Thats because these folks have film backgrounds, and educations. Watch Mojo just compiles videos of lists the fans make. They dont even bother to fact check. They make mistakes all the time. They once listed an F-14 Tomcat in the list of Top 10 Fixed Wing aircraft!! Its a variable geometry wing.
Decetop I don't think their lists fan made. Their "Top 10 Best 2016 Movies" list had Moonlight at #1. I would've expected Civil War or Deadpool to be #1 if the fans voted. Not many casual movie goers had even heard of Moonlight at the time.
Meeko not only that, I appreciate that they don't limit themselves to American cinema. While american film may be the most commercially successful, when examining the art of filmmaking it's a shame to limit yourself to just the most commercially viable or widely known. I would like to see more middle Eastern films from them, though, since that seems to be a bit of a weak spot in their representation of other film industries around the world.
When you talked about the emotional power of the close-up I thought "sure, that seems to be right" and then Joan of Arc appeared and I honestly started to cry. I have never seen the film but the shot with her eyes shining with tears hit me like a sledgehammer. The power of filmmaking at its finest!
For YEARS that scene in The Godfather has always made me feel something in a strange way. I keep watching it to try and understand why it speaks to me but I've never gotten an answer....till you guys explained it. I absolulty love that you guys have cleared a mystery that's long been one of precious memories. Thank you.
I know this video is 6 years old but man I love how you also used other shots to explain why the shot actually used was so effective. really helped not only my understanding, but my appreciation too
Ok, let's be real here. It would take a 5 hour video to elaborate on the brilliance of just one shot in the room. Wiseau and Neil Breen really are the masters of film
This is your best video ever and that is really saying something. Can this series just go on forever? Some day TH-cam scholars will count down the top ten Cinefix Videos.
The thing I love with the Scorsese clip is how much is achieved with that one shot. The angle shift from above to below accenting the power shift, the relaxation appearing in the characters movement, face and body stance, the decrease of fill light making use of the backlighting to make Ray more menacing and as you pointed out, the distancing from the audience, separating the two boxers from the world around them (and we've not even mentioned the sound work going on). All these things and still without making it feel distracting, everything just blends seamlessly.
The camels in the wide shot split the frame perfectly into thirds at the points where they cross each other. You can feel it coming, and it's super satisfying when it happens. Using thirds is a classic photography trick, but this is an especially beautiful example. Great vid, thanks!
my Favorite Close up is Pachino's in Godfather. The look in his eyes as he's getting ready to shoot Sollozzo. All that REM and then that sound of the train passing by. BRILLIANT
You guys should do a list of best Blockbusters - where artistic direction and popular opinion meet at an intersection. That way you can really break down why something popular can also be something good.
I'd say my favorite shot is the opening shot on Clockwork Orange. It uses all of these mentioned shots all within one scene! starts out with a extreme close up and the camera backs away turning it into a close up, medium, and long shot. Nothing moves besides the camera. it's a perfect picture. Like a painting. It's amazing. I hope Cinefix brings that up in the next video.
i absolutely love this series. I've learned so much about visual composition. I've learned to understand why certain scenes in movies were effective to me and others weren't. it's helped me understand how to convey what I want in an image. You guys are great :D
How anybody can dislike this, which essentially is an educational video, truly baffles me. It is not the choices they made which are important., it is the knowledge and wisdom which led them to the choices.
Should have had an extreme tall shot, tbf. The high ceiling shot that doesn't convey expanse in area but of extreme oppression. Like Brazil, Blade Runner.
I really like how this channel shows its honorable mentions. it actually MENTIONS them rather than just showing them silently. I also like how every list is always different categories; you get a mix of all sorts of different things, and they always talk about what makes it good. Best new channel I've found in a while!
I love these CineFix lists, but this one really takes the cake. The choices, the writing, the editing, the use of music - I think it's the best they've ever made.
I thought the shot after the protagonist puts his head in the water with ice was beautiful, you can see the character changing in that exact preparing us for the next scene where he attacks his bully. I don't know but I loved that scene is so good
These videos are just perfect, from the knowledge they expel to the wonderful voice of the narrator who knows how to eventually evoke feelings from his comments without even having to use a difficult language or over-the-top expressions. This channel may be the best of its kind.
This video must be one of the best movie roundup review in TH-cam right now, holy shit. No other movie ranking videos as widely knowledgeable and spot on as this one
Cinefix is one of the reasons why i look at films as an art form now. Which is good considering i like acting, writing and directing. I like taking notes for my own personal benefit.
This is easily my favorite/best video you guys have ever done. And I cannot fucking wait for the other parts. I've said this before, and I'll say it again, CineFix's list videos are the best thing going on TH-cam right now.
Love your channel, cinefix!! Would you ever consider delving into the realm of tv for videos? Certain great tv pieces use such great film techniques (e.i. that last scene in Six Feet Under) that your take on great TV would be fascinating.
A camera shot I REALLY hope you guys will mention in one of these videos is from Empire Strikes back right before Luke and Vader are about to Clash Light sabers for the very first time. Then there's an absolutely amazing wide shot of them silhouetted against blue steam everywhere (closest looking thing to epic indoor Storm clouds), and there lightsabers are glowing against the background. Since Luke and Vader are silhouetted, but their lightsaber's blue and red glow are perfectly visible, I think it makes the fight have so much more weight. It's a fight of good vs evil. Not just Luke vs Vader. And the shot is a long shot, giving plenty of space behind Luke and Vader, you don't know whether the fight will make one of them backup within that shot. And since Luke and Vader haven't fought with Lightsabers yet, what a brilliant way to add suspense, similar to how the Godfather Part 2's long shot does that. Not saying this shot should be one of the main ones you guys talk about, since y'all have WAY better movie knowledge than me, but I'm hoping you guys at least give it a throwaway mention.
I'm glad you chose the extreme wide shot for Number 1, it's my favourite type too. It reminds us of how tiny and insignificant all these beautiful stories are, and that sense of scope is what keeps us human.
Inglourious Basterds' "Three Glasses" shot in the bar is incredible, I know you talked about it in a previous video , but it is still one of the best ever
I know you honoured it in your "scariest move moments" video but the suicide scene in Cache trounces The Godfather Part II's wide shot, still love it though.
6:59 i think the wideness of the shot is to create a voyeuristic distance and separation from the potential disaster about to unfold. there's a sense of helplessness created when the camera holds you back and forces you to watch it all in full view. to me the shot's effectiveness has more to do with depriving the audience's sense of "control" than the agony of imagination.
I started watching a lot of the movies you guys recommended and now, most of the time, when you start describing a shot, I already know the movie you will choose. :)) I used to like movies, but most of the time I had no idea why. This chanel really helped me understand movies and now I understand why I used to like some more than others. I learned about cinematography, technique, camera, directors, shots, light, colors and more, all in a fun, relaxing way, without even realizing it. Thank you guys.
Oooooo cinematography is my shit!! I love the art in itself. Roger Deakins is my favorite cinematographer and some of my personal list of best shot films I'd pick: Prisoners, Skyfall, Interstellar, No Country For Old Men, Inglourious Basterds, and Whiplash. But those are just off the top of my head. There are sooooo many others.
King of Wakanda Emanuel Lubezki is my favorite. Gravity, Birdman, and The Revenant are all intoxicating films to look at they're so fucking stunning. lol Little correction: Interstellar was actually shot by Hoyte Van Hoytema, Inglourious Basterds was shot by Robert Richardson, and Whiplash was shot by Sharone Meir. Agreed though. Deakins is amazing.
Joan's face left me tear eyed. Again. As always. There's something so natural and universal about the human condition in Maria Falconetti's face that I can't help but feel overwhelmed everytime I see this shot. Similar things happen to me whenever I see old man Morten shouting for his missing son in the beach, in Ordet. Dreyer was one of the filmakers that better understood and portrayed loss and fear, and he always reflected those emotions in the most beautiful and respectfull of ways. He was a visionary, a master of his craft, and definetely one of the best filmakers of all the 20th century. I feel that sometimes his name is negleted and forgot in the sea of canonical names of the history of cinema. But at least personally, no other films had made feel so strongly those particular emotions that Dreyer's films excel at. More people need to watch his films.
DUDE. how did Denethor eating from the return of the king not get any mention at all!?! thats an amazing example of a close up, an extreme close up, and a medium shot. c'mon bruh.
I would go ahead and also include the shots of Denethor first seen on the throne after Gandalf enters the hall, and Faramir riding with his men back to Osgilliath as long shots and extreme long shots respectively. I really don't think this channel gives modern movies the respect they deserve.
Damn, I love this channel. I used to only really appreciate movies as a whole. Now I have a better understanding of all of the small and large elements that make movies immersive and magical.
This is... like... the best channel on TH-cam, I sometimes think. You discuss films with the perfect mix of intelligence, eloquence and passion. Keep it up.
CineFix Than you for not limiting this to just 10. As an avid film buff, and scholar, it tickles me to see you guys constantly show WatchMojo, and Looper, how it's done.
I think you might be dissing the medium-close shot a bit unfairly. It simulates the distance at which one might hold a conversation which is quite intimate in it's own way. Like sitting next to someone in a car, or in class, or in bed. And while it might work better with a full close-up is on really the same without the other? Or maybe that's just opinion.
I remember watching, as a child, a movie with gorgeous cinematography and beautiful long shots, i think it was french.... and it was about a fucking flying soccer ball.
This has to be the best video released by Cinefix thus far. Such a great way to delve into methods of shots across so many genres and types of scenes. And the number of examples portrayed shows incredible research and dedication. Well done guys. Look forward to Pt 2. And 3.. and 4... and I mean, just keep going with this, I'll watch it.
Good pick on that last one. That shot in Lawrence of Arabia truly is the BEST. A film fill of those shots that make him small, but THAT one, that's the shot that makes him huge as a character.
as someone that aspires to be a cinematographer some day, this channel is amazing and this particular video series makes me SO EXCITED. Shots are my SHIT.
Animated films still have shots (i.e. when Ellie falls walking up the hill in Up, it is an extreme-long shot). But with animation, it is all up to the animators to decide what to do, and is not as impressive as the real thing. Some scenes in annimation are impressive as a whole (like the Incredibles dinner scene) but that is more for continuity annimation than the shots within the scene. Shots within animated movies are beautiful, but there is a lack of innformation that comes with them.
Oh God, this is such a great video in the way it explains different types of camera shots. I learned a lot just by watching this and really paying attention to his explanations of the shots. From extreme close ups to extreme long or wide shots, like the wide shots from Lawrence of Arabia, showing the tiny men on camels surrounded but the vastness of the desert sand, to the very tight shots from Psycho showing the murdered woman's mouth and then eye. This is an absolutely amazing video.
This channel is without a doubt one of the best cinematography video makers out there, these videos are absolutely fantastic. If you want to check out something different though, feel free to take a look at our latest and very first video over on Venteo!
crowd shots the opening of Modern times. (chaplin) if yoiu know it youll know. but it sets up not only the rest of the movies but really an analogues metaphor for all his films. the segue from the sheep to the factory workers. im not saying top pick. but on the list.
The reason I'd leave Jackson off a list like this is - in terms of shot composition - he rarely did anything terribly new or innovative. Most of the really impressive sweeping shots in LOTR were just running the David Lean playbook - Lawrence of Middle Earth. The cleverness of his shots was more behind the scenes, how he worked with size and forced perspective and soforth to make those traditional heroic shots mesh with all his scaling tricks.
@@jasonblalock4429 We're talking best results not how they reached there. I don't think anything competes with Lawrence of Arabia in that category, well Blade Runner might, but it wasn't even mentioned. But LOTR absolutely deserves a mention.
I'm a film-buff, but also a thespian. Though the analysis doesn't always directly translate to the stage, I love the insight this channel gives in visual storytelling.
This channel is free filmschool.
The Flattest Eric yes!!
The Flattest Eric Abso-fuckin'-lutely true bro.
The Flattest Eric "uh, excuse me cineflix, is this gonna be on the test?"
The Flattest Eric I think the same too.ive learned more about the art of film then I ever have
Thats the only videos I see
"Much like Marion Crane... it's been dissected to death." Well done.
I had to stop and go back to make sure I had heard what I had just heard. That was god damned cold
That had me laughing so hard
I should not have laughed so hard at that.
This channel is real when it says "of all time".
Watchmojo just shows movies from '90s to 2017
Thats because these folks have film backgrounds, and educations. Watch Mojo just compiles videos of lists the fans make. They dont even bother to fact check. They make mistakes all the time. They once listed an F-14 Tomcat in the list of Top 10 Fixed Wing aircraft!!
Its a variable geometry wing.
To be fair, people vote on Watchmojo's list, and then they try to explain it. Not really their fault if not many of their viewers are cinephiles.
Decetop I don't think their lists fan made. Their "Top 10 Best 2016 Movies" list had Moonlight at #1. I would've expected Civil War or Deadpool to be #1 if the fans voted. Not many casual movie goers had even heard of Moonlight at the time.
Meeko not only that, I appreciate that they don't limit themselves to American cinema. While american film may be the most commercially successful, when examining the art of filmmaking it's a shame to limit yourself to just the most commercially viable or widely known. I would like to see more middle Eastern films from them, though, since that seems to be a bit of a weak spot in their representation of other film industries around the world.
Watchmojo = McDonalds, its crap but people like it.
That raging bull shot is incredible. Definitely one of my all time favorites
When I saw the extreme long shot category come up, I knew that they would do Lawrence of Arabia
The final fight with sugar rat Leonard’s is easily a top 10 scene of all time and that shot where the camera dolly zooms out in slow mo is top5
I love that you guys actually know about real film and aren't limited to the dark knight and marvel movies like so many other cinema channels.
I love that when they say best it's subjective; but it never really feels like that, because they truly analyze things, it's awesome.
Cough cough.... watchmojo
‘The Dark Knight’ though.
When you talked about the emotional power of the close-up I thought "sure, that seems to be right" and then Joan of Arc appeared and I honestly started to cry. I have never seen the film but the shot with her eyes shining with tears hit me like a sledgehammer. The power of filmmaking at its finest!
I'm glad I'm not the only one feeling like crying. I haven't seen the film either.
For YEARS that scene in The Godfather has always made me feel something in a strange way. I keep watching it to try and understand why it speaks to me but I've never gotten an answer....till you guys explained it. I absolulty love that you guys have cleared a mystery that's long been one of precious memories. Thank you.
I fucking LOVE these analysis videos. They really make me appreciate film more. :)
calm down bugger
_ I'm calm...
calmer 'n you are
How has no one else noticed how poorly shot the shower scene in Psycho is? It never looks like the knife is actually touch her. Just dismal!
Doesn't really need to...@@johnstrawb3521
Oh. My. God. That Raging Bull shot. WOW. No words for it's power
I know this video is 6 years old but man I love how you also used other shots to explain why the shot actually used was so effective. really helped not only my understanding, but my appreciation too
In Tommy Wiseau's The Room every shot is the best shot of all time.
Hammad Ali You are tearing me apart Lisa
Oh hi doggie
what a story mark.
Ok, let's be real here. It would take a 5 hour video to elaborate on the brilliance of just one shot in the room. Wiseau and Neil Breen really are the masters of film
Yeah, I'm waiting when they start doing videos called Best Shots Of All Time in The Room. In every video new TOP 5.
This is your best video ever and that is really saying something. Can this series just go on forever? Some day TH-cam scholars will count down the top ten Cinefix Videos.
The thing I love with the Scorsese clip is how much is achieved with that one shot. The angle shift from above to below accenting the power shift, the relaxation appearing in the characters movement, face and body stance, the decrease of fill light making use of the backlighting to make Ray more menacing and as you pointed out, the distancing from the audience, separating the two boxers from the world around them (and we've not even mentioned the sound work going on). All these things and still without making it feel distracting, everything just blends seamlessly.
The camels in the wide shot split the frame perfectly into thirds at the points where they cross each other. You can feel it coming, and it's super satisfying when it happens. Using thirds is a classic photography trick, but this is an especially beautiful example. Great vid, thanks!
my Favorite Close up is Pachino's in Godfather. The look in his eyes as he's getting ready to shoot Sollozzo. All that REM and then that sound of the train passing by. BRILLIANT
I thought he would at least mention it. IT'S BRILLIANT
You guys should do a list of best Blockbusters - where artistic direction and popular opinion meet at an intersection. That way you can really break down why something popular can also be something good.
eleiraeel yeees!!!
Would be interesting to hear their opinions on films like Transformers and Avatar.
great idea, yo
The dark knight
I agree, Mojo gets a lot of hate for including popularity and cultural iconicness into their picks, but I think those traits are still important.
I'd say my favorite shot is the opening shot on Clockwork Orange. It uses all of these mentioned shots all within one scene! starts out with a extreme close up and the camera backs away turning it into a close up, medium, and long shot. Nothing moves besides the camera. it's a perfect picture. Like a painting. It's amazing. I hope Cinefix brings that up in the next video.
The shot at 9:15 absolutely blew my mind. I had to rewatch it over and over, my God that's an incredible shot.
i absolutely love this series. I've learned so much about visual composition. I've learned to understand why certain scenes in movies were effective to me and others weren't. it's helped me understand how to convey what I want in an image. You guys are great :D
The lady of the lake catching Excalibur is my all time fave shot. Moves me to tears with the Twilight of the Gods music.
These lists are THE BEST film related stuff on TH-cam. Super well researched and produced and extremely informative. THANK YOU CINEFIX!
"the Psycho sequence has been dissected to death"
*instant like*
7:18 Absolutely perfect description of the wide shot.
I really cannot begin to describe how I appreciate everyone of these videos. So well put together, from both the writing and the editing! Well done! 👏
How anybody can dislike this, which essentially is an educational video, truly baffles me. It is not the choices they made which are important., it is the knowledge and wisdom which led them to the choices.
When I saw the extreme long shot category come up, I knew that they would do Lawrence of Arabia
good on ya!
Should have had an extreme tall shot, tbf. The high ceiling shot that doesn't convey expanse in area but of extreme oppression. Like Brazil, Blade Runner.
I really like how this channel shows its honorable mentions. it actually MENTIONS them rather than just showing them silently. I also like how every list is always different categories; you get a mix of all sorts of different things, and they always talk about what makes it good. Best new channel I've found in a while!
This is going to be an amazing series, I can feel it.
Underrated thing about this channel: they say our favorite and not the best. While movies do have objective aspects there is subjectivity on favorites
WatchMojo but with emotional maturity
And entertaining content.
And actual knowledge about movies.
InvalidWaffle98 and actually watchable
+Relik Art And with actual mojo.
I love these CineFix lists, but this one really takes the cake. The choices, the writing, the editing, the use of music - I think it's the best they've ever made.
Moonlight had some gorgeous ass shots.
Sam guy La La land had better ones
no it didn't. pretty colors and mediocre lighting doesn't equal great cinematography. plz dont compare it to Moonlight.
LaLa Land was shot pretty poorly tbh
Moonlight had ass shots?
I need to watch it again.
I thought the shot after the protagonist puts his head in the water with ice was beautiful, you can see the character changing in that exact preparing us for the next scene where he attacks his bully. I don't know but I loved that scene is so good
Gotta say, that last shot (the extreme long) gave me chills. I've never seen Lawrence of Arabia but clearly it's got to go on my list.
55 years and nobody has matched the epic of Lawrence of Arabia
Totally agree.
I just saw it in the theater. It really has never been topped.
I think "There will be blood" is up there.
The revenant did a good job too
I don’t know what I should do without CineFix... so in depth and detailed and well explained and arranged. I’m addicted.
Prepping myself to soak in the glory of this video
These videos are just perfect, from the knowledge they expel to the wonderful voice of the narrator who knows how to eventually evoke feelings from his comments without even having to use a difficult language or over-the-top expressions. This channel may be the best of its kind.
1:43 godDAMN that Hannibal Lecter close-up is chilling AF
RIP Jonathan Demme
This video must be one of the best movie roundup review in TH-cam right now, holy shit. No other movie ranking videos as widely knowledgeable and spot on as this one
This is fantastic. Eagerly anticipating the next one.
Guys, your use of music for this video was beyond any past video. This was an unbelievable exceptional videos in so many ways.
"dissected to death" - laughed so hard
Cinefix is one of the reasons why i look at films as an art form now.
Which is good considering i like acting, writing and directing.
I like taking notes for my own personal benefit.
This entire list could be barry lyndon
This is easily my favorite/best video you guys have ever done. And I cannot fucking wait for the other parts. I've said this before, and I'll say it again, CineFix's list videos are the best thing going on TH-cam right now.
Love your channel, cinefix!! Would you ever consider delving into the realm of tv for videos? Certain great tv pieces use such great film techniques (e.i. that last scene in Six Feet Under) that your take on great TV would be fascinating.
you did it again! I love cinema so much, I don't regret one single hour I spent watching all these films. this channel is a great reminder, thanks.
I love these videos so much
This channel is criminally underrated. These videos are awesome
A camera shot I REALLY hope you guys will mention in one of these videos is from Empire Strikes back right before Luke and Vader are about to Clash Light sabers for the very first time. Then there's an absolutely amazing wide shot of them silhouetted against blue steam everywhere (closest looking thing to epic indoor Storm clouds), and there lightsabers are glowing against the background.
Since Luke and Vader are silhouetted, but their lightsaber's blue and red glow are perfectly visible, I think it makes the fight have so much more weight. It's a fight of good vs evil. Not just Luke vs Vader.
And the shot is a long shot, giving plenty of space behind Luke and Vader, you don't know whether the fight will make one of them backup within that shot. And since Luke and Vader haven't fought with Lightsabers yet, what a brilliant way to add suspense, similar to how the Godfather Part 2's long shot does that.
Not saying this shot should be one of the main ones you guys talk about, since y'all have WAY better movie knowledge than me, but I'm hoping you guys at least give it a throwaway mention.
I'm glad you chose the extreme wide shot for Number 1, it's my favourite type too. It reminds us of how tiny and insignificant all these beautiful stories are, and that sense of scope is what keeps us human.
Inglourious Basterds' "Three Glasses" shot in the bar is incredible, I know you talked about it in a previous video , but it is still one of the best ever
Since seeing this scene, I've noticed Heidi Klum, on BGT, always indicates "3" with the German tumb,-index-middle fingers
Since seeing, I notice Heidi Klum uses the "German 3" fingers on BGT
This is like the best channel on movies on youtube. Of all time
Watchmojo is a pre-pubescent teen while Cinefix is a wise old man
I was thinking "It's been a while since the last cinefix list," and here you are. Yay!
I know you honoured it in your "scariest move moments" video but the suicide scene in Cache trounces The Godfather Part II's wide shot, still love it though.
Fincher Wright YES!! That scene shocked me. I never saw it coming, then I was like "holy shit!" lol
Fincher Wright Have to agree.
Yeah, actually another shocking sequence similar to Cache is in a film called The Seventh Continent, from the same director
Yeah, but in the bright side, we get a comment on a "new scene"
Cinefix has videos I can't play at 2x. Incredibly concentrated. What a channel!!!
13:48 _"[Norman's mother] then does this:"_
Oh, you... *You*... You're such a good guy.
Wow that shot at #3 is incredible. That shift of the camera and thus the tone of the shot is incredible.
6:59 i think the wideness of the shot is to create a voyeuristic distance and separation from the potential disaster about to unfold. there's a sense of helplessness created when the camera holds you back and forces you to watch it all in full view. to me the shot's effectiveness has more to do with depriving the audience's sense of "control" than the agony of imagination.
I started watching a lot of the movies you guys recommended and now, most of the time, when you start describing a shot, I already know the movie you will choose. :)) I used to like movies, but most of the time I had no idea why. This chanel really helped me understand movies and now I understand why I used to like some more than others. I learned about cinematography, technique, camera, directors, shots, light, colors and more, all in a fun, relaxing way, without even realizing it. Thank you guys.
Nice a new series!
As if I didn't love film enough, Clint's voiceovers make these videos 20x better. God I love this channel
Oooooo cinematography is my shit!! I love the art in itself. Roger Deakins is my favorite cinematographer and some of my personal list of best shot films I'd pick: Prisoners, Skyfall, Interstellar, No Country For Old Men, Inglourious Basterds, and Whiplash. But those are just off the top of my head. There are sooooo many others.
King of Wakanda Emanuel Lubezki is my favorite. Gravity, Birdman, and The Revenant are all intoxicating films to look at they're so fucking stunning. lol
Little correction: Interstellar was actually shot by Hoyte Van Hoytema, Inglourious Basterds was shot by Robert Richardson, and Whiplash was shot by Sharone Meir. Agreed though. Deakins is amazing.
Oh I know they aren't shot by him those are just films with my favorite cinematography.
Widen your viewpoint mate... Those are all modern movies, the real impressive cinematography is found in classics...
hooah
Lt. Col. Frank Slade The age of the film is not connected to the impressiveness of the cinematography
the closeup of Chris in Get Out when he's being hypnotised is breathtaking. the acting is incredible
Every shot from the room should be on this list.
Joan's face left me tear eyed. Again. As always. There's something so natural and universal about the human condition in Maria Falconetti's face that I can't help but feel overwhelmed everytime I see this shot. Similar things happen to me whenever I see old man Morten shouting for his missing son in the beach, in Ordet. Dreyer was one of the filmakers that better understood and portrayed loss and fear, and he always reflected those emotions in the most beautiful and respectfull of ways. He was a visionary, a master of his craft, and definetely one of the best filmakers of all the 20th century. I feel that sometimes his name is negleted and forgot in the sea of canonical names of the history of cinema. But at least personally, no other films had made feel so strongly those particular emotions that Dreyer's films excel at. More people need to watch his films.
Thank you for not assuming your audience is stupid, like Watchmojo.
So glad you included It Follows scene in this video. That movie is so underrated.
DUDE. how did Denethor eating from the return of the king not get any mention at all!?! thats an amazing example of a close up, an extreme close up, and a medium shot. c'mon bruh.
I would go ahead and also include the shots of Denethor first seen on the throne after Gandalf enters the hall, and Faramir riding with his men back to Osgilliath as long shots and extreme long shots respectively. I really don't think this channel gives modern movies the respect they deserve.
They are great. But modern movies are built on the foundation that movies of the past laid
Damn, I love this channel. I used to only really appreciate movies as a whole. Now I have a better understanding of all of the small and large elements that make movies immersive and magical.
What's the music in the background of 8:00?
This is... like... the best channel on TH-cam, I sometimes think. You discuss films with the perfect mix of intelligence, eloquence and passion. Keep it up.
I've got one for next episode - Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand (June 1914)
Really pleased to see some of my favorite shots from The Fountain in the random clips. I really wish most people loved that film as much as me
I need to get the remastered version of Lawrence of Arabia
CineFix Than you for not limiting this to just 10. As an avid film buff, and scholar, it tickles me to see you guys constantly show WatchMojo, and Looper, how it's done.
I think you might be dissing the medium-close shot a bit unfairly. It simulates the distance at which one might hold a conversation which is quite intimate in it's own way. Like sitting next to someone in a car, or in class, or in bed. And while it might work better with a full close-up is on really the same without the other? Or maybe that's just opinion.
Raging Bull is such a masterpiece and that shot is so genius it gives me chills
I remember watching, as a child, a movie with gorgeous cinematography and beautiful long shots, i think it was french.... and it was about a fucking flying soccer ball.
This has to be the best video released by Cinefix thus far. Such a great way to delve into methods of shots across so many genres and types of scenes. And the number of examples portrayed shows incredible research and dedication. Well done guys. Look forward to Pt 2. And 3.. and 4... and I mean, just keep going with this, I'll watch it.
Wayne's World got robbed for the extreme close-up
Good pick on that last one. That shot in Lawrence of Arabia truly is the BEST. A film fill of those shots that make him small, but THAT one, that's the shot that makes him huge as a character.
I was expecting "Rosebud" for the extreme c/u.
This channel is a a diamond in the rough on TH-cam.
1928: The Passion of Joan of Arc
2021: The Passion Of Christ 2: Judgement Day
as someone that aspires to be a cinematographer some day, this channel is amazing and this particular video series makes me SO EXCITED. Shots are my SHIT.
I hope this is a 1238 pt. series
And that is why this is the best movie related channel out there
Imma need yall to stop ignoring animated movies.
these are "shots" as in shot with a camera / cinematography.
Animation is irrelevant here.
Lt. Col. Frank Slade there are shots in animation also. The term is applied to moving pictures, I'm sure animation falls under that umbrella.
Animated films still have shots (i.e. when Ellie falls walking up the hill in Up, it is an extreme-long shot). But with animation, it is all up to the animators to decide what to do, and is not as impressive as the real thing. Some scenes in annimation are impressive as a whole (like the Incredibles dinner scene) but that is more for continuity annimation than the shots within the scene.
Shots within animated movies are beautiful, but there is a lack of innformation that comes with them.
They have done animations in the past.
This is not a weeb channel. Sorry
That was an emotional rollercoaster of awesome. Thanks for all of that. Gonna go marathon some CineFix now.
Nice
Oh God, this is such a great video in the way it explains different types of camera shots.
I learned a lot just by watching this and really paying attention to his explanations of the shots.
From extreme close ups to extreme long or wide shots, like the wide shots from Lawrence of Arabia, showing the tiny men on camels surrounded but the vastness of the desert sand, to the very tight shots from Psycho showing the murdered woman's mouth and then eye.
This is an absolutely amazing video.
This channel is without a doubt one of the best cinematography video makers out there, these videos are absolutely fantastic. If you want to check out something different though, feel free to take a look at our latest and very first video over on Venteo!
you don't have idea how much i love you, cinefix boy
crowd shots the opening of Modern times. (chaplin) if yoiu know it youll know. but it sets up not only the rest of the movies but really an analogues metaphor for all his films. the segue from the sheep to the factory workers. im not saying top pick. but on the list.
I have no words to describe how much i love this channel
I missed the mines of Moria sequence from the lord of the rings at number 5
The reason I'd leave Jackson off a list like this is - in terms of shot composition - he rarely did anything terribly new or innovative. Most of the really impressive sweeping shots in LOTR were just running the David Lean playbook - Lawrence of Middle Earth. The cleverness of his shots was more behind the scenes, how he worked with size and forced perspective and soforth to make those traditional heroic shots mesh with all his scaling tricks.
I guess you're right but it's still magical
@@jasonblalock4429 We're talking best results not how they reached there. I don't think anything competes with Lawrence of Arabia in that category, well Blade Runner might, but it wasn't even mentioned. But LOTR absolutely deserves a mention.
@@jasonblalock4429 Also Jackson did a dolly zoom without a subject when Frodo senses the black rider for the first time. That was pretty innovative.
I'm a film-buff, but also a thespian. Though the analysis doesn't always directly translate to the stage, I love the insight this channel gives in visual storytelling.
No shots from Suicide Squad? What kind of a list is this??
Julian Webb I know! And what the heck- I was waiting for the best movie: The Room!
And "the box". Great movie.
Suicide squad was great. Why you dissing bro?
Julian Webb Oscar winning Suicide Squad.
David Foster suicide squad made me suicidal.