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| Oct 5, 2018 at 19:38 | comment | added | sanpaco | I'm pretty sure I am thinking of the type of shot/ending you are describing. I've seen it used recently as I've been rewatching The Office. Instead of an ending with dialogue, the episode ends and then you just see a shot of people working, background noise, and the screen fades to credits while the background noise continues. Would probably be helpful if you can find a clip somewhere showing an example. | |
| Oct 5, 2018 at 19:19 | answer | added | m1gp0z | timeline score: 5 | |
| Jun 21, 2016 at 18:01 | comment | added | Nyantho | @Catija - I think I understand what you're saying now. That because of the group effort nature of such projects as film and TV, one can't necessarily say for sure that it is one particular person responsible for a single closing scene like the one I describe. A friend of mine was later better able to describe certain techniques that were "Hitchcockian" back when his influence loomed so large in the field, which is exactly why I thought this kind of static shot ending might be attributable to a specific influence. | |
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| Jun 20, 2016 at 23:12 | comment | added | cde | This is as old as dirt. I've seen this in old b&w shows, like the twilight zone. | |
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| Jun 20, 2016 at 21:30 | comment | added | Catija | Depends. You're talking about both Film and TV in your question but who gets the final word depends on the media. Most directors for TV have little control over final cuts... directors for films have more but still not total control. A director can shoot whatever he likes but if the editor and producers don't like the result, they can override the director. It's a group effort... the director isn't the "owner" of the project. | |
| Jun 20, 2016 at 21:24 | comment | added | Nyantho | Admittedly, I am not a student of film, so I am mostly unfamiliar with the different roles filled by the director, writer, producers, and editors. I do, however, have a general concept of what editing is. So what you're telling me is that the editor has the final word on whether that shot gets included in the film, right? But what about all of the steps that it took to get that shot to start with? Certainly the editor didn't get involved until the shot was on film, right? | |
| Jun 20, 2016 at 21:18 | comment | added | Catija | Considering that this is something likely decided by the editor rather than the director... no. | |
| Jun 20, 2016 at 21:14 | comment | added | Nyantho | Perhaps I didn't make it clear that I want to know if there is a term for using the kind of shot I described as the final shot of a movie or TV show? Also, was (or is) there a director or screenwriter who was known for developing or using that technique (again as an ending to the piece - the final shot in a work) as sort of a signature to his or her work? | |
| Jun 20, 2016 at 20:51 | comment | added | Catija | Not sure what you're asking... this: "The camera never moves, tilts, pans, or zooms throughout the shot." is a "static shot"... | |
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| Jun 20, 2016 at 19:47 | history | asked | Nyantho | CC BY-SA 3.0 |