Pan shots

[Mark Mays]

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From: "Aaron Gerow" <gerowaaron at sbcglobal.net>
To: <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 8:29 PM
Subject: Re: Pan shots



> Kitano likes to play with
>impossible POVs (the POV of a car wheel or of a dragon fly, etc.). One
>also sees a lot of half-POV structures, where the first shot is of
>someone looking, the second of what they are presumably looking at, but
>the third being of a different character or space.

the impossible POV shot is becoming a gimmick shot with a lot of directors.
David Fincher is one of those. Few attempt or are successful at the attempt
to utilize the technique to show the audience something about the character
or theme. Kitano is one who still utlizes this as a brush stroke.