{"id":761,"date":"2012-11-18T18:48:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-18T23:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/2012\/11\/18\/p-t-andersons-tracking-shots-dissected\/"},"modified":"2012-11-18T18:48:00","modified_gmt":"2012-11-18T23:48:00","slug":"p-t-andersons-tracking-shots-dissected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/2012\/11\/18\/p-t-andersons-tracking-shots-dissected\/","title":{"rendered":"P.T. Anderson&#8217;s tracking shots dissected"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-0-Gv-pRbWdM\/UKlgVzguRhI\/AAAAAAAAAOc\/dzTEcx9Gsho\/s1600\/steadicam-progress-video-2012.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"180\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-0-Gv-pRbWdM\/UKlgVzguRhI\/AAAAAAAAAOc\/dzTEcx9Gsho\/s320\/steadicam-progress-video-2012.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Last month, I mentioned a new film journal that <a href=\"http:\/\/aulibmedia.blogspot.com\/2012\/10\/new-film-journal-uses-architecture-as.html\">analyzes famous film scenes<\/a> through the lens of architecture. It seems that this is a big year for space studies in films, because now, an entrepreneuring blogger at the British Film Institute has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bfi.org.uk\/news-opinion\/sight-sound-magazine\/features\/video-steadicam-progress-career-paul-thomas-anderson-five\">created a video essay<\/a> diagramming some of Paul Thomas Anderson&#8217;s trademark tracking shots.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin B. Lee makes a very compelling case that, by analyzing how Anderson uses long takes, you can develop an appreciation for how he gradually created a signature style. While his work in <i>Boogie Nights<\/i> owes a debt to Martin Scorsese, his later shots in <i>There Will Be Blood<\/i> are much closer to the slower, conservative style that Anderson is renowned for.<\/p>\n<p>The video essay is terrific, but for the full experience, see the movies for yourself.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0119256\/\">Hard Eight<\/a> &#8211; HU DVD 5549<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0118749\/\">Boogie Nights<\/a> &#8211; HU DVD 8<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0175880\/\">Magnolia<\/a> &#8211; HU DVD 1458<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0272338\/\">Punch-Drunk Love<\/a> &#8211; HU DVD 677<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0469494\/\">There Will Be Blood<\/a> &#8211; HU DVD 4196\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last month, I mentioned a new film journal that analyzes famous film scenes through the lens of architecture. It seems that this is a big year for space studies in films, because now, an entrepreneuring blogger at the British Film Institute has created a video essay diagramming some of Paul Thomas Anderson&#8217;s trademark tracking shots. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[212,290],"class_list":["post-761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-links-of-interest","tag-related-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}