Monday, October 17, 2011

Storyboard Imitation for The Lion King







Within these five shots of this particular scene of The Lion King, the director is very aware of the rules of filming. The camera never crosses the 180 degree line, keeping both of the characters, Scar and Simba, on their original sides (Simba on the left and scar on the right). The scene starts with an extreme wide shot of the gorge where the stampede takes place. When Scar and Simba are introduced, the shot is still very wide, and the line of action is established between the two of them when Simba climbs up on the rock to face Scar. The camera zooms in on the two of them, and there is some movement during the scene, but the line that was established at the beginning of the shot is never broken or changed. The rule of thirds is also carefully observed in this scene. Both Simba and Scar sit directly in the cross hairs of the thirds. With Simba sitting up on the rock, he is at eye level with Scar. Because if this, they are both in the top two crosshairs of the thirds, and their faces are the first two things that the viewer’s eye is drawn to. Even in the one shot where Simba is the only character in the frame, his face and legs are all within the rule of thirds. The camera doesn’t move enough during this scene to have to worry about the rule of thirty. The only real movement is like a zoom or a pan, nit really any cutting. The director definitely kept things simple in a very effective manner. The scene isn’t very complex, but it’s been one of my favorites in the movie. Throughout the whole movie the director is very good about how these scenes are shot. That’s at least part of the reason why I feel that this movie is so sucessful~

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