Wednesday, May 30, 2012

DQ#1: Film Aspects on Step Brothers.




In the youtube clip of the 2008 movie Step Brothers titled “Watch the Shark Week Clip”, many film tactics are used to capture the scene. The scene is continuously cross cutting between Dale and Brennan, and their parents. First the parents talk, then Dale and Brennan, and back and forth. In each step of the cross cutting, a two-shot is involved with both actors, and when Dale and Brennan are being shown it even involves a medium-closeup and a two-shot. The most obvious reaction shot is when Dale's father decides to punish the boys and says “no television for a week!”, in which case it cuts back to Dale and Brennan slamming down their ice packs in anger screaming “WHAT?!?!”. The scene also begins with a more mild reaction shot when Dale's father turns off the television to get their attention and the camera cuts back to Dale saying “Dad, what are you doing? It's shark week!”. 

2 comments:

  1. There was a lot of going back and forth with brothers and parents. Because of the going back and forth looking at each of their reaction to one another. I found the movie to funny and entertaining. There are a lot of these types of shots through out the movie. I like when they went on the interview together. That also had the back and forth between characters.

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  2. I agree with Kathy there was a lot of going back and forth between the brothers and the parents. Although there was a lot of back and forth in the movies showing their reactions to one another. I found this movie to be beyond funny, it hilarious. It was very entertaining and comical. There are many film aspects that could have been focused on for this movie but I definitely agree with the shots you mentioned. For me this movie although to some would be labeled as dumb it gives you the opportunity to just drift away from reality for a little while and let go some of your stress.

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