Roger Ebert’s dissection of movie techniques highlighted strong points that enhance a director’s storytelling abilities. I selected Kurbick’s One-Point Perspective, Tarantino’s From Below, and Example of Match Cuts to compare Ebert’s techniques. Kubrick’s compilation displays movement over still shots. Which emphasizes dominance, paired with a symmetrical frame it makes the viewer focus on the character’s movement. This works because it shows emphasizes on a single point which dictates how the story unfolds in the next scene.
A change in framing is the match cuts, although there is a display of movement the direction of camera changes. The match cuts showed movements from right to left back to right, showing past to future tense. This is what Ebert touched on in his discussion, which in these cases works perfectly to demonstrate a transition. The transition from past (left) to future (right) was displayed with the change in scene and area of focus. This was by far a perfect example of Ebert’s highlighted topics.
Tarantino changes the perspective from a below POV. The frame has a huge focus on the foreground with a large negative space, and the characters in the background. This makes the viewer an object to the scene and reduces the object’s significance. In a movie this creates the pedestal effect, making the characters a bigger impact in the scene. This works because it emphasizes the focus on the character to create depth in a conversation or transaction. Ebert’s highlighted techniques were a great way to emphasize and shows how we as viewers can uncover stories within a story.