Sitemap - 2024 - Shot Zero: pithy posts on shot design
Passing Years in One Shot: DOCTOR WHO "A CHRISTMAS CAROL"
Leading Up to a Stunt: LEGENDS OF TOMORROW
Telling Without Showing: LURED
Frames Within Frames: TIME WITHOUT PITY
Creating Homage: PERSON OF INTEREST
Using the Frame: PICKUP ALLEY / INTERPOL
Switching Scenes Mid-Conversation: INHERENT VICE
Simple & Complex: SHE'S GOTTA HAVE IT
Colour Theory of Life and Death: AGATHA ALL ALONG
Distorting for Terror: THE CRUCIBLE
Revealing It's a Dream: MATLOCK
Effects of Unusual Framing: LEOPARD SKIN
Shooting Transformations: THE WITCHES
Art of the Title - NO TIME TO DIE
Insinuating with Match Cuts: SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN
Chaotic Edit, Clear Outcome: DOCTOR WHO "Smith and Jones"
Setting Up a Jump Scare: THE HAUNTING OF BLY MANOR
Filming a Global Phenomenon: DICKINSON
A Sex Scene of Suggestion: SHAFT
Colour Theory: LOVE LIES BLEEDING
Framing a Threesome: DESERT FURY
Character Introductions 008: Pinkie Brown
Making Narrative Exposition Painless: DIRK GENTLY'S HOLISTIC DETECTIVE AGENCY
Using J-Cuts: BLUE JEAN and DIRK GENTLY'S HOLISTIC DETECTIVE AGENCY
Don't Make It Obvious (til hindsight): MISFITS and Visual Foreshadowing
Chaotic Edit, Clear Outcome: DEATH RACE 2000
Art of the Title Sequence: PACHINKO
Ratcheting Tension in a Scene: SILO
Art of the Title Sequence: ELEMENTARY
Setting Up and Paying Off Audience Expectation: ABBOTT ELEMENTARY
Ominous Objects: SUSPICION and the Glowing Glass
Character Introductions 007: Dr. Leland Townsend
Destabilisation and Point of View: EVIL
Terror within Point of View: INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE
Why to Oner - PERSON OF INTEREST
Anatomy of a Scene: THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (2004)
Week 78: LEGENDS Bonus Episode!
Week 78: DC's Socials Roundup LEGENDS Edition
Mirroring and Shattering in THE BOYS
Shooting Magical Sequences: DC'S LEGENDS OF TOMORROW
Meta Filmmaking: TAGUMO ATTACKS!!!
Character Introductions 006: Dusty Chandler
Lighting and Shadows and Monsters Oh My in CAGED
Ominous Objects: NOTORIOUS and the Poisoned Cup
Practical Lighting and Effects in DETOUR
Framing to Signify Character Relationships: HALT AND CATCH FIRE
Business with Intent: SHADOW OF A DOUBT
Anatomy of a Scene: PERSON OF INTEREST "Sotto Voce"
Comparing and Contrasting Transitions: LEOPARD SKIN
Switching Point of View: LEOPARD SKIN
ALIEN Aesthetic (Pt 3) - Framing Ripley
Art of the Chase: BARRY versus motorbikes
Blocking for Shifting Sympathies in THE REVOLT OF MAMIE STOVER
Visual Ellipses in ONE DAY and BEGIN AGAIN
Art of the Title Sequence: LITTLE WOMEN
ALIEN Aesthetic (Pt 2) - The Ensemble
ALIEN Aesthetic (Pt 1) - The Visual Strategies
Jail Bars and Exposure in ODDS AGAINST TOMORROW
Strong Openings: IL CONFORMISTA
It's the Small Things: REMEMBER THE NIGHT
Stunt Breakdown: PAIN & GAIN's car v human
Suggestive Blocking in GASLIGHT (1944)
How OCEAN'S 12 Uses a Match Cut to Stitch Two Very Different Scenes
Shot-Reverse-Shot with Split Diopters in GUNPOWDER MILKSHAKE
Editing as Imperfect Memory in THE FAREWELL
Edit Flashes: How SUNSHINE Uses Split Second Insert Shots to Great Effect
Week 63: Socials (and logos) Roundup
Title Sequence Breakdown: TRUE BLOOD
Basic Establishing and Transitioning in WYNONNA EARP "Constant Cravings"
Strong Openings: PAN'S LABYRINTH
Geometric Framing in SAINT OMER
Character Introductions 005: Barry Egan
Visual Themes in PERSON OF INTEREST “IF-THEN-ELSE”
Character Introductions 004: Phyllis Dietrichson
How THE MARVELOUS MRS MAISEL Creates A Compelling Opening Oner
Matt Zoller Seitz on Repetition, Framing, and Montage in CAMP X-RAY
Transitions as Exposition in LEGION
Practical Perspective in I'M A VIRGO
Editing a Descent into Madness: THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER
How To Dispatch A Villain in Six Easy Shots
Practical Perspective Tricks in WILLOW
The Importance of Oners in LEGION
How LOST GIRL Grabs Attention With A Hot Cold Open
Using Extreme Angles: Study of a FORTY GUNS Showdown
Subtly Separating Character Emotions in REACHER