True Detective S01E04 Famous Long Shot Analysis

Rupert 2022-10-11 03:29:35

The long shot starts with the in-car shot and ends with the in-car shot. The long shot is disassembled and analyzed according to the scene changes.
I have time to sort out other interesting points in this shot

1. Everyone walks to the door, the camera advances
2. Enters house A, and patrols the rooms with the male protagonist’s perspective.
Highlight 1: The camera "hit" the corner of the wall to create a real sense of the corner.
Highlight 2: Flick the camera and explain why the male protagonist is stunned.
Highlight 3: Advance the camera and observe the outdoor situation through the gap of the window.
Highlight 4: When the male protagonist drags the child away, the camera moves down, and after the child leaves, the camera rises.
Back in the cluttered living room, at the wall separating the two rooms, taking into account the conditions of both rooms.
Highlight 1: The camera is advanced, and the goods hidden in the wall are clearly captured.
Highlight 2: Group portrait shooting, the character of each policeman and gangster is shown to a certain extent.
Highlight 3: In the out of control scene, the sequence of the scene out of control is described through the switching of the shots.
3. The two male protagonists leave from the back door of house A and cross the road.
Highlight 1: The camera abandons the male protagonist, focuses on House A, and continues to shoot the scene of the melee in the house.
Highlight 2: With the helicopter beam on the ground, the camera is thrown upward to shoot the helicopter in the air.
Highlight 3: In the air, the camera rotates in the direction of the helicopter's U-turn, and naturally falls back to the two male protagonists.
4. The male protagonist enters house B.
Highlight 1: The camera moves quickly to create a sense of urgency.
Highlight 2: Close-up of the male protagonist's front, and then shoot the phone call scene and the state of other people in the house from behind him at the same time.
Highlight 3: With the male protagonist's body range, the camera shakes slightly, but it does not make the audience dizzy.
5. The male protagonist leaves house B.
Highlight 1: Follow the male protagonist closely, wait for the male protagonist to run before starting with the male protagonist.
Highlight 2: When the male protagonist is fighting with a gangster, the camera is zoomed in, and when the second gangster appears, the camera is zoomed out to better capture the three-person fighting scene.
6. The two male protagonists run around house C.
Highlight 1: Naturally shift to the side for better shots when encountering plants.
Highlight 2: Follow the shot through the drying sheets, and express the movement from the shadow outline on the sheets.
7. The two male protagonists run to house D.
Highlight 1: The male protagonist fled to the back of the house, the camera abandoned the male protagonist, and followed a gangster to shoot tense scenes from the front and inside of the house.
Highlight 2: The camera leaves the front of the house, and the male protagonist quickly enters the camera without an empty mirror.
8. The hero leaves the block.
Highlight 1: Close-up of the wall-climbing action, raising the camera to shoot the wall-climbing action from above.
Highlight 2: Follow the shot at a long distance, and the lens is lowered.

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True Detective quotes

  • Detective Ray Velcoro: If you ever bully or hurt anybody again, I'll come back and butt fuck your father with your mom's headless corpse on this goddamn lawn.

  • Detective Ray Velcoro: Sometimes a good beating provokes personal growth.