What is the difference between a sequence and a scene?
scenes generally speaking are set in one place and one point in time, sequences are several scenes strung together encompassing a broader arc
for the example of the opening of Drive, I’d say the first ten minutes are a sequence, the phone call is a scene, getting the car from Bryan Cranston is a scene, picking up the clients is a scene, the chase is a scene and the final getaway in the basketball game is a scene, but they all make up one broader mini-story
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What is the difference between a sequence and a scene?
scenes generally speaking are set in one place and one point in time, sequences are several scenes strung together encompassing a broader arc
for the example of the opening of Drive, I’d say the first ten minutes are a sequence, the phone call is a scene, getting the car from Bryan Cranston is a scene, picking up the clients is a scene, the chase is a scene and the final getaway in the basketball game is a scene, but they all make up one broader mini-story
So would the end of The Good, The Bad and The Ugly from the time Tucco runs into the cemetery to the time he gets shot down be a scene or a sequence? Because that would probably have been my choice.
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What is the difference between a sequence and a scene?
scenes generally speaking are set in one place and one point in time, sequences are several scenes strung together encompassing a broader arc
for the example of the opening of Drive, I’d say the first ten minutes are a sequence, the phone call is a scene, getting the car from Bryan Cranston is a scene, picking up the clients is a scene, the chase is a scene and the final getaway in the basketball game is a scene, but they all make up one broader mini-story
So would the end of The Good, The Bad and The Ugly from the time Tucco runs into the cemetery to the time he gets shot down be a scene or a sequence?
That's a scene in my mind.
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That's what I thought, but I was just checking.
I am not a movies expert, or even a movies amateur.
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Munkus BeaverYou don't have to attend every argument you are invited to.Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPAregular
Part of a sequence is a change in time or place to me.
Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
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next up is the opening scene from Drive, which is indeed a fucking awesome scene, but also, major dork points, brah
it's fun to talk to someone about how much you love the opening scene from Drive and describe it in detail and see how long it takes for them to figure out you're describing the opening scene from The Transporter
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I might submit the scene with the runaway exposition at the beginning of Big Trouble in Little China, where Jack Burton is wearing someone else’s robe and on the phone with his insurance trying to get his truck claim processed, and we are introduced rapid fire to like four different characters and the backstory of the villain
It communicates the tone of the film and the characterization of all involved while being real god damn funny
I think a scene is a discreet shot or series of shots that are presented as temporally continuous and in the same location, delineated by cuts to imply time passing and/or the location changing.
I'm not sure how I'd define a "sequence"
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Someone should have just shown all of My Dinner With Andre.
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Thanks to someone making me aware of the fact that it's now in the public domain and available in it's entirety on YouTube about 4 pages back, I have now seen Buster Keaton's The General and I do not consider this time wasted.
The first one is made by Stephen Soderbergh and it’s very much in his modern style of “let’s take a look at how institutions always fuck over the little guy”
The second one is by Soderbergh’s longtime assistant director and is more about “the world sucks, things don’t always work out the way you want, but let’s have a good-ass time and forget about all our troubles for a little bit” and is basically a feature-length party imbued with the pathos of it being one last ride
The musical sequences in both are really good, (most) of the cast is great, and both movies are pretty distinct but recognizably of a piece with each other
I just realized if they follow through with spending $70 million, the Snyder Cut will be the second most expensive movie ever, after Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. That makes a sick sort of sense, actually.
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The bit where Bruce Willis haphazardly chucks a loose fistful of hypodermic needles at a dudes face and then it cuts to every single needle sticking perfectly into him is just fucking hysterical
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Richard E. Grant shows up to fucking work in Hudson Hawk.
next up is the scene from Erin Brockovich where the bigshot lawyers try to take the case away from Erin Brockovich and she knows the plaintiff's phone numbers by heart
good scene, not a pretentious choice, have very little bad to say about this one!
i honestly can't take erin brockovich seriously because of hamlet 2
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what does erin brokovich have to do with hamlet 2
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I remember being underwhelmed by Hamlet 2, but maybe I should give it another watch?
I know it was one of those movies that I saw a trailer for in college and got really excited about and bought sight unseen a couple of years later
i really like hamlet 2 but it doesn't actually go as crazy as the trailer would lead you to believe
it's actually a pretty small story, all things considered
Yeah I'm betting it was an expectations thing there
I still have the DVD I'm pretty sure, maybe I'll give it another shot if I remember this come November
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hamlet 2 suffers from not going for it hard enough tbh
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Watching Time Bandits for the first time since I was really little. I hadn't realized in the ensuing 30ish years that I had blended this movie and Ice Pirates so completely in my head.
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scenes generally speaking are set in one place and one point in time, sequences are several scenes strung together encompassing a broader arc
for the example of the opening of Drive, I’d say the first ten minutes are a sequence, the phone call is a scene, getting the car from Bryan Cranston is a scene, picking up the clients is a scene, the chase is a scene and the final getaway in the basketball game is a scene, but they all make up one broader mini-story
So would the end of The Good, The Bad and The Ugly from the time Tucco runs into the cemetery to the time he gets shot down be a scene or a sequence? Because that would probably have been my choice.
That's a scene in my mind.
I am not a movies expert, or even a movies amateur.
I've never seen the original but have seen XXL... at least twice now. It's one of my wife's favorite movies.
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it's fun to talk to someone about how much you love the opening scene from Drive and describe it in detail and see how long it takes for them to figure out you're describing the opening scene from The Transporter
It communicates the tone of the film and the characterization of all involved while being real god damn funny
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I'm not sure how I'd define a "sequence"
Both Magic Mike movies are incredibly good
The first one is made by Stephen Soderbergh and it’s very much in his modern style of “let’s take a look at how institutions always fuck over the little guy”
The second one is by Soderbergh’s longtime assistant director and is more about “the world sucks, things don’t always work out the way you want, but let’s have a good-ass time and forget about all our troubles for a little bit” and is basically a feature-length party imbued with the pathos of it being one last ride
The musical sequences in both are really good, (most) of the cast is great, and both movies are pretty distinct but recognizably of a piece with each other
It’s pretty wonderful that they exist
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probably my favorite scene in that movie which is made of good scenes
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That movie is just a string of incredible scenes slammed together
That's an actor who has never, ever heard the phrase "Phoning it in".
(I absolutely love Richard E Grant)
i honestly can't take erin brockovich seriously because of hamlet 2
Isn't the play they did the year before Hamlet 2 a stage adaptation of Erin Brockovich?
yeah.
steve coogan's whole thing in that movie is he is a hack drama teach who does terrible broadway versions of popular films.
so of course he would make a hamlet 2.
yeah it's a great movie
edit: that scene you referenced is one of the most awkward/funny things I've seen in my life
I know it was one of those movies that I saw a trailer for in college and got really excited about and bought sight unseen a couple of years later
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i really like hamlet 2 but it doesn't actually go as crazy as the trailer would lead you to believe
it's actually a pretty small story, all things considered
Yeah I'm betting it was an expectations thing there
I still have the DVD I'm pretty sure, maybe I'll give it another shot if I remember this come November