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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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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