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Strong Openings: IL CONFORMISTA
Opening scenes can shock, excite, confuse, foreshadow, introduce characters, establish world rules, and more. Beyond simply setting a tone, they start…
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Perp & Victim 2: Opening Kills in Horror (2000s+)
How do modern horror films use oners to create atmosphere?
Perp & Victim 1: Opening Kills in Horror (<2000s)
How do horror films use oners to align the audience with the perpetrator or the victim?
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The Gags of the Scene - DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS
The Doric chase / Wildshape escape sequence from Dungeons and Dragons: Honour Among Thieves (2023) is a delicious cinematic delight. Doric (Sophia…
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The Game of the Scene - GAME NIGHT
How does the 'hot potato' (with a Fabergé egg) sequence from GAME NIGHT use some clever filmmaking tricks to make such a delightful sequence?
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Exposition and Invisible Oners - THUNDERHEART
How can an invisible oner make us feel a character's sense of revelation? In THUNDERHEART, the invisible oner helps us feel with Agent Ray Levoi (Val…
Exposition and Invisible Oners - MAD MAX
“I basically wanted to make a silent movie. With sound.” — Director George Miller on MAD MAX. You can see that ethos in why they’ve shot this hospital…
Exposition and Invisible Oners - JAWS
How can you use an invisible oner to make an expositional scene more dramatic? Our earlier post — Time and space in staging “Oners” — looked at three…
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