Kristopher Tapley of In Contention has written an excellent article about his top ten favourite shots of the year. What is unique about this particular article, is that Tapley has actually gotten the cinematographers themselves to provide blurbs about each shot in question. He has some fantastic little snippets of information from a nice mix of cinematographers, some of which include Roger Deakins, Wally Pfister, and Claudio Miranda.
Tapley then goes on to include some of his own opinions and why he chose a particular shot. Many of the shots he has chosen are beautiful and well captured, but I think that the meaning behind each and every one of them grows exponentially when it is described by the cinematographer that shot it.
So without further ado, here is Part One and Part Two of "The Top 10 Shots of 2008". If you've read the article, and want some more cinematography goodness, check out Part One and Part Two of "The Top 10 Shots of 2007".
Sidenote: As you can see, I've filled this post with some of my favourite shots of the year (that aren't included on Tapley's list) and so now I'm wondering... what were your favourite shots of 2008?
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[Source In Contention]
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Top Shots of 2008
Friday, January 2, 2009
A Year in 4 Minutes
Above is a video made by Matt Shapiro (aka oyguvaltshappy) which pieces together some great moments from films that came out in 2008 (if you like the video above, you can also find his video chronicling 2007 here). I'm posting this video for a few reasons. First of all, I am a sap for this kind of thing so I thought I would share it with you all. Secondly it is also an easy way to inform you guys that a huge post about what I am looking forward to in 2009, is on its way shortly.
Lastly, this post is also here to remind any of you readers out there who might be interested that I will be participating in StinkyLulu's Supporting Actress blog-a-thon in a mere two days! So make sure you stick around long enough to see that. All of the details about the blog-a-thon can be found in my previous post or at the StinkyLulu's blog here.
P.S. If you have a blog too, you should also think about participating. It doesn't matter what the focus of your blog is, as long as you can dedicate one of your posts to a supporting actress in 2008. Think about it.
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Thursday, December 18, 2008
A Little Off Topic
While a lot of the film blogs I'm reading are busy reflecting about the films of 2008, I thought it would be a nice change of pace to look back at our world in 2008. Over at Boston.com they have a section titled "The Big Picture" which is a collection of photographs taken in 2008 documenting what happened in the world and how this year changed our world.
While it is nice to talk and think about some of the amazing films that came out in 2008, it is just as nice to see the beautiful (and harrowing) photographs that documented what happened in the real world.
You can find the first third of the collection, along with descriptions of each photo, here. As far as I know, the other two sections of the piece have not yet been posted.
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[Source Boston.com]
