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Moneyball is a 2011 film about the unexpected success of the 2002 Oakland Athletics baseball team. The specific scene I chose depicts catcher turned first baseman Scott Hatteberg hitting a walk off home run during a pivotal moment in the film. The scene starts off with the Athletics manager (played by Phillip Seymour Hoffman) calling Hatteberg out of the dugout to pinch hit. This is shown through a series of medium shots cutting between Hatteberg and the manager to show Hatteberg’s hesitance. The shots are dirty, with multiple people walking past the camera in order to show the chaos of the dugout in that moment. The camera then cuts to a shot of Hatteberg grabbing a bat and walking out of the dugout, establishing a clear continuity. Then it cuts to a wide of Hatteberg walking up to the plate with the stands full of cheering fans and bright stadium lights shining down on him. The next sequence builds suspense by going in slow mo for a little. Dramatic music starts playing and the annou

Cemetery of Splendour Extra Credit Assignment

I did not really enjoy the movie, due to its slow pace and boring cinematography. I do think the aspects I didn't like about the movie were entirely intentional on the filmmaker's part, but I just didn't really like them. The film is almost entirely composed of stationary medium-wide shots. Every take is very long, and for most of them nothing really happens. A lot of the movie is just characters sitting around and doing menial tasks. This leads to some good comedic moments, such as the fruit eating scene, but other than that I don't think it benefits the movie. I just felt really bored during the whole thing, and I don't usually feel bored during long or slow-paced movies. Maybe it's because I did not emotionally connect with the characters. Honestly I really didn’t like all of the characters because they were all really annoying. The cinematography was also really annoying to me because every shot took several minutes to cut and I found myself asking why am I

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