Friday 31 December 2010

Shallow Grave

1994, Danny Boyle
Pure shot of narrative
largely telephoto, bit of a mixture
script as a nice tone, period stylings
if all the lines don't quite work
very conventional, so when the story sags, gets a little tedious
doesn't really use lighting very effectively; opportunities, at most a few light/shade contrasts
creation of space too flat, if not flat itself
strong continuity does jump the narrative in a lean manner, but not a huge amount of space
simple, good fun at times, British version of the Cpen brothers tone
also, use of MacGuffin of money. 'Bring Me The Head of Alfredo Garcia' ish
pretty good

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