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while we're thinking about positive examples of direction and blocking for film musicals, I give you Jacques Demy, who has a pretty incredible sense of how his frame impacts the rhythm and beauty of his dancers:
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the thing about Demy is how he was a master at making sure we always saw the full bodies of his performers while still beautifully composing for a widescreen frame, like the iconic sequence with Gene Kelly:
Holding a wide master where you can see the choreography facing the camera unobstructed. What a crazy concept 😐
A good scene to remind everyone sets and costumes can look beautiful, realistic and enchanted all at the same time.
Young Girls of Rochefort is one of my favorite films ever. So good
learned with the best.
okay well now I wanna watch Young Girls of Rochefort
Glad Wicked has continued this tradition. Looking forward to see it winning many technical awards for it’s spectacular statecraft.
George Chakiris sighting??
I've now been cursed to try and recall the indie pop artist who used this scene (or something very similar) in her music video, circa 2009. I have limited information otherwise. Dang it. Great Tweet though!
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