STOP with the Jittery Jump Cuts in Movie Fights!
7,374Don't you want to just douse your tormented eyeballs in liquid painkiller when watching a garbled visual mess that could have been directed by Count Vertigo?
One might think that perhaps a fight scene between swordsmen, unarmed martial artists, or superheroes should give us some information about what's going on... but apparently some directors' idea of an engaging cinematic experience is a camera that's shaking as if it was handheld by a toddler during an earthquake, with more motion blur than you can shake a bottle of Dramamine at. Of course constantly interrupted by jarring jump cuts.
So in this video I rant about things that make action scenes unwatchable (or at least frustrating and/or confusing) and compare them to much more visually pleasing examples of steady camera work and angles that give us more than just a single shoulder to stare at. :)
The videos I used as examples:
Gladiator Barbarian Horde Battle Scene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQQZR-Skftk
Vikings - Huge Battle against Brihtwulf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAnNgRp7ln4
Vikings - Battle for Kattegat Ragnar vs Jarl Borg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDQI7njcS3A
Zweihänder duel from Maximilian
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI1N43N-cPg
Adorea sword & shield fight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACBXbJd80a0
Adorea longsword fight duel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn36Pb8z3yI
Ironclad (2011) - Templars VS Danish Mercs! (English Castle Siege)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85SDT7MgOtA
Batman Begins - The Will to Act
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiaRYQlsjy4
Captain America: The Winter Soldier Highway Fight Scene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXPOl6EjbWg
THE LAST WARRIOR Exclusive Clip - Your Turn To Kill (2018)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFaR5ftRyVg
Highlander The Source 2007
Rob Roy - Final Duel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERmM5l2ceoY
Scott Adkins vs Kane Kosugi in ninja shadow tear final fight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFru-q7HMSE
Every Lightsaber Duel from Star Wars (Episodes 1-6)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esnMDtMysHo
Princess Bride - The Sword Fight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDlZ_SXx5gA
Deliciously Cheesy Sword Fight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY3PpSx31Uw
*** Music ***
"No More Magic" by Horror Pen
https://opengameart.org/content/no-more-magic
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license (CC BY 3.0)
"Night of the Streets" by Nene
https://opengameart.org/content/night-of-the-streets-horrorsuspense
CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication
Intro:
"Illuminate" by Vindsvept
https://vindsvept.bandcamp.com/track/illuminate
Used with artist's permission
Music: "Spirit Waltz" by HorrorPen
https://opengameart.org/content/spirit-waltz
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Outro:
"Highland Storm" by The Slanted Room Records
https://theslantedroom.github.io/steve.yee/
Used with artist's permission
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