Film Art

I always wondered how the shots were taken for certain action movies. I wondered about how good actors can be in doing complex scenes with a lot of swift, quick, and dynamic movements that can trick the eye. Then I thought about the people behind the scenes making it piece together which I now know they would be involved in processes such as synchronization, sequencing, cutting, and invisible cutting. The work done on an action movie with scenes similar to ones mentioned are clearly able to be scrutinized and critiqued if it isn't produced efficiently. You can always tell when someone's piece of work seen by an audience at certain scenes are deemed excellent. We hear the ooouu's and the ahhh's. The attention to detail I expect the editors have to pay attention to is what intrigues me as well as the tedious work that they have to do. Reading David Bordwell and Kristen Thompson's "Film Art: An Introduction" I've come to learn tools the workers behind the scene use as nuances to perfect their craft. There are a lot of positions taken full usage of and shoes to fill during film production. Many aspects, and key components that are apart of it. I watched ESPN first take which is a show where mainly two analyst share their opinions and factual knowledge on sports and sports players. One analyst mentioned a basketball player who was supposedly talked about in being traded. The other analyst said that if he was in charge of the organization that the would of been traded the player. He then went on to say yes the player is a big body who can shoot the ball from long range, but its like one of his relatives use to say having him on the team is like swatting a fly with a car. His analogy in making his point is about and under compensating case. Im sure with film it is the exact opposite and that every bit of information, work, style, and technique is at least looked over and can be utilized.