#videography

[bitchinstitchgift]

One of my favorite golden hour moments I’ve ever caught on camera. A great 13 seconds of calm and relaxation that I love coming back to

[wcndersoul]

[bmorefashionnerd]

Just 26secs of Solange being Solange

[te5seract]

by jiangzhibin24

Gif'd by te5seract

[no-byler-doubt-here]

Can we talk about the videography of this shot?

I am a sucker for versatile filming in shows/movies, and this scene of Will fainting could’ve easily been filmed differently. There could’ve been a still shot on his face as he started fainting. Then, as he began to fall, the shot could’ve changed to a different angle that shows us his full body. Finally, we could’ve cut to a new shot where his head is only in frame as it hit the ground. But that’s not what was done.

Instead, we get this beautifully intense single-shot where the camera is trained on Will’s head while he’s falling. Not only do we, the viewers, vertically follow his head as he falls, but our perspective rotates. As Will faints, it feels like we’re fainting with him.

This almost-interactive shot truly reels the viewers in to the intensity and panic that will ensue in not only this scene, but the season as a whole. As a broader view, this being just one shot tells me that the season will contain more versatile filming choices than any other season. Take this other shot from the teaser as another example:

What caught my attention most about this shot is how we have Vecna’s claws/whatever they’re called in the foreground. It’s between them that we look to see Will screaming in the background. I find the framing choice of this super intriguing; it really emphasizes how Will is supposedly trapped here — not just literally, but figuratively — by being “trapped” both between and behind these claws.

Let me know your thoughts on these/other shots in the teaser ☺️ I may analyze some others later on, but these two stuck out to me especially.

[cdx1016]

Sunset over Long Island Sound/Shippan Point (viacarad1016)

[lost-lycaon]

Bunnies very relaxed while grazing.