My Method of Working Part 11
Have watched Wong’s film ‘ChungKing Express’, at the beginning of this cinema, Wong used lots of tracking, with lots of different angles cover the scene. The first time I watched this scene, I feel dizzy because of each cut was too fast and the shot shake too fast. This opening sequence employs an unusual stutter-step effect, most likely achieved by removing every second frame—or even every second and third frame—and duplicating the others.
In my own scene, I wanna created a shot that people come out and in the lift, I was thinking i wanted shot it in different angles, first, only focus on their walking, second, MS when they come out, just using two or three extras creates a fast movement that people passing through lift, which need edit like in Wong’s ChungKing Express, duplicating. Then makes duration faster.
Or, Wong uses fixed shot a lot, that what i want to try, not changing camera position, focus, only the actor moving.
Shot | Content | Framing | Shooting techniques | Times |
1 | Dusky rooftop,floating clouds, no characters | MS | – | 8S |
2 | Dusky sky, quick floating clouds | LS | – | 5S |
3 | The gap between two buildings | FS | LOW ANGLE | 6S |
4 | The gap between two buildings | FS | CANTED | 7S |
5 | The cop appear from crowded, the cops badge, tie | CS TO CU | STRAIGHT-ON ANGLE(CHARACTER MOVE、CAMERA STAY) | 3S |
6 | The crowded behind the character | CS | panning | 6S |
7 | He Qiwu go go forward | CS | Tracking, camera back following He forward | 5S |
8 | The man with handcuffs | CU | – | 2S |
9 | He go forward | CS | tracking(following He moving ) | 3S |
10 | He crossed extras | CS | – | 2S |
11 | Extras holds a blond hair model head | MS | – | 2S |
12 | He’s head, shake a little bit | CS | Fixed shot | 1S |
13 | street、crowded、blond hair model head | CS | Fixed shot | 1S |
14 | Street, corded 、He crossed the Model’s | CS | Fixed shot | 2S |
15 | street、one guy with paper bag on head | CS | Fixed shot | 2S |
16 | street、He’s head turn back | CS | Fixed shot | 1S |
17 | One guy with paper bag on head | CU | Fixed shot | 1S |
18 | He walk fast | CS | Fixed shot | 1S |
19 | The guy wearing paper bag by pushed on the street chain door | MS | Fixed shot | 2S |
20 | He turn back | CS | Fixed shot | 1S |
21 | He runs to the chain door | CS | Fixed shot | 2S |
22 | Chain door, he turns back | MS | Panning | 3S |
23 | Crowded underground streets, the guy with people bag on head escape the crowded, He catch up the guy | MS | tracking | 4S |
24 | Ground floor, feet | CS | Tracking | 1S |
25 | Opposite the road、He runs | MS | Panning | 3S |
26 | He runs | MS | Panning, camera shaking | 3S |
27 | Cross the road, he’s back | MS | tracking | 4S |
28 | He runs try to found the guy | MS | tracking | 3S |
29 | He search the underpass | CS | LOW ANGLE | 2S |
30 | Paper bags man runs | CS | Camera shaking | 2S |
31 | Crowded | MS | tracking | 3S |
32 | Clock on the wall | CU | Fixed shot | 2S |
33 | 9:00 clock | ECU | – | 1S |
34 | Qing in the frame | MS | Panning with shaking camera | 9S |