The single greatest SHOT ever...?

[David Rasberry]

Barry Lyndon is beautifully shot... but I think my very favorite it the first scene of Omar Shariff in Lawrence of Arabia... extreme telephoto of him (dressed in black) on his camel appearing out of nowhere in the desert and coming to the lens....

If I had to pick one film as a personal all time favorite "Larry" would be it.

 

[Radoslav Karapetkov]

"Larry"

LOL.

 

[g3nov3s3]

I really love this scene from Kubrick's Barry Lyndon.

Does anyone know how did Kubrick achieve this shot?
It looks almost like a HDR photo. The sky is not overblown and you can see all the details....

 

[James T Mather]

Grad filter - its visible in the tree trunk - quite a hard edged one.

 

[Mitch Gross]

Looks to be about an ND9 hard grad. Not rocket science, just good cinematography.

 

[jpp]

Not rocket science, just good cinematography.

And good art history. This shot was pulled directly from English landscape painting of the period.

 

[David Rasberry]

There were a lot of beautifully composed art set pieces in Barry Lyndon. They established a wonderful sense of place and time period.

 

[Tom Lowe]

Are you guys sure about grad ND?

Maybe that's just the branches blocking that light.

 

[Filipo]

Blade Runner

I realy like this shot

 

[Caesar]

This shot is really the typical film school quote.

Great shot!

It's not under the 10 seconds mark, just one of my favorite ones. And one of the most important shots (also sequence) ever made. Jack Nicholson (man in the bed) is only a part of it. Actually, he doesn't move so much (or even at all, almost from the beginning till the end of the shot).

It's not (still) photography, it is as simple as a motion picture -- you need to watch the movie. Yes, under the director's POV too. A genius called Michelangelo Antonioni.

The Passenger

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073580/

 

[James T Mather]

Are you guys sure about grad ND?

Maybe that's just the branches blocking that light.

Absolutely Positive - the effect on the tree is typical of ND filters - the filter you will notice is uniformly effecting both reflected skylight and direct sunlight across all branches a that height in the frame. I also suspect some sort of contrast filter was used like an ultracon or something (there seems to be some halation on highlights - it might just be old lenses, mind you, or even a dodgy telecine transfer so that ones up for grabs)

I would think Mitch is bang on the money about it being a nine also. Looks about right (at least a six).

 

[rileytaylor]

Yes.

-Riley

 

[Pietro Impagliazzo]

Not rocket science, just good cinematography.

I like that phrase!



Here's mine:

A continuous crane shot at the end of Oldboy shot in NZ.

 

[woodybrando]

the ending shot of the sea inside was spectacular. Also, the shot in Children of Men when the bus pulls up in the detainment center where abu ghraib is brought to life.

jayson
www.oldchildprojects.com

 

[Roberto B]

I like that phrase!

you are all.. or almost all.. wrong.

a shot is more than cinematography..

edit
much more..

 

[Radoslav Karapetkov]

I heard that this is Panavision's new slogan:

 

[Roberto B]

karapetkov.. do not try to know the anti-communist fury or you'd like to have born in the states..

 

[Radoslav Karapetkov]

@gang


I know quite well what anti-communist fury is... believe me.

 

[Roberto B]

me believe you.. </non-laughing>

a proposal.. no more posts related to movies shot in american english language..

 

[Tom Lowe]

gang, we are all well aware of your battles with the English language. :wink: