rhythm and pacing

http://movieclips.com/7KbQH-the-matrix-movie-virtual-combat/

• Contrast and Affinity:
• 1st shot - deep
• 2nd shot - deep 
• 3rd shot - flat
• Plenty of creative 180 switches/cuts here
• Everything here is ying/yang - 
• Morpheous wears black, neo white. 
• Morpheous' gestures are subdued, neon's elaborate
• Neo's camera into shot pushes in (to suggest he is the learner, the absorber)
• M's shot pulls out (to suggest he is the teacher, and has info to give)

http://movieclips.com/RQv5A-the-island-movie-good-job/

• Shaky cam everywhere!!!
• Note the many ways the directors frame the train wheels flying off the flatbed. Variety and contrast = visual intensity!
• Note how the quick pacing in the beginning is contrasted by the slow pacing at the end, where the bad guy's vehicle is destroyed.

http://movieclips.com/dSF4-bolt-movie-scooter-chase/

• Breakdown first 1:30 - note camera moves, framing, pacing.
• Note how the camera moves, follows, starts, stops, etc
• Note the surprises the camerawork allows the audience to experience
• Note how the camera stops moving after certain portions of the chase, allowing the actors to keep moving in the frame and the audience to rest and absorb.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=lOaV06ruMqg

• The camera leads Loiotta's character to Deniro
• The zolly (zoom + dolly) changes the perspective and suggests that the relationship between the two characters has just changed
• The zolly also puts the audience in a strange space, specially...similar to what Loiotta's character is going through.

http://movieclips.com/Yk4A-zodiac-movie-the-diner/

• Gyllenhal's character uses the salt and pepper shakers to illustrate the abstract geometry of the crime scene they are talking about.
• The waitress delivers the check at the moment Ruffalo's character realizes who the killer is.
• This helps emphasize the beat - check please = realization that the case is solved!

http://movieclips.com/xdVp-the-social-network-movie-i-deserve-some-recognition/

• the cuts in the first sequence are matched to the rhythm of the accusations
• Zuckerberg is centered in all of the shots, and everything in the room is used as a means of zeroing in on him

http://movieclips.com/WSZRr-midnight-in-paris-movie-pseudo-intellectual/

• woody allen intentionally separates the two actors in this shot to show the divide between them
• Owen Wilson's character is a blurred reflection in the shot featuring the girlfriend
• Are these characters being brought together or pushed apart?

http://movieclips.com/CqfDv-amelie-movie-love-at-first-sight/

• This sequence features some really really really lovely camera moves
• The moves of both the camera and actors tends to be upwards, complementing the uplifting feeling of being in love

http://movieclips.com/cHS6-amelie-movie-helping-a-blind-man/

• The pacing in the beginning of the sequence is slow - this is the setup.
• The pacing during the blind man walk sequence is quick - suggesting the fleeting glimpses the blind man is getting from Amelie
• Group boarding exercise - start to 1:25