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bigtakilla on 11 July 2017
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AngryLittleAlchemist said:
bigtakilla said:

It was done well, but a masterclass? I'd say 300 and the use of color, speed ramping, and proper use of set design with painted backgrounds have more to offer someone looking to gain a better grasp of great direction. Or Sin City and V for Vendetta with it's use of colors vs black and white, proper use of negative space, great blocking. Or hell, even the Star Wars original trilogy. We spent a WHOLE DAY in film theory discussing the "terrible looking" fight scene between Vador and Luke. 

 

I wouldn't use The Dark Knight trilogy as an example of directing masterclass. It was a bunch of professionals doing a damn good job and making a solid film.

 

*edit* Also forgot about Psycho. It's use of blacks and whites as well as shot positions and allegory to themes of birds in it's main antagonist is impressive. Did you know Alfred Hitchcock invented to modern way we storyboard films. F'n impressive director.

Empire's fight scene was amazing, it was much more around character development and Luke's progression than most fight scenes are..

Exactly, it is Luke's struggle between going to the dark side. lighting played a key instrument as well as shot angle, it's visuals telling the story with no monologue at all and using all elements of visual film making and having THAT tell the story. That's masterclass directing.