Camera Shots in The Legend of 1900

A good example to express camera shots may be “playing love “scene in “The Legend of 1900”. The first shot is a close-up shot on the keyboard. Then it pans out to a medium shot of the man. After that, the camera focus on the window and pan into it became a medium shot of the woman outside of the door. I think there was a great combination of camera shots to show the environment and the characters. It worked as an introduction and indicates that some story would happen between the two characters. Several medium close-up shots were displayed after that. They expressed the facial expression of them. Also, the reverse shot gave the audience a sense that they were looking at each other and talking between eyes.
My favorite shots maybe that he watched at the woman passing the window. With the woman disappeared in the window, the song ended. For a lot of movies I watched, they usually simply and roughly put a medium shot and using over shoulder to express their communication. In this scene, there were no over the shoulder shots between them at all. I truly appreciate that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOfGsKUfAq4

Another scene in “The Legend of 1900” was also an excellent demonstration of using camera shots. In the “Piano scene Duel”, the inventor of Jazz walked into the ballroom with only backlight showing his outline. After that, were several wide shots of the ballroom to show people’s reaction to that? Lately, with a medium shot showing the challenger’s reaction. Their conversation was helpful for understanding the characteristics of them. Also, I like the setting of putting a cigarette on the piano. Since people would be made to think about whether he could finish the piece before the cigarette ended. The plots and shots drew audience’s attention totally. The director used different angles or different shots, even different objects to show the fantasy of their piano skills.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tislJu9Dls