Claims that action movies have been ruined by the influence of the 'Bourne' series
In recent action movies, the technique of 'connecting a lot of short, sharply blurred cuts taken from a short distance' is often seen. This technique is used to create a sense of speed and presence in the action, but there are opinions that the action has become difficult to understand.
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In action movies, you can shoot actors from a short distance ...
There are many productions such as connecting a lot of short and sharp cuts.
However, these productions were born in recent years, and past masterpiece action movies have been shot firmly on a wide screen, and each cut is relatively long.
What changed the action film world was the 'Bourne' trilogy, which began with 'The Bourne
The 'Bone' trilogy is characterized by a very short Average Shot Length (ASL: average time per cut). ASL is calculated by dividing the show time of the work by the total number of cuts.
For example, the ASL of the first work 'Bourne Identity' is 4 seconds, and the ASL of the second work '
In the third work, '
Its ASL is the shortest 2 seconds in the trilogy.
The second work, 'The Bourne Supremacy,' and the third work, 'The Bourne Ultimatum,' incorporate a production technique that connects many short cuts. In other words, this method was created
It's a 'bone' trilogy, mostly composed of a large number of short cuts, but each cut has its own meaning.
Director Greengrass firmly holds down the three points of 'action,' 'impact,' and 'reaction' in the action scene.
Also, the two people who are fighting for the cut sandwiched between them are firmly placed on a wide screen ...
There are also things like shooting from the ceiling.
In addition, consideration has been given to shooting important points and items so that they are properly centered on the screen so that people watching the movie can understand them properly.
In recent action movies, scenes that imitate the production technique of this director Greengrass' action scene are often seen. However, as a result of imitating only the appearance without understanding what the director Greengrass intended, when the audience watched the movie simply by 'connecting a large number of short cuts taken from a short distance' However, I don't understand what kind of action it is.
INSIDER gave a bad example of '
Similar short cuts that just change the shooting direction are connected at a tremendous speed.
In addition, 10 cuts are used in the scene where the main character gets over the fence, and the audience will be shown many times how Liam Neeson gets over the same fence. Even in past action movies such as kung fu movies, you can see the production of 'connecting cuts that change the shooting direction and showing the same scene repeatedly', but it is limited to important scenes such as the moment when it is settled, so cuts Is not too short.
Furthermore, it is said that it is a recent trend that BGM is used abundantly in action movies.For example, in '
However, until Jason Bourne jumps into the building in 'Bourne Ultimate', BGM is playing ...
The BGM disappears the moment the battle begins after jumping into the building. By playing only the striking sound and breathing in the consistent action of Bone, the scene is added with a sense of presence and tension.
INSIDER pointed out that all the imitators of the 'Green Grass production' that came out after the 'Bourne' trilogy had failed, 'The audience is much smarter than the director expected, and the scene is unnatural. You will also notice it. '
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