Monday, September 15, 2008

Going To The Well

The first Lost ever started with a closeup of an eye. Very effective. It was still effective when they repeated the shot in a later episode. But then they did it a couple more times, which was overdoing it.

Now Mad Men is going down the same path. The last three episodes, I believe, each end with a slow pullback. Not a bad shot, and a good way to end things, but it's becoming a cliche.

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Even more annoying in Barry Lyndon where it gets old pretty quick.

6:29 AM, September 15, 2008  
Blogger LAGuy said...

I could overlook it in a film if it's a stylistic maneuver. Besides, Barry Lyndon has so many problems that one is hardly worth mentioning.

10:31 AM, September 15, 2008  

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