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Another great bit of blocking, staging, and subtle camera movement in Steven Spielberg's A.I. Artificial Intelligence to continually reshape this moving master shot. Arguably six unique compositions in one. What I always love about these shots is the way in which they are intentionally telling an evolving story. This... show more

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Mr. Morales & the big steppers’1 year ago

I get excited for these type of videos!! 🔥🔥🔥

Scott Jeschke1 year ago

So glad. They are a lot of fun to make

Bi-tácora bicolor1 year ago

Jesus

Scott Jeschke1 year ago

😂😂

Mandana Wright1 year ago

This film just ruins me. Absolute puddlemode.

Tanyeno1 year ago

Love this!

rascalsandals1 year ago

This movie is AI !!!!!

P.J. Marino1 year ago

I love these, Scott. Btw I did a play once w/ Sam Robards who plays the husband here. Great great guy.

Scott Jeschke1 year ago

Thanks, PJ! Whoah! Very cool

FictionalGUY1 year ago

I have a questions and will try to articulate it the best way possible. 1. How do you control the pacing of the oners consisting of multiple shots stitched together? Because they way I understand it. If the oner was shot in multiple coverages, the editor has control over pacing.

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475,026 views • 1 year ago

New blocking and staging breakdown of THIS SHOT from Steven Spielberg's, THE FABELMANS, which has arguably 9 unique compositions or "shots" in 1. It's one of the most complex shots in The Fabelman's, which overall leans a little simpler in the way of staging and camera work than Spielberg's other films. But what I love about this shot is the way in which it tells a story. In this one shot, both of Logan's lovers now see him in a new light, and suddenly, Sammy's girlfriend has a reignited interest in him because his film brought down the house. We also see Logan's feelings of being a fraud from his rejection of his pals. It's old-fashioned but really lovely storytelling through old-school blocking. THE FABELMANS 2022 - Dir Steven Spielberg - Credit due also to Spielberg's team, Janusz Kaminski, and the actors, Sam Rechner, Chandler Lovelle, Isabelle Kusman, Monica Sherwood #spielberg #FilmTwitter #directing

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Scott Jeschke

78,681 views • 1 year ago

This blocking and camera movement breakdown is from Steven Spielberg's Minority Report. This one's a little different because it's a steadicam shot so the compositions flow very quickly at times. I don't like to call ALL of Spielberg's multi-composition shots oners because, typically, they are just old-school blocking, staging and cam movement. Actor's moving at specified dramatic blocks, and the camera moving to reframe for unique compositions, that these day's would more likely be broken into shots on most films. This one could arguably be called a oner though since it's a full scene in one continuous shot. I count 11 compositions in this steadicam shot. Minority Report - 2005 Credit due also to Spielberg's team, Janusz Kaminski (DP), and the Steadicam operator Gregory Lundsgaard (per IMDB). #filmtwitter #spielberg #directing #steadicam #MinorityReport

This blocking and camera movement breakdown is from Steven Spielberg's Minority Report. This one's a little different because it's a steadicam shot so the compositions flow very quickly at times. I don't like to call ALL of Spielberg's multi-composition shots oners because, typically, they are just old-school blocking, staging and cam movement. Actor's moving at specified dramatic blocks, and the camera moving to reframe for unique compositions, that these day's would more likely be broken into shots on most films. This one could arguably be called a oner though since it's a full scene in one continuous shot. I count 11 compositions in this steadicam shot. Minority Report - 2005 Credit due also to Spielberg's team, Janusz Kaminski (DP), and the Steadicam operator Gregory Lundsgaard (per IMDB). #filmtwitter #spielberg #directing #steadicam #MinorityReport

Scott Jeschke

220,837 views • 1 year ago

Here's a fun one. 4 compositions in 1 shot in Steven Spielberg's Minority Report. I like this shot for how it utilizes depth. It's all pans, tilts and focus pulls. There are no zooms, tracks, etc, and yet it's dynamic and tells the story in a really effective way. We don't see Anderton's face, and yet we picture it so clearly. It's so simple but very smartly conceived. God bless the focus puller though! By the way, with these breakdowns, I know I'm far from the first to talk about these multi-composition shots/ blocking and camera work from Spielberg. I'm not presuming to be. And I'm fairly certain every notable director ever has studied these shots for years, as I have. It's nothing new. For me, it's simply an exercise in dissecting it for myself and understanding the shots better. I'm not saying that the shots were necessarily constructed/conceived in the exact way they are deconstructed. I'm just having fun, and sharing for those who are also curious. Minority Report - 2005 Credit due also to Spielberg's team, Janusz Kaminski, and the actors, Tom Cruise and Steve Harris. #filmtwitter #spielberg #directing #tomcruise #MinorityReport

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Scott Jeschke

35,195 views • 1 year ago

(4/4) One more blocking and camera move breakdown from Steven Spielberg's Munich for today. This shot is truly insane. Essentially 6 "shots" in 1 (or rather compositions) As to how they did the dolly move in a car (My guess the car was split in half and flown in and out, or maybe there is compositing with the mirrors) that's above my pay-grade, and some things are just best left to movie-magic. Gonna do some other films soon! Thanks for watching and sharing. Munich 2005 Dir Steven Spielberg DoP Janusz Kaminski

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82,335 views • 1 year ago

Been wanting to do another one of these blocking and staging breakdowns for weeks now. Here's a shot that I've always marveled at this shot from Steven Spielberg's HOOK. With blocking, staging and camera movement Spielberg manages to combine 11 compositions or what I'll call here "Shots" into one shot. What's amazing about this shot is that most people probably wouldn't even notice. And that's a good thing. It's no surprise he went on to make multiple 3D movies, because he really is a master of depth. There's some dollying and by my count, one zoom, but otherwise, this shot is entirely conceived by his use of pan, tilts, actor movement and rack focusing. It's a masterclass in using depth as a tool for storytelling. And on that note, what's so incredible about this shot is how purposeful each composition is in telling the emotional story. As annotated in pink. Hoping to do some non-Spielberg ones soon too, but it's hard to resist because, even though many came before him, I think he's truly the master of this old-school type of blocking and staging. HOOK 1991 - Dir Steven Spielberg - Credit due also to Spielberg's team, DP Dean Cundey, and the actors: Robin Williams, Maggie Smith and Caroline Goodall GLOSSARY of Abbreviations/Terms used: ECU - Extreme Close Up CU - Close Up MCU - Medium Close Up M (or MS) Medium Shot MLS - Medium Long Shot LS - Long Shot ELS - Extreme Long Shot FAVORING: (Who's face is favored by camera) BLOCKING: Where/when the actor positions themself relative to camera/ dramatic beats "SHOT" - (Just using this to say composition or what would be a shot - if there was a cut/setup) #FilmTwitter #spielberg #directing

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84,922 views • 1 year ago

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