Close-Ups Close the Distance
We’ve been looking at stationary camera shots, beginning with the Close-Up, which is perhaps the most common of all shots in a…
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Using Close-Up Shots to Give Sensory Detail
Back in my first post kicking off this year-long course of supercharging your novel using cinematic technique, I told a…
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Close-Up and Personal—One Stationary Camera Shot
We’re now moving into stationary camera shots in our exploration of cinematic technique that novelists can borrow. As I touched…
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Calling the Shots in Screenplays
I love reading through older screenplays. Decades ago, it was the screenwriter’s job to delineate every single shot in a…
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Wrapping Up a Look at Establishing Shots
I want to touch on a few insights regarding Establishing Shots and how they come into play in writing twenty-first-century…
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Just Enough Sensory Detail to Set the Stage
We’ve been looking at Establishing Shots used in scripts, and we’ve seen how they don’t need to be lengthy. You…
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Establishing Shots That Reveal Character
Last week I began discussing Establishing Shots used in movies and how they help make clear in just a few…
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An Introduction to Stationary Camera Shots
We’re now going to start going deep into cinematic technique by looking at numerous camera shots over the next few…
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String Shots Together to Make Dynamic Scenes
We’re taking a look at how movies are filmed. If you haven’t noticed, movies are made up of a string…
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