Great Fight Scenes

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Great Fight Scenes
Topic Started: Aug 14 2008, 10:46 AM (232 Views)
Laughing Gravy	Aug 14 2008, 10:46 AM Post #1
Revered in the UK Posts: 11,073 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: August 31, 2005	The DVD Savant has a great article up on movie fight scenes. Read it! http://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s2644fight.html



riddlerider	Aug 14 2008, 11:42 AM Post #2
Balcony Gang, Foist Class Posts: 799 Group: Members Member #68 Joined: November 26, 2005	Laughing Gravy Aug 14 2008, 10:46 AM The DVD Savant has a great article up on movie fight scenes. Read it! Not so great. How do you write an article on classic fight scenes and leave out the donnybrook in SHANE?



Black Tiger	Aug 14 2008, 11:51 AM Post #3
Charter Member Posts: 1,818 Group: Members Member #50 Joined: September 15, 2005	Many current films not having coherent fight scenes is something I've been railing about for years. I also thought this a flaw in Batman Begins and the Dark Knight. Give us longer shots so we can see stuntmen doing amazing things, not all this speedy, close-cut b.s. that is all fists and feet and more an illusion of a fight scene than an actual one.



riddlerider	Aug 14 2008, 12:19 PM Post #4
Balcony Gang, Foist Class Posts: 799 Group: Members Member #68 Joined: November 26, 2005	Black Tiger Aug 14 2008, 11:51 AM Give us longer shots so we can see stuntmen doing amazing things, not all this speedy, close-cut b.s. that is all fists and feet and more an illusion of a fight scene than an actual one. Absolutely! I believe that much of the popularity of Hong Kong martial-arts films starring Jackie Chan and others was due to the employment of long shots to capture the action. The HK directors also took a leaf out of Republic's book by undercranking the camera during fights, which is something American filmmakers never do anymore.



KanSmiley	Aug 14 2008, 01:39 PM Post #5
Charter Member Posts: 1,223 Group: Members Member #10 Joined: September 3, 2005	riddlerider Aug 14 2008, 03:19 PM The HK directors also took a leaf out of Republic's book by undercranking the camera during fights, which is something American filmmakers never do anymore. rr: Would you explain the term "undercranking the camera"? I am afraid I don't know what that means. Kan
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Stony Brooke da Mesquiteer	Aug 14 2008, 02:08 PM Post #6
Balconeer Creeper Posts: 14,184 Group: Members Member #244 Joined: July 6, 2007	Here ya go Kan....copied and pasted from filmsite.org: refers to the slowing down of a camera, by shooting at less than the standard 24 fps, so that the image, when normally projected, will appear in fast motion
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KanSmiley	Aug 14 2008, 03:14 PM Post #7
Charter Member Posts: 1,223 Group: Members Member #10 Joined: September 3, 2005	Thank you Stony. I got my answer in 29 minutes...not bad...only in the balcony. Ok, that would be just opposite of slow motion where the camera is speeded up? Thanks again Stony Kan
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WranglerRory	Oct 15 2008, 05:09 PM Post #8
Balcony Gang Posts: 14 Group: Members Member #671 Joined: October 8, 2008	How could you write this article without "The Quiet Man?" John Wayne-Victor McGlaglen.


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