Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dear All...... I was watching "RONIN" (again !!! ) for the first time on DVD..... there was a special feature that provides a running commentary thruout the entire show by the director John Frankenheimer...... It was really eye-opening..... he explained how certain scenes were cut..... but more importantly, how and why he wanted certain scenes to look a certain way ........ I thot a lot of them visual impacts were parallel to those of still photography...... of particular interest was his keen interest in depth of field........ he wanted to show so much thru one scene.... that's why very often, there were always soemthing happening in the backgrd...... for eg, another key actor would be in the out of focus backgraound... doing soething that would give the viewer added info into the charcter and personality of the character....... rather intersting..... Also, the entire film was purposely edited to give muted colours and tones..... there were no bright colours thru out the entire show..... even whilst shooting, there was one person specially tasked to check the scene for any bright colours..... if there was soemthing bright, they would immediately have it removed....... the whole show was indeed in monochromatic tones.. rather stylish I thot....... To keep Leica content, the lead actor Robert DeNiro, was using a Leica R6 with a 80/1.4 lens (I think)... I think Deniro is a Leica user..... can anyone vouch for this ? Peace TMLee