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Cars...a childhood favorite of mine!

 


Somehow in our film class, Cars was selcted to be viewed for the last week. I've seen this film countless times throughout my life and love watching it everytime. However, it decided to watch and pay attention to more of cinematography rather than story...because I can pretty much quote the entire movie (I know it's sad). Since this is an animated movie, the shot types and lighting choices are way more flexiable or acessible to use because the animators can make it any way they want to. Looking at this film again and  outside of the story, I believe the cinematography and soundtrack boosted the overall enjoyment. 


You need to watch this clip...simply awesome!

A lot of the enjoyment of the shot types came from the opening race scene and intro monologue by McQueen. The cuts between the dark trailer McQueen and the cars/sounds racing. You feel the intense shift of quiet to loud sound and I was really intrugued by the choices Pixar made. In terms of shot angles stuck out to me when the shots cuts between the outside of the track, to the POV side moving shots on the cars and then cuting back out to all of the cars racing. It seems they repeated thus process throughout the race but with slightly different shots. From wide shots, to close uo shots of Lighting/Hicks/Strip then medium pivot shots of all of the cars. The racing scene had lots of moving shots and cuts that would have been diffcult if this was a real life movie. I think the amount of cuts and different shots made the movie enjoyment higher because it could encapsulate the intensity of the race that was happening. Overall, I will most likely never get sick or tired of this movie and will try to analyze the film in a different way again. 



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