Why Abaddon Has Every Strategic Advantage
Oct. 20th, 2013 12:16 pm( The ace in her pocket.... )
Apparently this is what happens when an episode (8x10) leaves me making my bhuz face and saying, “Really?” at the TV.
( It's all about familiarity and liking what we know we like. )I’m sure I’m not the only one who noticed how awesome the Sam-and-Dean-stalk-around-the-warehouse scene was. It was visually the most memorable of the episode not only because it was Sam and Dean and their badass selves stalking around a warehouse but also because it was *dramatic* looking. But what does dramatic mean exactly? How do you define it visually? And how do you make a scene look dramatic using camera, lights, and actors with rubber knives tiptoeing around? There’s not a single answer for any of that as, I think, most of it’s contextual, but here’s an attempt to breakdown this scene to see some ways it was made to look so badass cool and *dramatic*.
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If you're interested in more nerdy camera talk for this episode go here.
This originally was intended to be a small comment for spnematography’s episode discussion for “Reading is Fundamental” (7x21), but it grew into something bigger and took me too long to post in a timely manner for the discussion prompt. So,
weeks months later, here it is. Whoops, deadlines.
An article was posted about how JA and JP approach their craft and the story behind the camera. The second paragraph of the article discusses JA’s directorial choices. It reads:
( Yay! )Bargggh! Hello, flist! Breaking radio silence! :D I feel like I've been stuck in a well for the last month or two or five, but (I think?) I've escaped for now. *looks around* Freedom means fandom dorkery, which means Show, which means mindless nattering, which sometimes means meta. \o/ So ... after watching this past week’s episode of "Glee", I’ve finally figured out what’s been bothering me about SPN this season.
( Spoilers for SPN 6x08 and Glee 2x06 )
You guys you guys you GUYS! OMFG! OMG. O. M. G.