“You can just point the camera and let the scene play out… Let the actors do what they do: tell the story.” There is a brand new cinema video essay out this week from the iconic YouTube channel known as “Every Frame a Painting“. They originally ran from 2014 to 2016 (we posted many back then) then stopped for a while. Now they’re back preparing to release a short film called The Second. This video essay is about “The Sustained Two-Shot,” which they use in their short film. The two-shot is a filmmaking / cinematography technique of framing two actors in conversation together. Sustained means it keeps going through the scene – with major examples referenced from films like Pulp Fiction, There Will Be Blood, The Dark Knight, Good Will Hunting, La La Land, The Big Lebowski, and many other classics. There’s also a famously long one in Steve McQueen’s Hunger. If you’re a filmmaker or just want to learn more, this is a must watch video essay. // Continue Reading ›
