It’s nice to see a film that confirms so much of what I try to teach people about video. If only the Hobbit could have confirmed it in half the time.
Let me start by saying that Peter Jackson can direct rings around me (pun intended). Love his work. But the Hobbit is a bloated mess of a movie desperately in search of a story and a hero.
In film, every shot must have a clear beginning, middle and end. Shots add up to scenes with clear beginnings, middles and ends. The scenes add up to sequences, the sequences … Read the rest