Creating Perspective in Film - Subjective Cinematography, Editing, and More
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- Subjectivity in Art and Film - Film has a singular ability to put an audience in a character’s shoes, and in this video, we dissect how a filmmaker can create a character’s perspective.
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00:00 - Introduction to Subjectivity in Film
01:00- Subjectivity Defined
02:51 - Chapter 1: Writing
06:28 - Chapter 2: Cinematography
1205 - Chapter 3: Post Production
18:31 - Takeaways
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MOVIES THAT USE PERSPECTIVE
All movies have a point of view. A truly objective film, one independent of personal opinion or emotion, is impossible. A filmmaker’s viewpoint will always be present. Even if a movie is a single, locked off shot, the filmmaker chooses when to begin and end the shot, where to place the camera, how to light the scene, and so on.
But filmmakers can also emulate the perspective of their movie’s character, creating sequences that are colored by a character’s subjectivity. In this video, we break down why this is so important and how it can be achieved.
SUBJECTIVITY IN WRITING
Subjectivity can begin on the page. Most screenwriting textbooks will preach objectivity, instructing writers to only write what the camera can see. But, when done deliberately, infusing subjectivity into the script can hint at a director to shoot from a specific point of view. We look at the scripts for May December, Pirates of the Caribbean, and more to see how one can write from a character’s perspective without necessarily breaking screenwriting rules.
SUBJECTIVE CINEMATOGRAPHY
Probably the most obvious form of subjective cinematography is the point of view shot. This is where the camera is literally representing what a character is seeing. But not all subjective camera work needs to be so obvious.
A director of photography can use camera movement, lens choices, color, and shot size to subtly inhabit a character’s subjectivity. Think, for example, of a shot where a character is stressed. To emphasize this stress, the cinematographer may opt for a handheld, shaky camera, as can be seen in The Killer.
EDITING SUBJECTIVITY IN FILM
Editing can further place an audience in a character’s head. Think of the iconic slow motion shot when Richie sees Margot in The Royal Tenenbaums- by slowing the footage and placing a wistful song under it, the editor effectively makes us feel as entranced as Richie. Special effects can be used as well. In Midsommar, subtle distortion effects are used to show us what Dani is seeing after she consumes the mushrooms.
Subjectivity in film is incredibly powerful. Using writing, cinematography, and editing, a filmmaker can get an audience to empathize with a character they may be nothing like. This is one of the great promises of filmmaking, exposing audiences to new worlds and viewpoints. The next time you start filming, think about what your character might be thinking and how you could use filmmaking techniques to illustrate those thoughts.
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Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction to Subjectivity in Film
01:00- Subjectivity Defined
02:51 - Chapter 1: Writing
06:28 - Chapter 2: Cinematography
1205 - Chapter 3: Post Production
18:31 - Takeaways
11:17 Although Messerchmidt may have used a telephoto lens and film at a distance, the Sniper's scope AGAIN is questionalbly executed. In the movie at 10:06 the reticle overlaps a window and reads 2.5MRAD, which makes it ~400m away. Yet we can see, the building on the other side of the square is ~50-80m away. What puzzles me is that you can see a scope shadow, the reticle illumination is duplicated AND MOVING, which looks like there has been an actual scopecam. But also and there is completely unrealistic distortion around the edges + no chromatic aberration which should have been there, if this was a cheap second focal plane scope. Also target tracking is way too smooth for the distance and magnification.
There has not been ONE genuine sniper scene recreated in a movie EVER.
Please start crediting the writer, editor, and voice over for your clips. It’s because of them we watch these videos every Monday.
Shout out to their video editor Chris and motion graphics artist Ryan. ❤
Totally agree! Even if they only want to give a pseudonym or first name (we all understand the desire for privacy, I'm sure), I think it makes it easier for us to thank them personally. Everyone involved should be credited.
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@@joaquinhernandez6940 Chris hasn't worked for Studiobinder for years now. Ryan is still here and still the man though!
For this particular video:
Editor - Brandon Scullion (me)
Voice Over - Paul Gregory, who's been an actor for decades, look him up, he rules.
Now, this video was written by a particular individual, who does an amazing job, although I'm not sure if they want to be publicly identified in this post.
Subjectivity is the Best way to introduce the audiences into a character mind. This is a complete audiovisual encyclopedia about subjectivity. Thousand Thanks StudioBinder for this Inspiring video.💯💯🌟
Thanks for watching!
Currently writing a script and it’s driving me crazy
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Same sigh😢
Same, but just take it slow.
All the best
You'll be able to finish it, no biggie.
Again.. Thank you for all the efforts you put into these videos. They are truly master pieces of educational content, that are informative yet so enjoyable to consume.
Much appreciated.
seriously. Thank you so much StudioBinder for these videos (and your software of course). Awesome breakdowns.
Love this channel! I respect the art of filmmaking even more as I watch it
That's the goal!
I havent watched the killer but what was said about the camera and action being unstable during the fight scene was pretty cool. It would be neat to see as a fight scene progresses the cinematography becomes more and more stable along with who ever is winning getting a grasp on the fight. That has to have been something done in a movie before
So great to see They Live in a studio binder video finally.
It was a perfect example!
A great editing example on the disruption of the subjectivity that I personally really love is from Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut, at the very beginning where the film starts with a strong classical music while the actors are getting ready to go out, creating a subtle and seducing warm atmosphere only to realize later that the music was playing from the character's record player in their room. The music cuts off immediately as if to make you realize that everything you will see can not be the real truth.
Seeing Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate made me think of one of the great movies of the 1970s - Little Big Man - a movie that is supremely subjective due to Hoffman's narration throughout, his character living at times as a white and at others as an adopted Native American. Thanks for another fascinating and thought provoking video StudioBinder.
Hope it helps!
Narration sucks.
@@TinLeadHammer I remember narration in the first theatrical release of Blade Runner. Later it was removed. Also thinking of David Lynch films - I don't think any have narration. Some exposition was done in Twin Peaks with Agent Cooper's tape recorder.
@@spinsandneedles Blade Runner is one of my favorite films, so much better without narration.
@@TinLeadHammer I agree.
another incredible video from an essential channel for all film students
A great example of cross dissolves is in The Iron Claw where it’s dissolving between the 4 brothers after something stressful happens. Really great moment
Cool video. It shows the real work of all workers in the area and its complexity.
Your Video with this mature VO is like a treat to me. 🥰😇
Glad you liked it!
this is another amazing master class and, isn’t a subjective point of view 😀 thanks!
Cheers!
Another great video as always!
Cheers!
Perfect, thank you! Currently working on a project with loads of POV shots.
Happy filming!
@@StudioBinder Thanks! Let's see if it comes to that. Currently only writing it. :)
American Beauty is a very good example, already mentioned in the video. Another example: We own the night (James Gray).
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Really nicely explained
I loved The Killer! I’m very glad you used it as a reference so much in this video
The fight scene in Tenet is such a great execution of subjective cinematography.
man i love your videos!
I love your videos! Could you do more like this but for TV shows and their structure and how they use certain tactics and methods to tell the story :)
I've always liked how Terry Gilliam does subjectivity. It's very visceral and often distorted. Brazil is a great example in my opinion, but also Fisher King and, of course, Twelve Monkeys.
Yeah he's great at creating the sense of going insane 😳
Awesome video man
Cheers!
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Glad you're enjoying the channel!
A very interesting topic you've visited for us.
Hope it helps!
My Favorite Movies with Subjectivity Character POV are :
-Kill Bill Volume 1 (2003) : The Bride "Wiggle your Big Toe" Moment
-The Silence of the Lambs (1991) : Face to Face between Hannibal Lecter and Clarice Starling
-Rashomon (1950) : The different perspectives of every characters
-Lebanon (2009) from Samuel Maoz : Every soldiers POV inside the military TANK
-The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) : The Mexican Standoff Climax
-A Clockwork Orange (1971)
-The Shining (1980)
-One flew over the cuckoo's nest (1975)
-Pulp Fiction (1994)
-Saving Private Ryan (1998)
-Gone Girl (2014)
-They Live (1988)
-Spider-Man (2002)
-Batman Begins (2005)
-The Matrix (1999)
-Predator (1987)
-Psycho (1960)
-Jaws (1975)
-Robocop (1987)
-Apocalypse Now (1979)
In every Movies there is Inspiring Subjectivity Characters POV.
Great list!
How soon is now being used in the opening minute is an automatic win
It's the soundtrack to that particular scene in The Killer.
🔥 The Killer had a great soundtrack
@@StudioBinder Without a doubt.
I love Hooper in the cage when Bruce is attacking him and them when Quint dies.
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such a good voice good editing.
Glad you liked it!
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I will stop watching StudioBinder ❤ forever if someone doesn’t tell me right now who it is that pulls off this god-like exposition 🙏
Again and again 🙏
We used to say his name but now he prefers to be anonymous!
@@StudioBinder Monetizing the Archived Final Cut. Who can I send requests to for producing that episode?
A lot of the time with my short films, I would improve some of my scenes and built off that to find some kind of a plot. Some times all you need is a good start to your story!
Hello StudioBinder. If you're looking for topics to cover for future videos, how about something that covers colour saturation, how to correctly use it and when saturation is used when it isn't needed.
I ask because I see some movies where colour is used as an element for a purpose/artistic choice because it's important ie; Bladerunner 2049, Grand Budapest Hotel etc, versus when colour saturation is ramped way up when it isn't needed to be/doesn't serve a purpose ie; Jurassic World, Red Right Hand, The Beekeeper (Jason Statham).
Thanks!
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Great video. One point I disagree with though is the saving private Ryan part; in my opinion, the sound cuts out to signify that he is considering his death. Later in the film, the sound cuts out again.
Alright alright alright!
Thanks for watching!
Hey, love the video. Is there any chance that you can make a movie about Lars Von Triers style? I myself think he has one of the most unique styles in the film industry.
I think people are here for the information on not shock value. Otherwise, in the past, really had been enjoying your content.
great video as always! I found the extended POV sequences at the beginning of The Killer to be quite dull. maybe the mellow voice over was too sleepy?
May not be for everyone
Plz analysis character driven stories...film writing...
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Appreciate the feedback!
Will the next video be on how to create objectivity?
If people want it!
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Use of voiceover / phone calls:
In Memento (2000), we can hear voiceover of lenny as well as his phone calls as the colour part is more subjective whereas in black and white, we can’t hear both of them as it is objective based.
Good observation!
The problem with subjectivity vs objectivity in a picture or motion picture is that you are never fully in the world of one or the other.
Everything that a camera points at and films is objectively there and is a document of that particular time and space. However, subjectivity come into play because their are limitations as to what a camera can see. It is not so much what is in frame which is subjective but everything which is exclude, outside the forced border of the lense.
Once you take the pictures and begin to order them through editing, you bring another layer of subjectivity, not by adding shots together, but by adding more barriers to what was originally there. What I mean to say is that it makes what was initially confined to a specific moment in time and space (which many would refer to as a document) and reduces it to a greater extent in order to remove excess meaning that the image is tightly constrained to a narrative. So in that sense, all film is objectively created and subjectively rendered. CGI only adds to the subjectivity, as it is an after effect of the initial process of documenting an image, which in itself cannot escape subjective reality.
Thanks for watching!
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The scene in Trainspotting during the overdose when he’s seeing everything from six feet under.
In The Father, different actors playing the same role is confusing at first, but is actually the perfect choice to represent dementia and memory loss.
Good observation!
Can I pls make a vide about different perspective/POV in cinemas?
we have a video on POV! czcams.com/video/BLCQAmTleP0/video.html
@@StudioBinder thank you studiobinder🫶✨
We want ❤Love story movies screen play..............
Thanks for the suggestion!
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How they shot it for The Killer
Thanks for the suggestion!
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*How should I make notes of Studiobinder videos knowledge in a notebook, could anyone tell me please the proper way?*
with a pen, i think
By writing or typing it
**@@j.a.weishaupt1748 *Lol😂 but I meant the proper and right way of making notes of filmmaking wisdom*
We suggest rewatching all our vids over and over again :D
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wait what, I wasn't expecting a reply to my silly shaun comment
I just finished a first draft of a screenplay I wrote. Plenty of subjectivity embedded.
Congrats!
I love this channel, but CZcams content absolutely does not abide by majority of filmmaking rules and techniques.
What is this, a video about praising The Killer
It's a great example for this topic
Mother is the most subjective film I have ever seen
Some filmmakers tend to overuse Subjectivity to the point it becomes bizarre.
Films like Birdbox and Nowhere only give us the pov of the main character and avoids the entire world. We don't get to see what's going on out the main characters Pov and to me that's not a very good way to make a film.
Definitely requires good direction, like any concept!
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The Killer was such a disappointing movie. It was really mundane and lacked tension. The beginning was great but falls flat afterwards.
Someone who can’t do: listen to me, I know how to create this in movies.. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Thanks for watching!
The thumbnails are getting cheaper and cheaper..
How so?
I learned a lot again and new perspective. ❤️🩵❤️🩵
Glad it helped!