oh my god, the focus on the row of glasses from The Young Victoria

@jaybugo

6 жыл бұрын

Alfo Media Right??? I literally said "oh wow!" Out loud. I gotta see the movie now that I saw that shot. Lol

@aryehlevine8677

6 жыл бұрын

Gabriel Ocasio same

@oddcasual5006

6 жыл бұрын

That shot actually got me f'd up and idk if I'd want to actually want to watch it again. It was so jarring to me.

@oldDNU

6 жыл бұрын

It just kept going! That movie’s on my radar now for that shot alone.

@jjsmith706

6 жыл бұрын

Goddam brilliant. I had to stop the video and watch it again, because I've never seen anything like it. I wish Lumet/Roizman had thought of it for the boardroom scene in Network.

When you showed the telephoto shot of Benjamin running in The Graduate, my mind immediately wandered to the repeated shot of Lancelot storming the castle in Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

@malindemunich2883

6 жыл бұрын

@Bananskuden

4 жыл бұрын

So did I!

@tutirutan111

3 жыл бұрын

Me too but at the Lawrence of Arabia scene haha!

@alexandernoahlyngberg3300

3 жыл бұрын

Wtf. Me too

@johnstrawb3521

Жыл бұрын

You've been corrupted.

the focus one is so good

@jasondoe2596

6 жыл бұрын

Indeed!

@nathanielpranger7370

6 жыл бұрын

It seems to me to create the effect of tears welling up in your eyes. Both on screen and in my actual eyes.

@minch333

6 жыл бұрын

Nathaniël Pranger I really like that interpretation of the shot! I saw it as representative of the woman's attention, as if she had a slight out of body experiences from the disbelief

@kevtb874

6 жыл бұрын

That really is a fantastic use of focus. Something I can't recall seeing very often. Such a great way to highlight a major turning point in the story. It gives you a moment of pause. It feels like Ben's attention is still on the mother. It feels like the daughter's attention is elsewhere. It feels like the movie itself is afraid to bring focus back on the poor girl. Just brilliant.

@patpallopoika

6 жыл бұрын

I just wonder why it isn't used more often🤔 Very effective and probably not that hard to pull

Re: The Graduate rack focus. Elaine's blurred face comes into focus as her confusion (blurred) becomes realization (more focused) becomes truth (focused) - "oh no."

@JohnSoh

6 жыл бұрын

That's how I saw it, and it came into focus as she said "Oh No" upon that realization

@davidlean1060

6 жыл бұрын

Which means Kathrine Ross would of needed a cue to let her know her face was back in focus. The timing of it is perfect.

11:52 That was a beautiful shot. I've never watched The Young Victoria before, but I kind of want to just for that.

@ronniedion4104

6 жыл бұрын

seriously.

@jonathanmelia

6 жыл бұрын

It’s actually incredibly dull...

@wierdalien1

5 жыл бұрын

@@jonathanmelia eh, it isn't dull but you have to be interested

I read the graduate shot as a realization. It slowly dawns on her. And when she puts the pieces together, she`s clear. I`m pretty sure the dude in the situation would be super focused and zoomed in on her eyes and mouth LOOKING intensely for signals. Not avoiding contact in shock, I mean, he knew the cougar was up to something devious, why is he so surprised?

@CoolDudesUnited

6 жыл бұрын

LLlap I think you're right.

@MyBoomStick1

6 жыл бұрын

I completely agree

@obelieoly3455

6 жыл бұрын

That's how I see it too... it's Elaine slowing having the situation become clear to her.

@keyman6689

6 жыл бұрын

That's how I interpreted it too. Either way it's a cool shot...surprising and powerful.

@kkfoto

5 жыл бұрын

One could interpret it either way (his focus on the empty space, avoiding her gaze, or the realization coming slowly to her). I though it was the first one. Great shot regardless of how you read it.

For the first time I know all the films showed in the video, does that mean I'm smart??, NOUP, it means I don't use enough time studying. Thanks cinefix for another great list.

@TheLaraR25

6 жыл бұрын

Man, can I relate to this

@user-qb3jg8ep9t

6 жыл бұрын

I don't see how watching these particular movies relates to being smart

@pd7161

6 жыл бұрын

not 'these particular movies' but the fact that he has happened to know/see 'all the films' in a video full of at least a hundred references. i wish i could say that, but i will be happy knowing i have a few good recommendations to check out. thank you, cinefix

@lucinae8510

6 жыл бұрын

I've seen at least 95% of films they talk about in each video, but I don't feel smart about it until they talk about what they did right.

@user-qb3jg8ep9t

6 жыл бұрын

Any movie for that matter

i feel like the shot from the graduate is actually Elaine coming to terms with the situation. Before, rushing around with noisy chaos, after, slowly focusing and realizing what exactly is happening. -good vid :]

@TheGioge99

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, exactly! I'm surprised they didn't interpret it that way.

@hopsiepike

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed. Male gaze vs female gaze. The genius here is that the shot is equally charged from both points of view, a rare accomplishment.

Okay, can I just say how WELL WRITTEN THESE VIDEOS ARE?! ANALYZING EACH OF THESE SHOTS ARE SO DIFFICULT BUT THEY MAKE IT SEEM SO...EASY AND SO NATURAL. This is honestly one of my favourite channels ever.

@FrenchAccentsChannel

9 ай бұрын

Yes, you can feel they actually love and respect cinema. It's not just clickbait tops that want to piggyback on films reputations like yt has become filled with.

Barry Lyndon is THE film where the phrase “every frame a painting” is most accurate. The zooms (as stated in the video) are meant to replicate/create the perception of an animated oil painting. Another notable thing to mention about the use of zooms is that the film zooms our throughout Barry’s life to show the scope and range that his life can lead. That his environment and circumstances have the potential for change as he still has his life ahead of him and opportunities available. However, the movie’s final shot zooms into Barry, signifying the doomed certainty his life has ultimately led to. He has lost everything and has no opportunities left available to him. This is as he enters his carriage to return home to Ireland, exiled from England and never to see his wife again.

Meanwhile at WatchMojo: Top 10 Logan Paul poops

@nizirascorner5883

5 жыл бұрын

Lol 😂

@notwerkinginthishouse8634

4 жыл бұрын

Logan Paul is stupid af

@leonardo9259

4 жыл бұрын

Cringe ass comment

If the mirage shot from Lawrence of Arabia isn't in then I'll... oh it is in. Good job Cinefix.

@fredbyoutubing

6 жыл бұрын

It's not a Cinefix list without at least one mention of Lawrence of Arabia!

@realgamergirl4638

6 жыл бұрын

Harrison Clark This isn't a Watchmojo list. It's an educational video masquarading as a top 5 list.

@gabrielgomez8814

6 жыл бұрын

Didn't they also use that scene in another 10 Top video. I think it was character introduction. Someone tell me.

@kostajovanovic3711

6 жыл бұрын

+Gabriel Gomez they did

@InvisiblerApple

6 жыл бұрын

What did you expect from Cinefix? I think the real question is, where is The Mirror? /s

The second I saw your choice of Fallen Angels, I immediately had to pause the video and start screaming "YES!". It is in my five unordered all time favorites, and one that I was really upset wasn't spoken of enough, and the best use of wide angles of all time. This. Is. Why. I. Love. You.

I've never really known a lot about lenses, so YAY!

@LordTenebrus

5 жыл бұрын

HAL! Open that F-stop HAL!

The focus on her in the Graduate can also be linked to her putting what's happening all together. Once she is in focus it clicks and she knows what has happened. Light bulb moment. Its brilliant sheer brilliance! You guys got any job opening?!?!?

Free film school class.

@mollycromb4412

6 жыл бұрын

For real...I've learned so much about movies and the making of them through this channel

@InvisiblerApple

6 жыл бұрын

I'm literally here for film class (although I've been here since long before)

@mancamiatipoola

5 жыл бұрын

And with a far more interesting teacher - The Narrator

I literally applauded in an empty room when you showed number four.

@wilsonsiregar5463

6 жыл бұрын

me too haha

@shyamwarrier9865

6 жыл бұрын

Me too 😂😂

@MattAndImprov

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, but I take that delay to be hers, not his. She's slowly realizing. If it were a POV, then maybe I'd see it from Benjamin's point of view, but I always took it as her clarity arriving. It's interesting to hear different people's takers explained.

@button9

6 жыл бұрын

That's how I saw it, the slow realization of pieces coming together in focus for her - we're watching her brain register in the form of a focus.

@TheSmilyInc

6 жыл бұрын

Dude, same

The Graduate is one of those movies that just makes me feel like a shitty film maker. It's 50 years old, yet so subtley genius and innovative.

@gnarthdarkanen7464

6 жыл бұрын

At least it gives you some notation... a sort of "measuring stick" by which you can aspire through that notation to understand where you want to go and possibly on some level, how to get there. You mention it as "one of those movies"... SO you might well consider writing that list down, and from time to time going back to those movies to scratch out and refine your notes over time... Using them in future reference "style" you can make the exercises of which elements to employ from what movies and for which desired effect or influence. I don't think you should regard yourself as a "shitty" film maker. You are a less informed or experienced or practiced film maker by comparison.... BUT these are mainstream feature level films, not one-offs created by nobodies out of family garages or the like... It's pretty stiff competition, and certainly they also had their share of "shitty films" before anything of a tangible worth came of their craft. ;o)

@CoolDudesUnited

6 жыл бұрын

gnarth d'arkanen the list idea is good. I'll do that! And I don't really think I'm shitty. I'm pretty decent. But movies like The Graduate are just so inspiring that it's a bit overwhelming.

@gnarthdarkanen7464

6 жыл бұрын

Matt Fitch, I can understand that sentiment. It's kind of what the whole list idea is about, really... When you first start, of course, there's going to be this big long list of stuff... BUT that puts into tangible writing a series of steps, each of them FEASIBLY ACHIEVABLE... Then, as you tackle and experiment with them, you will find them integrating into your style, quite possibly without you really even focusing on it so much as just experimenting and "playing at them", even in spare time... Digital film is re-usable... so cheap! Then all you invest per-step (per detail or technique written) is a little bit of time. AND I didn't really believe you saw yourself as shitty, but it was a line worth saying... just one artist to another. ;o)

the focus on the row of glasses is amazing

As soon as I saw Anne Bancroft in the thumbnail I got so excited. The Graduate is film perfection.

This exact zoom from Barry Lyndon impressed me so greatly 20 years ago. I never came across anyone who saw the movie, let alone had the experience with this one particular shot that I had... and here it is: A best shot of all time on Cinefix. Thumbs up for understanding!

I mean call me cliché, but Citizen Kane is a treasure trove of the greatest cinema defining shots of all time. The dolly back from young charles foster kane keeping him framed in the window while his mother signs his care to Thatcher, the best use of deep focus ever when Thatcher is reading off Kane's lost assets as Kane gets up from his chair and starts to shrink into the background, that obscene mirrored hallway shot, etc.

@Waxalousgalaxy

6 жыл бұрын

They are great shots but wouldn't be appropriate for this list because most of the deep focus shots were made by combining to different shots in a optical printer.

Another way of interpreting that last shot from The Graduate, is that the lack of focus represents the way Elaine reacts in that moment. It’s as if is she slowly starts processing what just happened, and then - quite literally - everything falls into focus. Great video!

that 4th pick literally made me gasp out loud. I love every Movie List video your team produces. You help me remember why I love film so much. Thanks yet again. You're inspiring and educating us all to the beauty and awe of cinema.

As soon as you said zoom I thought Barry Lyndon

@Thecoolguy463

6 жыл бұрын

Sudev Sen movie has the most vicious zoom game ever lol

@AngusRobert

6 жыл бұрын

Pull out! Pull out!

I can't adequately put into words, what this video did to my brain. So many things clicked, understanding rained down. It was like an entire cinematography class in 15 minutes. Thank you for this, thank you.

Beautiful and elucidating as always.

Just discovered Terry Gilliam and his work, so happy you mentioned him

1:48 Love how the card at the bottom says dr. Strangelove etc.

Love the focus segment! One of my all-time favorites: when Oskar leaves the school, and the blue of the shopping bags matches the blue of the jalopy in Let the Right One In. A memorable shot in a film filled with 'em!

I fucking LOVE that rack focus in The Graduate. So devastating

GREAT VIDEO! One of my faves keep it coming! Would be interested in a best shots lists that focused on shots through objects (doors, keyholes, body parts, etc.)

OMG I LOVE these videos! This series is what inspired me to start watching Tarkovsky. That break down of the rack focus shot in this video of 'The Graduate' was brilliant!

the analysis on the Graduate focus shot... that is SO well done and shows me things I never thought about. Great work.

I love these lists. They make me look for little details in movies and appreciate film in general more

This series is the best work you do. Please keep going!

Thank you so much for this video. I’m a film lover and I like to try and make my own films and this information on lenses and focal length is just fascinating and you showed and explained it perfectly. Thank you!

It's not that I missed any of this watching the films. I just didn't know they were happening. Mind/blown: out of all your excellent videos, this one is the most distilled one yet. I had no idea that it would be possible to show so much about how much is accomplished by good filmmaking, in four shots.

This is great stuff. I love movies and I'm enjoying learning about what is it that makes me love movies.

There’s an excellent snap-zoom in The Sting when Luther does that both intensifies the emotion of the moment and the shock of it to Johnny Hooker. (Why you guys never seem to mention The Sting kinda baffles me.)

Good work as always

This is my favorite series of yours. Please, please keep it up.

One of my favorite examples of zooming out from a stationary subject is the end of the bridge scene in Columbia. Beautiful shot. Perfect for the context of the exchange.

You guys are amazing! Thank you for creating this channel.

11:52 - My OCD side loves that shot. Wow. Thanks to whomever set the table and the shot. It's lovely.

Love this so much, thank you thank you thank you

I'm so happy you talked about The Graduate here. I watched it when I was 13. It was the very first movie that made me conscious about all these techniques directors use to convey emotions...and turned me into a hardcore movie buff. lol

Love Your "Best"-series... so great

Challenging and brilliant as ever. Thanks for this.

stellar choices, just wow

As a (shitty) amateur photographer, I approve of this episode! Great job, CineFix. Now I've gotta watch _Fallen Angels_ :)

Do a list for Best Screenplays!!

Great job guys, this was an absolutely amazing video.

Every time one of these videos drops, I go in hoping a movie I love will be on there, and I end up graciously leaving with new films to watch.

There's another great focus pull in It's A Wonderful Life -- when George storms out of the house in anger after yelling at his family, he walks by the camera and drifts out of focus. Just thought I'd give it a mention since I love it so much. Great video as always!

Cinefix, you're the film friend I wish I had. Thank you.

That last one WOW. that's amazing work. Brillaint shot.

I love that you are not concerned only on the Hollywood cinema and taking into account international cinema!

Love these lists

I like how you added the green peaking in the shot from The Graduate.

@mfreeman313

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you mentioned it. Wondered if I was having a stroke. Seriously I assume it's some form of chromatic aberration I've never seen before. Nuts.

SO HAPPY you didn't sleep on Wong Kar Wai. I was thinking to myself "I hope they don't go for the easy choice of Jean Pierre Junet or Terry Gilliam..." then you went with my favorite of all his movies. Well done.

I know you have before but thanks for mentioning The Master once again. One of the most beautifully shot (and acted) movies I've ever seen.

You guys nail it every time

Brilliant list!

I never saw your rack focus pull choice coming but as soon as you said The Graduate I knew what it would be and couldn't agree more.

Love these videos. Makes me want to go out and play with my camera.

Brilliant analysis thx 🤠🎥👍

Great,great video once again

that was very informative!!! great job👏

Insightful analysis Thanks

Love this List!!! I liked the zoom in zoom out from guy richie in codename uncle

The slow focus on Elaine shows the real-time realization and focus in Elaine's mind of the hard-edged truth.

the glass focus thingy in young victorian is nuts!

Great list, as usual.

That whole sequence from The Graduate, with the following zoom out in the corridor is masterful.

CineFix doing it amazingly again

Please do a Top-Ten on best sound design / most unique sound design! Love your work!

I'm glad you had a scene from Barry Lyndon. Barry Lyndon is like a secret jewel only able to be appreciated by those who know what it is to see beauty. Kubrick was an absolute master of scene composition, if that't the right set of words to use.

I love this channel so much

One point about the telephoto shot from Barry Lyndon that you didn't point out was the excellent framing. Not only did it isolate Barry, then pull away to make him seem small against the world, but in the beginning with the tight shot, the world seems bright. But because of the brilliant positioning of the camera, when the pull out is complete, the frame is mostly dark. Absolutely spectacular framing and positioning.

Your analysis is divine.

I love this series.

Cinefix, this is so helpful for aspiring filmmakers

very nice! i like every shot of it! :)

Yes!!! Finally a video that talks about The Graduate!

great video, thanks

oh this was what i subscribed to this channel for

I also love that shot from the graduate, but I always saw it as things literally "coming into focus" for the daughter. That the audience gets to see through the slow refocusing the daughter putting things together, until the whole picture is revealed. But I never thought about it as you guys have here, focusing on the emptiness of where Mrs. Robinson used to be instead of focusing on the out of focus face. Well now I need to go listen to some Simon & Garfunkel. What a turn this day has taken...!

@danielrhuron

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, I've never thought about the shot the way they did here. They're read makes sense, though: We are seeing the shot through his POV after all, but my first read has always been that the slow focus on her face was representative of her putting two and two together and then ... "Oh no."

There was a shot in a Mindhunter episode directed by Asif Kapadia that actually dynamically changed the aperture. The focal point didn't change, and the focal length didn't change, but the aperture was enlarged *during the shot* to dynamically isolate the character from the rest of the scene by making everything else slowly go out of focus. I had to watch it again because it was so incredible. Never saw anything like that before.

@josephalmazan4805

6 жыл бұрын

A Olson can you tell me what episode?

@candlechantchalice538

7 ай бұрын

That series had some of the best camera work and editing I've ever seen.

great job in explaining things

Great stuff

About damn time!

spot on, thanks gang.

Wow... Great video

I mess your round tables. Your best of the year. Back at the start of 2017 you guys had amazing names for me - that was how I got into your channel and into Pak Chan Wook , really.

Great analysis

The last one was soooo briliant!

Wow, thanks!

Excelente video.

this channel is goals