I think you're right.
I completely agree
That's how I see it too... it's Elaine slowing having the situation become clear to her.
That's how I interpreted it too. Either way it's a cool shot...surprising and powerful.
One could interpret it either way (his focus on the empty space, avoiding her gaze, or the realization coming slowly to her). I though it was the first one. Great shot regardless of how you read it.
The second I saw your choice of Fallen Angels, I immediately had to pause the video and start screaming "YES!". It is in my five unordered all time favorites, and one that I was really upset wasn't spoken of enough, and the best use of wide angles of all time. This. Is. Why. I. Love. You.
If the mirage shot from Lawrence of Arabia isn't in then I'll... oh it is in. Good job Cinefix.
It's not a Cinefix list without at least one mention of Lawrence of Arabia!
Harrison Clark This isn't a Watchmojo list. It's an educational video masquarading as a top 5 list.
Didn't they also use that scene in another 10 Top video. I think it was character introduction. Someone tell me.
+Gabriel Gomez they did
What did you expect from Cinefix? I think the real question is, where is The Mirror? /s
Meanwhile at WatchMojo: Top 10 Logan Paul poops
Lol 😂
Logan Paul is stupid af
Cringe ass comment
Free film school class.
For real...I've learned so much about movies and the making of them through this channel
I'm literally here for film class (although I've been here since long before)
And with a far more interesting teacher - The Narrator
The focus on her in the Graduate can also be linked to her putting what's happening all together. Once she is in focus it clicks and she knows what has happened. Light bulb moment. Its brilliant sheer brilliance! You guys got any job opening?!?!?
As soon as I saw Anne Bancroft in the thumbnail I got so excited. The Graduate is film perfection.
I've never really known a lot about lenses, so YAY!
HAL! Open that F-stop HAL!
I literally applauded in an empty room when you showed number four.
me too haha
Me too 😂😂
Yeah, but I take that delay to be hers, not his. She's slowly realizing.
If it were a POV, then maybe I'd see it from Benjamin's point of view, but I always took it as her clarity arriving.
It's interesting to hear different people's takers explained.
That's how I saw it, the slow realization of pieces coming together in focus for her - we're watching her brain register in the form of a focus.
Dude, same
The Graduate is one of those movies that just makes me feel like a shitty film maker. It's 50 years old, yet so subtley genius and innovative.
At least it gives you some notation... a sort of "measuring stick" by which you can aspire through that notation to understand where you want to go and possibly on some level, how to get there.
You mention it as "one of those movies"... SO you might well consider writing that list down, and from time to time going back to those movies to scratch out and refine your notes over time... Using them in future reference "style" you can make the exercises of which elements to employ from what movies and for which desired effect or influence.
I don't think you should regard yourself as a "shitty" film maker. You are a less informed or experienced or practiced film maker by comparison.... BUT these are mainstream feature level films, not one-offs created by nobodies out of family garages or the like... It's pretty stiff competition, and certainly they also had their share of "shitty films" before anything of a tangible worth came of their craft. ;o)
gnarth d'arkanen the list idea is good. I'll do that! And I don't really think I'm shitty. I'm pretty decent. But movies like The Graduate are just so inspiring that it's a bit overwhelming.
Matt Fitch, I can understand that sentiment. It's kind of what the whole list idea is about, really... When you first start, of course, there's going to be this big long list of stuff... BUT that puts into tangible writing a series of steps, each of them FEASIBLY ACHIEVABLE... Then, as you tackle and experiment with them, you will find them integrating into your style, quite possibly without you really even focusing on it so much as just experimenting and "playing at them", even in spare time... Digital film is re-usable... so cheap! Then all you invest per-step (per detail or technique written) is a little bit of time.
AND I didn't really believe you saw yourself as shitty, but it was a line worth saying... just one artist to another. ;o)
the focus on the row of glasses is amazing
This exact zoom from Barry Lyndon impressed me so greatly 20 years ago. I never came across anyone who saw the movie, let alone had the experience with this one particular shot that I had... and here it is: A best shot of all time on Cinefix. Thumbs up for understanding!
I mean call me cliché, but Citizen Kane is a treasure trove of the greatest cinema defining shots of all time. The dolly back from young charles foster kane keeping him framed in the window while his mother signs his care to Thatcher, the best use of deep focus ever when Thatcher is reading off Kane's lost assets as Kane gets up from his chair and starts to shrink into the background, that obscene mirrored hallway shot, etc.
They are great shots but wouldn't be appropriate for this list because most of the deep focus shots were made by combining to different shots in a optical printer.
As soon as you said zoom I thought Barry Lyndon
Sudev Sen movie has the most vicious zoom game ever lol
Pull out! Pull out!
Another way of interpreting that last shot from The Graduate, is that the lack of focus represents the way Elaine reacts in that moment. It’s as if is she slowly starts processing what just happened, and then - quite literally - everything falls into focus.
Great video!
1:48 Love how the card at the bottom says dr. Strangelove etc.
I fucking LOVE that rack focus in The Graduate. So devastating
that 4th pick literally made me gasp out loud. I love every Movie List video your team produces. You help me remember why I love film so much. Thanks yet again. You're inspiring and educating us all to the beauty and awe of cinema.
The slow focus on Elaine shows the real-time realization and focus in Elaine's mind of the hard-edged truth.
Every time one of these videos drops, I go in hoping a movie I love will be on there, and I end up graciously leaving with new films to watch.
There’s an excellent snap-zoom in The Sting when Luther does that both intensifies the emotion of the moment and the shock of it to Johnny Hooker. (Why you guys never seem to mention The Sting kinda baffles me.)
I can't adequately put into words, what this video did to my brain. So many things clicked, understanding rained down. It was like an entire cinematography class in 15 minutes. Thank you for this, thank you.
Good work as always
I like how you added the green peaking in the shot from The Graduate.
Glad you mentioned it. Wondered if I was having a stroke. Seriously I assume it's some form of chromatic aberration I've never seen before. Nuts.
Love the focus segment! One of my all-time favorites: when Oskar leaves the school, and the blue of the shopping bags matches the blue of the jalopy in Let the Right One In. A memorable shot in a film filled with 'em!
the analysis on the Graduate focus shot... that is SO well done and shows me things I never thought about. Great work.
SO HAPPY you didn't sleep on Wong Kar Wai. I was thinking to myself "I hope they don't go for the easy choice of Jean Pierre Junet or Terry Gilliam..." then you went with my favorite of all his movies. Well done.
Just discovered Terry Gilliam and his work, so happy you mentioned him
Beautiful and elucidating as always.
It's not that I missed any of this watching the films. I just didn't know they were happening. Mind/blown: out of all your excellent videos, this one is the most distilled one yet. I had no idea that it would be possible to show so much about how much is accomplished by good filmmaking, in four shots.
GREAT VIDEO! One of my faves keep it coming! Would be interested in a best shots lists that focused on shots through objects (doors, keyholes, body parts, etc.)
There was a shot in a Mindhunter episode directed by Asif Kapadia that actually dynamically changed the aperture. The focal point didn't change, and the focal length didn't change, but the aperture was enlarged *during the shot* to dynamically isolate the character from the rest of the scene by making everything else slowly go out of focus. I had to watch it again because it was so incredible. Never saw anything like that before.
A Olson can you tell me what episode?
That series had some of the best camera work and editing I've ever seen.
This series is the best work you do. Please keep going!
OMG I LOVE these videos! This series is what inspired me to start watching Tarkovsky. That break down of the rack focus shot in this video of 'The Graduate' was brilliant!
Do a list for Best Screenplays!!
I love these lists. They make me look for little details in movies and appreciate film in general more
the glass focus thingy in young victorian is nuts!
One of my favorite examples of zooming out from a stationary subject is the end of the bridge scene in Columbia. Beautiful shot. Perfect for the context of the exchange.
This is my favorite series of yours. Please, please keep it up.
I'm so happy you talked about The Graduate here. I watched it when I was 13. It was the very first movie that made me conscious about all these techniques directors use to convey emotions...and turned me into a hardcore movie buff. lol
There's another great focus pull in It's A Wonderful Life -- when George storms out of the house in anger after yelling at his family, he walks by the camera and drifts out of focus. Just thought I'd give it a mention since I love it so much. Great video as always!
Cinefix, you're the film friend I wish I had. Thank you.
yall ever find a video that makes you fall in love with the medium of cinema again? because same.
I know you have before but thanks for mentioning The Master once again. One of the most beautifully shot (and acted) movies I've ever seen.
You guys are amazing! Thank you for creating this channel.
I tend to think the slow focus in the Graduate is simply a visual representation of Elaine slowly realizing who the “married woman” is.
I'm glad you had a scene from Barry Lyndon.
Barry Lyndon is like a secret jewel only able to be appreciated by those who know what it is to see beauty. Kubrick was an absolute master of scene composition, if that't the right set of words to use.
I love that you are not concerned only on the Hollywood cinema and taking into account international cinema!
Please do a Top-Ten on best sound design / most unique sound design! Love your work!
11:52 - My OCD side loves that shot. Wow. Thanks to whomever set the table and the shot. It's lovely.
This is great stuff. I love movies and I'm enjoying learning about what is it that makes me love movies.
Thank you so much for this video. I’m a film lover and I like to try and make my own films and this information on lenses and focal length is just fascinating and you showed and explained it perfectly. Thank you!
Great job guys, this was an absolutely amazing video.
Barry Lyndon=Motion Painting. It's like walking into a museum, getting closer to a painting to watch a detail, take a step back to look at the ensemble.
Challenging and brilliant as ever. Thanks for this.
As a (shitty) amateur photographer, I approve of this episode!
Great job, CineFix. Now I've gotta watch _Fallen Angels_ :)
That whole sequence from The Graduate, with the following zoom out in the corridor is masterful.
CineFix doing it amazingly again
That last one WOW. that's amazing work. Brillaint shot.
I wish I could work at Cinefix.
I also love that shot from the graduate, but I always saw it as things literally "coming into focus" for the daughter. That the audience gets to see through the slow refocusing the daughter putting things together, until the whole picture is revealed. But I never thought about it as you guys have here, focusing on the emptiness of where Mrs. Robinson used to be instead of focusing on the out of focus face. Well now I need to go listen to some Simon & Garfunkel. What a turn this day has taken...!
Yes, I've never thought about the shot the way they did here. They're read makes sense, though: We are seeing the shot through his POV after all, but my first read has always been that the slow focus on her face was representative of her putting two and two together and then ... "Oh no."
stellar choices, just wow
Some love for Mike Nichols, unexpected and appreciated
I never saw your rack focus pull choice coming but as soon as you said The Graduate I knew what it would be and couldn't agree more.
Love these videos. Makes me want to go out and play with my camera.
One point about the telephoto shot from Barry Lyndon that you didn't point out was the excellent framing. Not only did it isolate Barry, then pull away to make him seem small against the world, but in the beginning with the tight shot, the world seems bright. But because of the brilliant positioning of the camera, when the pull out is complete, the frame is mostly dark. Absolutely spectacular framing and positioning.
Love Your "Best"-series... so great
Yes!!! Finally a video that talks about The Graduate!
Your analysis is divine.
Cinefix, this is so helpful for aspiring filmmakers
You guys nail it every time
I love this channel so much
For the next set of these, can we get the shot of Kylo killing Snoke? There's so much going on in that shot and all that the camera does to capture all of it to shift focus once out and once back in. You get Ren's action to inflict the killing blow to Snoke, Snoke's death, the Praetorian Guards' reactions to it, Rey's arm reaching into frame to grab the incoming lightsaber, the camera focusing up to her and she moves into frame to give her reaction to her vision of Kylo's future coming true, and the advancement of the guards to begin the ensuing battle. It's so simple mechanically but oh so filled with pertinent information, I absolutely love it. The Holdo jump may be absolutely beautiful, but this was the best shot in the film for me.
Love this List!!! I liked the zoom in zoom out from guy richie in codename uncle
Your lists are always varied and great.
Almost every other movie channel is fawning over mainstream movies and have number 1 be the dark knight in every category.
I know you don't like to pick new movies, and Kubrick is the toughest of competition, but the bedroom/bathroom scene in The Killing of a Sacred Deer that is shot in one, reframing what feels like dozens of times using only slow zooms is one of the most beautifully unsettling things I've ever watched
The last one was soooo briliant!
oh this was what i subscribed to this channel for
Great,great video once again
Wow, thank you for getting the "zoom perspective is based on DISTANCE not focal length" correctly. The only video on RUclips to get it right, even above photography channels.
Exactly. I had way too many discussions about this subject with (pro) photographers on forums and youtube channels...
I mess your round tables. Your best of the year. Back at the start of 2017 you guys had amazing names for me - that was how I got into your channel and into Pak Chan Wook , really.
If there is a channel that does daily vids breaking down individual shots, I need to find it right now. The library of film history is a limitless pit of content waiting to be explored.
Love this so much, thank you thank you thank you
very nice! i like every shot of it! :)
I love this series.
Another thing that's great about that shot in The Graduate is that it's a symbol - it shows her obtaining literal clarity on the situation as the realization dawns on her.
Love these lists
Blade Runner's glass scene is definitely beautiful
I've always thought of the slow second rack focus from The Graduate as being metaphorical for Elaine's dawning realization coming into clarity
I'm not sure what it's called, but Spike Lee's signature shot where the subject is walking, but in the shot, he stands still with the camera as only the background moves. The final act of Malcolm X is a good one.
Another awesome list. CineFix should put the opening shot of Spectre on some list, I would love to hear your breakdown of it. It's a beautiful continuous shot, if I somehow missed it on another video, I apologize.