I am not going to be mean but this movie Killer of Sheep was painful to watch. Yes some of it was the lambs being killed and gutted, which was lovely to see but not the most difficult part of the movie to watch. The most difficult part of watching this movie was the use of camera effects. I understand that this is a visual novel but the use of the camera was not used to its fullest and seemed thrown together. One of the pet peeves that I had was easily shown with the scene of the engine being carried down the stairs. The shot follows the characters Stan and Bracy caring the engine down the stairs. This scene was done at multiple angles and multiple shots. The first shot of them taking the engine out the door exemplifies one of the peeves that the camera shot tracks the two and it seems the camera man switches between the engine and the characters. This is just one of the many examples where the camera is at a mid shot and cuts out characters, their faces, and scenery. I feel like if a wider shot was used more of the scene could have affected the viewers more. The other part of the scene is following of the engine as it moves down the stairs. As the engine gets to the stairs, the shot changes for the worse. The camera gets in close showing the engine and then tilting down to show the step and back up. Again as said above a wider shot or a zoomed out shot would have conveyed the shot better. As they set the engine down (most likely to take a break) the shot improves dramatically with a full shot of the situation the guys are in. The camera comes back in for a close up and back out to the full shot and back in where the guys set the engine back down for the second time. This is where it gets worse, the camera stay zoomed in and the stairs its self get in the way and you only see the characters in maybe 1/4th of the shot. I feel like the same shot could have been accomplished with what was discussed in our first class. Use the shot of the characters in the full shot and them moving down the stairs, when they pause zoom in then skip a head to further down the second part of stairs but a full shot facing the engine. This could have cut scene time and made a better viewing experience overall. The last painful/cringe worthy moment is when the engine is put in the truck. As someone with a truck and moves a large amount of stuff, I knew that engine would fall. All that work would be for nothing and felt so bad for him.
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Painful scenes in Killer of Sheep
I am not going to be mean but this movie Killer of Sheep was painful to watch. Yes some of it was the lambs being killed and gutted, which was lovely to see but not the most difficult part of the movie to watch. The most difficult part of watching this movie was the use of camera effects. I understand that this is a visual novel but the use of the camera was not used to its fullest and seemed thrown together. One of the pet peeves that I had was easily shown with the scene of the engine being carried down the stairs. The shot follows the characters Stan and Bracy caring the engine down the stairs. This scene was done at multiple angles and multiple shots. The first shot of them taking the engine out the door exemplifies one of the peeves that the camera shot tracks the two and it seems the camera man switches between the engine and the characters. This is just one of the many examples where the camera is at a mid shot and cuts out characters, their faces, and scenery. I feel like if a wider shot was used more of the scene could have affected the viewers more. The other part of the scene is following of the engine as it moves down the stairs. As the engine gets to the stairs, the shot changes for the worse. The camera gets in close showing the engine and then tilting down to show the step and back up. Again as said above a wider shot or a zoomed out shot would have conveyed the shot better. As they set the engine down (most likely to take a break) the shot improves dramatically with a full shot of the situation the guys are in. The camera comes back in for a close up and back out to the full shot and back in where the guys set the engine back down for the second time. This is where it gets worse, the camera stay zoomed in and the stairs its self get in the way and you only see the characters in maybe 1/4th of the shot. I feel like the same shot could have been accomplished with what was discussed in our first class. Use the shot of the characters in the full shot and them moving down the stairs, when they pause zoom in then skip a head to further down the second part of stairs but a full shot facing the engine. This could have cut scene time and made a better viewing experience overall. The last painful/cringe worthy moment is when the engine is put in the truck. As someone with a truck and moves a large amount of stuff, I knew that engine would fall. All that work would be for nothing and felt so bad for him.
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