A Prologue to Birdman.

So here's a very little segment to tide you over until I next bother to enter anything bulky.

Technically it's not in the boundaries of the rules because it's not directly referencing a clip from a film, but then again, the clip that I am about to make reference to is less than a minute long, and to read the other article wouldn't take up the remaining 2 minutes, so I say it counts, it's an info piece. 

Or something.

I'm going to call this 'A Prologue to Birdman', as it's still available for viewing in cinemas (Go. Seriously.), and then I'll come back to it after having a bit of time off to think about what I most enjoy about the film and which section I'll choose.

Ah who am I kidding. It'll be THAT camera move, watch this space.

Anyway, THIS is going to be more of a post to just get you to watch out for the style the film follows, and the amount of admiration I have for the people pulling it off, both in front and behind the camera. It's a properly ballsy, but oh so beautiful way to shoot a film, with the long sweeping takes that remove the needs for multiple cuts as everything is covered in a motion, and you feel like the narrative is being conveyed as well as any other film, but without the need for much in the way of selective editing. If this catches on then part of what my friends and I do for people will be redundant, please don't catch on.

So the reasons for giving it a huge pat on the back, the planning, narrative wise with the blocking of scenes to convey the story, along with technically pulling off such a feat from the point of view of the camera being in the right spot, and everything being lit correctly and balanced for no need to change camera settings (I'd assume anyway, not sure if you could or would auto rig the camera so someone on a monitor could change settings in motion?).

So yeah, go watch Birdman while you still have the chance, and after reading about this you wont end up doing what I did and spend the first 10 minutes of the film wondering how the bloody hell they managed to pull it off so well. 

Here's that article I mentioned. Have a read, have a watch, enjoy it and go provide some much needed capital to people providing quality products to the global film industry!

Yes these posts need more pictures. I'll sort it out.