Wednesday, June 22, 2011

On Language

Landscapes: The Wideshot

Landscapes at their best should be as tracking shots. The viewer's eye the camera -- moving from one point of emphasis to another, unable to grasp the composition as a whole with one simple glance. By doing this you are introducing time to what was simply space.

View of Toledo in a Storm, 1600/1610 by El Greco

The Shining, 1980 by Stanley Kubrick

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