Josh500 1,615 Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Off the top of my head, the long shot at the beginning of The Lost World impressed me.The champagne flutes, the boat, the steward . . . all captured brilliantly in one shot. Which other examples can you think of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QMM 4 Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 The shot that begins on Viktor and keeps pulling back in The Terminal I always liked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmo Lewis 6 Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 The highway sequence in War of the Worlds is one of the more obvious ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSM 126 Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 Helicopter entering Isla Nublar skies in Jurassic Park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AI 0 Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 Cadillac of the Skies! from Empire of the Sun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker 5 Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 Roy and Gillian seeing Devils Tower for the first time.Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixie_twinkle 48 Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 Roy and Gillian seeing Devils Tower for the first time.NeilSpielberg's greatest sweeping shot bar none. It's also one of the best marriages of music and imagery in cinema history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeshopk 8 Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 When I think of sweeping shots, I think lots of camera movement, not a simple crane lift as in the Devil's Tower reveal.I am not a fan of BIG SWEEPING SHOTS, and think there are too many of them these days, especially CG ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 When Indy chases after Marion in the basket and then realizes there are tens of baskets. The camera work in this shot is incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 When we first see the T-rex in JP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest macrea Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 "Empire of the Sun" tracking shot pushing in on Jim when we see him standing at the barbed wire fence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel 0 Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 Crossing the bridge into Rouge City from A.I.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maglorfin 196 Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 Helicopter entering Isla Nublar skies in Jurassic Park.Yep, also my favourite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieter Boelen 740 Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 When Indy chases after Marion in the basket and then realizes there are tens of baskets. The camera work in this shot is incredible.That combined with Harrison Ford's facial expression and John Williams' music always makes me laugh out loud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Well 2 of my favorite scenes are when the shark first passes by the Orca in Jaws and Brody's reaction to the Kitner attack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahler3 478 Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Quite a few to choose from here.Jaws and its spine-tingling shot from the shark's perspective when it approaches Michael in the more secluded area of the beach.Definitely Empire of the Sun and the scenes aready mentioned - there's also a superb high shot that gently swoops down to the parents reclaiming their children near the end.Mikael Salomon did some wonderful work on Always, specifically the Hepburn scenes and the cut away to that exquisite scene with the same man from Close Encounters (and I think from the Ghost Train Amazing Stories episode), playing a hobo that could hear what Pete was saying. Love that scene, from a technical perspective anyway.Hook has some good moments, the pull back that reveals the pirate ship springs to mind.The first chase with Cruise in Minority Report in the alley features some amazing sweeping shots too.My all time favourite sweeping shot will always be credited to Richard Donner though in Superman, when Clark says goodbye to Martha, the music swells and the camera just glides through the cropes, rises and swoops over their heads - goose bumps every time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASW 0 Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 A lot of the ones already mentioned. Another one that comes to mind, also from Empire of the Sun, is that shot of Jim walking along the rice paddies (during the "Seeing the Bomb" cue) as the supply containers are being dropped by parachute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 My all time favourite sweeping shot will always be credited to Richard Donner though in Superman, when Clark says goodbye to Martha, the music swells and the camera just glides through the cropes, rises and swoops over their heads - goose bumps every time!You ought to credit Geoffrey Unsworth as well. A true genius of the camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maglorfin 196 Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 My all time favourite sweeping shot will always be credited to Richard Donner though in Superman, when Clark says goodbye to Martha, the music swells and the camera just glides through the cropes, rises and swoops over their heads - goose bumps every time!Indeed, that shot is really amazing. It also give me goose bumps every time, and usually I can't resist watching it two or three times in a row ... Magnificent. to Donner and Unsworth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewdog1 50 Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 My all time favourite sweeping shot will always be credited to Richard Donner though in Superman, when Clark says goodbye to Martha, the music swells and the camera just glides through the cropes, rises and swoops over their heads - goose bumps every time!Indeed, that shot is really amazing. It also give me goose bumps every time, and usually I can't resist watching it two or three times in a row ... Magnificent. to Donner and Unsworth.Ditto. It's like Superman is taking flight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpigeon 3 Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 I don't get Superman. It's an enjoyable little bit of cheese, but not much else.Ted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 Speaking of Superman, one of my favorite scenes is the first shot we see of Superman as he flies by the camera as he leaves the fortress of solitude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 Mark, that is a great shot, one shot I love with the music, though not sweeping is the brilliant through the Jaws shot in whatelse Jaws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASW 0 Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 Mark, that is a great shot, one shot I love with the music, though not sweeping is the brilliant through the Jaws shot in whatelse Jaws.Is that the one we see as the Orca sets out during the "Out to Sea" cue?...I've always like that one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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