From among hudreds of videos that are doing rounds on youtube with similar keywords, this is the only video that actually explains the concept of subjective and objective point of view.🏆
@plankooo84967 ай бұрын
Excellent video, you do a great job of articulating the concept, and chose very helpful examples. Thank you for taking the time to make this!
@SuperFuturama5 жыл бұрын
Great video essay! Also: I love your voice!
@shankarrammurthy87246 жыл бұрын
Wonderful video essay
@Nick-ft4dk4 жыл бұрын
Wish you’d mentioned the work of Darren Aronofsky like Black Swan and Mother
@markymarcm3 жыл бұрын
Why, are these films particularly relevant here?
@jackbarron88809 ай бұрын
Agreed.
@postsbyleon7 ай бұрын
Interesting. I started reading "The 5 C's of cinematography" and Massceli described Objective shots as beeing on the sideline, and Subjective Shots as like being on the field. But he also said that Subjective shots are strictly from the actual view of the player. So for example if you have a over the shoulder shot, that would still be objective, because it is not the actual vision of the player. It is still as like you, the viewer, is spectating the action as an unseen observer. But now i am reading and watching about this topic and it is confusing, because now it is saying that the difference is, what you feel, not what you see. For example an Close up of the player is filmed objectively, as i understand, but could be a subjective shot because you might feel the inner emotions of the player. A scene can be filmed objectively because of not being the vision of the player, but is subjective because you feel the player. This is so damn confusing and hard to understand.
@travisleeratcliff7 ай бұрын
Thanks for commenting. I know this topic can be very counter-intuitive, which is one of things that drove me to make this essay a number of years ago. First: keep in mind that The Five C's of Cinematography was published in 1965 and contains a ton of great insight, but the way it describes visual language has fallen a bit out of date with the way we commonly use it now in film criticism and shot design. Everyone uses these terms a little bit differently and idiosyncratically but I would say that the way I describe it here is still how I most commonly see objective and subjective terms being utilized (in my own work and in the work of my peers). These days, subjectivity is more of a descriptor of the way the visual language of the film is "aligning us" to a character rather than a description specifically of our vantage point. I think, in terms of analysis, you're best off asking a few questions about a scene or shot: What are the visuals trying to tell me about the emotions of the characters in the scene? Who (which character) controls this scene/shot? Where is the visual language directing me to "feel?" (For whom? Which character?) What level of distance exists between myself as the viewer and the characters? If the answer to any or all of these questions feels clearly dominated by a single character, we can understand the scene to be a subjective one inflected with the perspective of that character's emotions. If, instead, we feel as if the scene is more observational and neutral (more "from the sidelines" to use the language of Five C's of Cinematography) then yes, it is indeed more objective. I hope that helps to clarify what you're investigating! Since I'm commenting on the subject here, now, I would just add as an update for any curious inquirers into this topic that the deeper I have gone into my film watching life in the six years since making this video essay the more I have become convinced that some of the greatest directorial work lives inside the objective space rather than the subjective one. As I've dug into Tarkovsky, Tarr, Ozu, Ostlund, Akerman, Hou Hsiao-hsien, and others, I've found richly crafted landscapes of uniquely cinematic staging within this objective character perspective. So, that is to say: an objective character perspective can still yield deeply rich performance and character ideas. I think, when I was younger, I was more enamored by the "showiness" of the subjective perspective, and while I still favor it a great deal in my own directorial craft, I'm more convinced now than ever before that the more mature and enduring work might live inside of crafting scenes that utilize the more objective perspective in service of the story where appropriate. The great myth you'll see in other folks video essays today about character perspective is that the objective perspective is somehow a holdover from theatrical staging. This can be true, but it often is not. Great directors have been utilizing this mode of scenic design to wondrous effect all across the history of cinema, and contemporary work is often being created that uses the objective perspective heavily. When done effectively it is a uniquely cinematic mode of storytelling, distinct from a theatrical legacy.
@postsbyleon7 ай бұрын
@@travisleeratcliff Since I started to get interested in making little cinematic videos, I thought about learning about cinema and therefore I read the book. Now I try to analyse the movies I watch and want to understand what kind of shot I am seeing. Objective or subjective. But sometimes it is just a guessing game, because there is no one that can give me the actual answer. But with your given questions to ask it might help. Thank you very much for your answer.
@postsbyleon7 ай бұрын
@@travisleeratcliff I have so much more respect for the people making movies. It is so much work and thought put into every shot and most viewers will never think about this. It is also very unfortunate that some beautiful shots with much work are shown for maybe 30 seconds and than it's over. Currently I am more interested in the visual aspect of movies because I think this will help me for the beginning more. But maybe I will do some shortfilms in the future and then it comes to storytelling/ writing and boom an entire new gigantic topic to learn about.
@kalnadproductions2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this video. It was very helpful.
@Varunvj3 жыл бұрын
Clear explanation! Thank You.
@FerasWithAcam Жыл бұрын
Amazing, well explained. May I ask which film is this taken from? 12:30
@narasimha14919884 жыл бұрын
Great video.. what's the movie at 0:31..??
@mb92644 жыл бұрын
What’s the film used at 5.10 ?
@user-jy3fi7ux5o6 жыл бұрын
Nice video! What's the movie at 1:02?
@travisleeratcliff6 жыл бұрын
Thanks! That's from Shane Carruth's 2013 film: Upstream Color