I've always had an appreciation for good cinematography... now, doubly so

April 22, 2010 12:19 PM

Movies in Frames: Reducing motion pictures to just pictures - 4 pictures, to be precise
posted by lizbunny (19 comments total)

Mmmmm, fantastic. Say, what's the first frame from Wicker Man?
posted by Squid Voltaire at 12:49 PM on April 22, 2010

Four Rooms sounds too easy.
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 12:52 PM on April 22, 2010

Four frames? Peh! Three Frames is plenty.
posted by wcfields at 12:52 PM on April 22, 2010 [1 favorite]

This is strangely hypnotic, but now I feel like a cretin for not having seen nor heard of half of these movies.
posted by oinopaponton at 1:23 PM on April 22, 2010 [1 favorite]

Finally a post that matches my attention span.
posted by monospace at 1:32 PM on April 22, 2010

My initial thought was that this would be a distillation of the movie's plot down to four frames but it just seems like...four random frames from the movie. Huh.
posted by m0nm0n at 2:09 PM on April 22, 2010 [1 favorite]

I find it's more fun when they don't have recognizable shots of celebrity leads. Makes it more of a guessing game, more of an appreciation of the imagery.
posted by HeroZero at 2:15 PM on April 22, 2010

Of the ones that I'd seen, I actually thought that these captured the movie nicely. Maybe not the plot per se, but the movie. Rocky made me laugh.
posted by cmoj at 2:22 PM on April 22, 2010

Ha! That's noting. I once reduced them down to 5 emoticons.
posted by joelf at 2:33 PM on April 22, 2010 [8 favorites]

but now I feel like a cretin for not having seen nor heard of half of these movies

That's part of the fascination for me.
posted by immlass at 2:37 PM on April 22, 2010

I know the word "random" is overused a bit, but m0nm0n is right. Totally random. The emoticon theatre was great, though.
posted by mrgrimm at 3:15 PM on April 22, 2010

Say, what's the first frame from Wicker Man?

It's two snails fornicating, from Officer Howie's first night at the Green Man, when people are fornicating in the village green and Lord Summerisle brings a young lad to be initiated by Willow.

I'd actually say that frame doesn't belong there, because that's from the extended edition (which brings in Officer Howie's first night), and not the original cut.

damn, I am a Wicker nerd.
posted by Katemonkey at 3:17 PM on April 22, 2010

Squid Voltaire: "Mmmmm, fantastic. Say, what's the first frame from Wicker Man?"

Well, it's not the bees.
posted by Joakim Ziegler at 3:18 PM on April 22, 2010

Sorry, not feelin' it.

The frames don't seem to well-chosen (IMO) to express the movie - they're almost (not quite) randomly chosen.

Maybe I'm too much of a literalist, and want more clearly plot-oriented shots.
posted by IAmBroom at 3:37 PM on April 22, 2010 [1 favorite]

____1_____2______3______4_____
Intriguing concept, poorly executed.
posted by Davenhill at 4:46 PM on April 22, 2010 [2 favorites]

Son...I am disappoint.
posted by anigbrowl at 6:49 PM on April 22, 2010

I am so sick of these gimmicky film blogs. Who fucking CARES about this crap? And the frames are so arbitrary! What's the point?
posted by ReeMonster at 6:54 PM on April 22, 2010 [1 favorite]

Boo on them for doing Le Samourai and not having the first frame be the opener, with its insanely gorgeous fifty shades of grey that set a tone of cool aesthetics as well as tortured but silent male protagonist-psyche. But I love this in general, yeah!
posted by ifjuly at 10:44 AM on April 23, 2010

My initial thought was that this would be a distillation of the movie's plot down to four frames

Me too, the Big fish one illustrates this quite nicely.
posted by fullerine at 6:40 PM on April 23, 2010