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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23 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.

Cardinal Volleyball, We Have a Pope

The Pope had a nervous breakdown and has gone missing after the Papal conclave. The cardinals do not know that he is missing because the manager of the Vatican has placed a Swiss guard in the Pope's quarters to make his room seem occupied. While the Cardinals are waiting for the "pope" to emerge from his room, the psychiatrist who was hired to treat the Pope organized a volleyball game for the Cardinals. This scene captures the Cardinal's joy and commitment to the game.

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.

Induction into the brotherhood, Satya

TAs Satya (J.D. Chakravarthi) is handed a gun by Bhiku Mhatre (Manoj Bajpayee), he is given the order to go kill Jagga, who had been disrespectful to him earlier. This is his transition from “tough guy” to “Bhai”, and being a part of Bhiku’s brotherhood.

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.

Love: The Transition From Gangster to Human, Satya

This scene is a montage that isolates Satya (J.D. Chakravarthi) and Vidya (Urmila Matondkar) and further establishes their intimacy, showing that Satya is not just a rugged, tough gang member, but complex and emotional as well. This intimacy exposes viewers to his true feelings and makes him more human, as opposed to a hypermasculine criminal.

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.