The Scene

The Scene #4 – All the Presidents Men (Kenneth H. Dahlberg)

12 comments juli 20, 2011

I consider All the Presidents Men to be one the most well directed films ever. The scene below is a great example of that, I’ll focus mostly on the later scene where he sits at his desk making phone calls. [yframe url='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLTTW9tDkfk'] In film school we had a research exercise called ”the natural story” where [...]

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The Scene #3 – The Wild Bunch opening titles

3 comments juli 12, 2011

The Wild Bunch is such an amazing film and so before its time (1967). In this post I’ll focus on the brilliant opening titles. [yframe url='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJInDVL1RPQ'] What strikes me now when seeing it for the first time in a couple of years is how well paced and modern it is. The individual shots are also [...]

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The Scene #2: Presidents speech ID4

15 comments juli 4, 2011

[yframe url='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUdB8gCMcXI'] These posts are normally a nit picky break down on what make scenes good or sucky but I’ll make an exception for this great speech since I’m not a rhetoric expert. I think what makes it so great is how over the top it is, I remember seeing it in the cinema and thinking [...]

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The Scene #1: Rocky IV the Training Montage

9 comments juni 2, 2011

I’m gonna start a weekly feature where I highlight a scene that I find being particularly good or bad. First out is this training montage from Rocky IV. [yframe url='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SUzcDUERLo&feature=related'] Its impossible not to like this! Right??? I would almost go as far as to say that you could jump right in the film at [...]

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