Lucas and Some Details More: My 5 Scenes

They're not my favorite scenes of all time or something like that, it's already impossible for me to choose consciously the favorite movie of all time! But I can definitely watch these in looping for a while... Ah, before I forget: watch out for...

!!!SPOILERS!!!

1- There Will Be Blood - Baptism Scene

We start with a LONG SHOT of Daniel and Eli in front of the “public", as Daniel is playing theater to get what he wants. This is followed by a DOLLY MOVEMENT to get us closer to the duo.

Then there’s a cut to a CLOSE UP of Daniel. Eli is above him and we only hear his voice, the main focus is Daniel’s expression as he listen to the accusations towards him.

Now we have a Medium close up of Eli, in low angle. The camera follows him (him handheld or stead cam, not sure) as he keep wandering around Daniel like a vulture. He is dominating the current situation, telling Daniel what to say.

We’re back at the CU of Daniel’s expression. He gets angrier and angrier, and looks off frame towards Eli/God until he explodes and starts getting slaps.

With a Big Close-up in low angle, we see Eli satisfaction as Daniel loses his temperament.

Long Shot again. There’s no public this time. This is between Daniel and Eli only. As Eli keeps hitting Daniel, the protagonist loses his anger and regain his skepticism.

CU of Daniel. With a skeptical smile, he accepts baptism. He got what he wanted.

Medium Long Shot: Daniel stands up, greets Eli and comes closer to a CU again as everybody in the church greets him too.

2- Se7en - The Box

Pitt’s and Freeman’s characters are really distant from each other and from the helicopter, so there are many Wide Shots and Very Long Shots to settle point of view.

Before the surprise of Freeman for opening the box, Space’s character is out of focus and almost talks offscreen, but after that, he’s suddenly on a low angle with an aura provided by the Sun (and lot of CU and BCU) . He has control over the situation now.

Then we also have some handheld/steadycam shaky shots in Long Shot, with some Medium Shots.

Before announcement of Paltrow’s pregnancy, Pitt’s has mainly Medium Shots and Medium Close-Ups. With the announcement, we jump to XCUs and BCUs of Pitt’s painful eyes and the serene eyes of Space, as Freeman watches everything in a low angle, impotent.

3- The Departed - Cellphone

The tension already begins with Damon’s BCU, and XCU of the cellphone. DiCaprio starts with a MS but quickly assumes the same position as Damon. And they stay like that for a LONG time. At least until DiCaprio turn off the the phone (!) causing an Arc Movement with the confused/dazed/OMG expression on Damon’s face.

This scene is so absurdly tense that becomes kinda comic!

4- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - The End of All Things

The One Ring is destroyed. We start with a XLS and come closer and closer to CUs of Frodo and Sam stating that everything is done.

We have some more LS and VLS informing their position in relationship to the lava, and showing the solitude. Then we go back to CUs, a Two Shot and XCUs of them remembering the good times at the Shire.

Finally, we have an Arc Movement putting the duo in a Two Shot again, with Frodo’s declaration and a composition of his face in profile and Sam’s on frontal until we fade to black...

5- Oldboy - Corridor Fight

One of the Korean Gangsters stare in BCU. Dae Su stares back with his hostage in CU. Then we have a tilt movement revealing the corridor full of obstacles that he has to face in a High Angle.

Dae Su releases his victim. Some of his comrades drag him outside. Dae Su drops his knife (BCU) and goes towards his enemies with a hammer (MS with Tracking Movement).

We follow the fight in the corridor with only one continuous shot, a LS with Tracking Movement. At the end, we have a High Angle of Dae Su, showing the defeated enemies behind him. Just awesome.