Kinolab: Film Language Tags: blocking

Film Language Tag: blocking

The arrangement and movement of actors in relation to each other within the physical space of the mise-en-scene. Corrigan and White, The Film Experience: An Introduction, 5^th ed.

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20 Film Clips

A Robot That Can Love, A.I. Artificial Intelligence

Cybertronics presents the idea of a robot child that will have the capacity for love and dreaming.

A Sonata for Good Men, The Lives of Others

After receiving news of Jerska's death, Dreyman plays Sonata for Good Men on the piano.

Brothers, Battleship Potemkin

The crew of the Potemkin discover that the enemy Tsarist sailors are on their side too.

Celebration With Italo, The Conformist

Marcello joins Italo at a celebration with other blind people.

Drama on Deck, Battleship Potemkin

The sailors have a mutiny against the commanding officers aboard the Potemkin.

Enigma and Alan Frustrate Hugh, The Imitation Game

Hugh loses his temper at Alan's failing to break Enigma and stop the Nazi invasion.

Final Fight Scene and Closing Sequence, Teesri Manzil

The Prince hunts and tries to kill Anil for discovering how he killed his wife and Rupa. The Prince ends up dying when he falls off the roof, exactly how Rupa died. In a parallel to one of their first interactions, Anil and Sunita are on the train close together and in love. They both laugh with the man they met at the beginning of the movie.

Hands and Mind Unite, Metropolis

Freder, as the mediator, gets Joh Fredersen and the representative of the workers to join hands in unity.

King Kilmonger, Black Panther

Killmonger defeats his cousin King T'Challa in ritual combat, ending his reign and taking control of the nation.

Looting, Contagion

As global panic grows and forsythia demand rises looting begins all over the country.

Odessa Steps, Battleship Potemkin

As imperial soldiers march against the protestors at the Odessa steps, a baby in its carriage is in danger.

One Little Girl, The Matrix

Trinity battles policemen and agents as she attempts to flee the Matrix

Reveal & Chase Scene, Chaudhvin Ka Chand

Pyare (Rehman Khan) comes to Aslam’s (Guru Dutt) house to find him and happens upon a moment between Aslam and Jameela (Waheeda Rehman), making him realize that Jameela is in fact the woman that he saw at the beginning of the film, who he thought he was marrying.

Saloon Standoff, Django Unchained

Django and Doctor Schultz enjoy a beer but are warned by the sheriff to come outside.

Sammy Jankis Reveal, Memento

Guilt surfaces, as Leonard and Sam are revealed to be the same man. Leonard has a wife with diabetes and so does Sam: both accidentally poison their wives.