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The Lord of the Rings is a masterpiece. It's easily the best trilogy ever made and, taking its influence in the world of visual effects and high scale cinema, it's possibly the most important film of the 21st century. Peter Jackson made something extraordinary. That said, his direction has some issues.
This video essay is a nitpicky analysis that points out some visual problems Jackson consistently makes throughout "The Fellowship of the Ring", "The Two Towers" and "The Return of the King".
We'll go through his framing issues, which include too many close-ups and not enough attention given to the extraordinary sets during most shots. There's the non-stop camera movement too, that is extraordinary in wide shots, but excessive in private moments. Why so many push-in close-ups, by the way? Then there's the blocking, which could be better.
But Jackson does many things amazingly well. His Sweeping Wide Shots are jawdropping and they make him a master of spatial continuity. The audience is always visually told about the size, distance and scope of each important element. His battle scenes are also amazing thanks to how detailed each action is. And that's the secret of why the films work so well: details. And Howard Shore. What music!
00:00 The Lord of the Rings
01:06 Close-ups
03:26 Blocking
04:42 Framing
06:20 Cuts
07:51 Camera Movement
09:38 Sweeping Wide Shots
11:16 Bad Framing
12:40 Sad aside...
13:00 Details
Scheming Weasel (faster version) by Kevin MacLeod incompetech.com
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Brandenburg Concerto No4-1 BWV1049 - Classical Whimsical by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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The Lord of the Rings is a masterpiece. It's easily the best trilogy ever made and, taking its influence in the world of visual effects and high scale cinema, it's possibly the most important film of the 21st century. Peter Jackson made something extraordinary. That said, his direction has some issues.
This video essay is a nitpicky analysis that points out some visual problems Jackson consistently makes throughout "The Fellowship of the Ring", "The Two Towers" and "The Return of the King".
We'll go through his framing issues, which include too many close-ups and not enough attention given to the extraordinary sets during most shots. There's the non-stop camera movement too, that is extraordinary in wide shots, but excessive in private moments. Why so many push-in close-ups, by the way? Then there's the blocking, which could be better.
But Jackson does many things amazingly well. His Sweeping Wide Shots are jawdropping and they make him a master of spatial continuity. The audience is always visually told about the size, distance and scope of each important element. His battle scenes are also amazing thanks to how detailed each action is. And that's the secret of why the films work so well: details. And Howard Shore. What music!
00:00 The Lord of the Rings
01:06 Close-ups
03:26 Blocking
04:42 Framing
06:20 Cuts
07:51 Camera Movement
09:38 Sweeping Wide Shots
11:16 Bad Framing
12:40 Sad aside...
13:00 Details
Scheming Weasel (faster version) by Kevin MacLeod incompetech.com
Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0
Free Download / Stream: bit.ly/scheming-weasel
Music promoted by Audio Library youtu.be/2CapGaKMsWU
Investigations by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Source: incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100646
Artist: incompetech.com
Brandenburg Concerto No4-1 BWV1049 - Classical Whimsical by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Source: incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100303
Artist: incompetech.com
Bensound: "Sexy" - Royalty Free Music
