blog 6 (six)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6dm9rN6oTs (the scene, in case you want to view it!)

38 seconds shot..i'm sorry these drawing aren't the most wonderful thing to look at, i am insanely bad at this, hopefully my writing makes up for my art failure. thanks!

Overhead - the circles are the people, the messy thing is the fire, behind them is a Native American TP type of thing.

At 22 seconds the rule of thirds is used, the rule of thirds is used at every shot it seems and the 180 degree rule is not used as the camera stay in essentially the same position the entire time changing only it’s focus. The 30-degree rule is used as the camera shifts to focus on different characters – this is beneficial as they are all around a campfire. It was obvious to the maker’s of the film that the rule would work and improve their movie. The rule of thirds is practically always used, whether it is their cowboy hat(s) and beans that are at a point or intersection or a face. The shots are never boring, which is required of any serious film. This can be seen especially in any one of the last three shots: 31, 38 and 46 seconds. In fact the character’s heads are practically perfectly aligned with the rule of thirds lines.

In conclusion, I wouldn’t exactly say the director broke any rules; rather they found what would work for their artist vision and used what they needed to make what they wanted. They used the rules; the rules didn’t use them. I think that’s important to keep in mind – the rules are tools you can use to make your art. But if you strictly follow the rules, what you get probably won’t be too interesting. You have to get creative within the boundaries. The top people at a given field are at the top because they played within the rules but did something different. That is what I found here and I think that’s very important, in my view (no pun intended!). A great scene from a great movie, I hope you liked it (again I’m sorry about my drawing ability, the scenes took me forever!).