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Artemis · 5w
The first scenes of Batman Begins are doing nothing to disprove the hypothesis. There isn't anything inherently wrong with the idea. I think some people would consider it part of Nolan's "naturalisti...
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What do you think? Do you think putting everything smack dab in the middle of the frame is Nolan's default? How do you think this compares with the styles of other "auteur" filmmakers?

If you see this tendency in Nolan, how do you feel about it? Do you like it or even prefer it? Or does it put you off?

My first thoughts are that it seems safe, boring, & maybe a wee bit lazy artistically, but I dunno. A lot of people *really* like his style & think his films look incredible.
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Artemis · 5w
No wonder he prefers an aspect ratio closer to a square. Widescreen formats don't let you *really* center everything, because the height isn't there to fill the bottom & top around whatever is centered. To me, The Odyssey trailer looks great in its original aspect ratio, but kind of bland & crampe...
Sin Vega · 5w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq37ruf9lq7ue3fh35p5sltcpsrsvkdfk6vuxtmaglzqd024t3w7ms93nmr0 made me think of my favourite onion headline. Editorial "by" John Grisham: "Now that I know about foreshadowing, I'm going to use it in all of my books"
Alessandro Corazza 🇨🇦 · 5w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq37ruf9lq7ue3fh35p5sltcpsrsvkdfk6vuxtmaglzqd024t3w7ms93nmr0 I think blocking and camera movement is way more important than framing. Really unusual framing comes across as tryhard and takes me out of the immersion of the movie.