#lovely camerawork there

[misakarose]

TRIGUN STAMPEDE (2023)

#trigun #trigun stampede #tristamp #trigunedit #dailyanime #fyanimegifs #anisource #vash the stampede #my beautiful beloved angel boy #*mine #*tristamp #*gifs #I love this scene so so so much #the animation and the camerawork and the music and just #jsdgh;skbghhjfd #I've watched it a lot lmao

[eggplantgifs]

Rion Sumiyoshi: Enchantress » 2023 Grand Prix de France

#rion sumiyoshi #fskateedit #figure skating #gp france 2023 #program #i'm back! #but i despise gp france camerawork so #not too enthused about gifing it #even though there were a ton of really great performances #super happy for rion though #love this program for her

[chickenstrangers]

ONLY FRIENDS (2023) || EPISODE 7

The Hunter

#only friends #only friends the series #bostonnick #neo trai #onlyfriendsedit #thaidramaedit #uservid #tuserrowan #thoresque #userbon #lextag #samblr #khaotunq #tuseralexa #usergooseras #*mine #*mygifs #i think my brand is now hyperfixating on 1 boston scene each episode and making at least 3 gifsets about it #but this shot was so cool i love everything about the camerawork this scene

[strawberrryangel]

supernatural is insane. they gave us dean literally introducing cas to his MOTHER. and getting a little nervous when cas and mary first meet each other. and mary looking between them with this look on her face. and then tried to tell us that they’re not boyfriends. i am. going to go chew on some concrete.

#that scene was literally her meeting dean’s boyfriend #you cannot tell me otherwise #the camerawork and acting. #has me on the floor. #because why do they show these things and these characters at certain points if they are not canonically in love/dating #supernatural #destiel #spn #dean winchester #spnfandom #castiel #spn first watch #strawbsposts

[crispywizardtale]

#i am kind of confused #while they were training it looked like they had a special connection between eachother but after it they are just awkward around eachother #its like Phaya is keeping special attention to Tharn but only in training outside of training its Tharn who pays attention to Phaya #i dont know what to make of this i might me wrong as well #sargent didnt remove Phaya's hand from Tharn's shoulders because that was Phaya keeping Tharn warm and that was teamwork he talked about #but also a cute bl moment for us #Phaya motivating Tharn by hitting him with his cap #they always have eyes on eachother #that Jack and Rose scene was so impactful to me #the chemistry was incredible #the tension could have been cut with the knife #the eye contact shared here was so meaningful #the camerawork was amazing as well and those waves... just perfect the mood was set perfectly great cinema #i also love Tharn's relived and despeate expression he had on #he might be a rookie but he is on great path already #the sign #the sign the series #phaya x tharn #tharn x phaya #billy patchanon #billybabe #babe tanatat

[bobmckenzie]

❝ With the six of us crammed into David's truck, quiet voices musing about Joe's recent journey to the other side, Cait—unacquainted with the late nights of med school, or the even later nights that came with being part of Nelson's deranged experiments—nodded off against my shoulder. It was only a second, maybe two. Our bodies jolted, shifted when David drove over a fracture in the pothole laden street... and she awoke without knowing that for a brief moment, my body had been a respite from her exhaustion. Pressed against her in the confined space, peculiarly aware of my own heartbeat and the lingering sensation of her warmth, I felt... I felt somehow like I had just woken up, too. ❞

#THE VISION is that he's just gotten back to his dorm and is recording all of that into his little tape recorder :3c #i love how flowery he gets sometimes when using it so I TRIED to emulate that lol #in regards to the dialogue: my s/i is Rachel's friend/a film student they brought on to better document the experiments #bc Joe isn't very good at filming lbh his camerawork was ALL OVER THE PLACE #Nelson isn't crazy about her involvement especially at this point bc he hasn't seen how much better her camera/camerawork is yet lol #on a different note: HOW TF do you render leather 😭😭😭 #selfship art #self ship art #selfship #caitiearts #randalltag #🩺 flatliners

[gealach-edits]

Rena Uezono, “New Moon” SP || JGP Gdansk 2023

#figure skating #fskateedit #jgp 2023 #jgp gdansk 2023 #jgp poland #uezono rena #rena uezono #gealach edits #much better than the camerawork in Istanbul #loving this short program #good luck with the free!

[wonyoung]

XIAOTING ♡ THE BOYS ( 220519 )

#kep1er #xiaoting #femaleidolsedit #femaleidol #femadolsedit #dazzlingidolsedit #idolady #ggnet #* #flashing tw #love her but hate the camerawork on this show #THESE AREN'T IDEAL BUT.....I JUST LOVE MY GF #so i'll close my eyes and post

[skitskatdacat63]

2005 Australian Grand Prix[Redux] - Giancarlo Fisichella, Rubens Barichello & Fernando Alonso(my personal post-race highlights)

#redoing this made me realize how much I slept on Fisi the first time I posted this race! hes so handsome!! #but then I also realized he is a victim of the first race winner curse :(( #I JUST REALLY LOVE THE RENAULT BOYS AAGHHHHH ;;; #also hehe if youve seen my og post you will recognize the rubens alonso headpat aka the moment that made me want to start posting #(its been so long since i watched this race that while making this i had to keep reminding myself that this content isnt new haha) #(its rly funny to me that i made one gif for the og post yet didnt gif anything else???) #(like okay what is this partial effort catie) #(its especially painful bcs this race has actually prob the best camerawork for this season so AGHHHH) #(thats why im doing a redux btw lol bcs this race truly deserves better treatment) #(also its crazy how much time making a post can take up i started a race and i got halfway through???) #(also maybe expect two monza posts: 2005 of course and also i want to gif seb 2008 str win since ive already watched that but didnt gif it) #oopsies sry for all the tags!! i love rambling!!! #giancarlo fisichella #fernando alonso #rubens barrichello #we do a little bit of f1 #f1 #formula 1 #(2005: 1/19 races watched) #fa14 #renault #2005 australian gp #race posting:2005

[dogmotif]

when i have to do things it's like those joke pictures of dogs wearing glasses and writing essays or whatever. god is taking pictures of me for a calendar and going "haha he is NOT meant to be doing these things"

#because im NOTTTT #camerawork is an exception i love when im doing camerawork #will speaks

[blake-ritson-love]

New promo clip of Season 2 of The Gilded Age via @gildedagehbo on Instagram.

#the gilded age #2023 #2022 #blake ritson #oscar van rhijn #instagram #videos #video #At least they included Oscar here <xoxo #THE LOOK he gives! Seems pretty serious for Oscar! #The beetle tie bling? Hello #Excuse The Beauty #I love if they're giving us more actor close ups in s2 and I think the the image quality and camerawork improved from s1

[eggplantgifs]

Mao Shimada: Benedictus » 2023 JGP Japan

#mao shimada #fskateedit #figure skating #jgp 2023 #program #japanese camerawork and lighting >>>> #this program has some lovely moments but i feel it's emptier than her fs from last season #what a stunning dress though #congrats bb!

[marymekpop]

marriage may be a crime in current times, but it is not a crime to love someone.. is your heart not full of love for someone too?

#the forbidden marriage #korean drama #kim young dae #park joo hyun #kim woo seok #mygif #this drama was so chaotic and its only been 2 eps asdkfjd #but thats also why i really liked it #i was never bored #not even for a second! #this drama could get messy real quick #but idc #im all in for sorang and lee heon #like i need them to be together #i get that sorang and shinwon have history with each other #but i need my king and my scammer to be a thing #the drama isnt gonna fool me with all the love triangle stuff #im not falling for those tricks (yet) #also the camerawork and cinematography in this drama >> #srsly so so pretty and well shot #like lets be fr #the flashback to when sorang was reading the marriage letter from shinwons family?? #UNPARALLELED #exceptional! #powerful! #best 5 mins of a drama to ever exist #ive never seen or heard anything more beautiful in my life! #that scene was THE scene #<33

[mostlyinconvenient]

gonna ask people what anime this is from if they want a hint I'll tell them it has a beach episode

#i love the art and passion that went into this project but also. it's a bit funny #like. it's kind of incredible??? they are honestly so underated for doing this #also also the music!!! like both the stuff in the episodes and the stuff magic made. incredible #and the editing at some points like the beginning of this episode with the music and camerawork i loved it #outsiders smp #the outsiders #apokuna #oh also the acting like. it's so good

[hopkei]

via twitter

#fantastics from exile tribe #fantastics #kimura keito #yagi yusei #nakajima sota #jr exile #jpop #hkgifs #ゆせけと #......ok i will post one more thing abt the performance #the only good camerawork was from the fans i can always count on you fantaro🥰 #my yuseketosotaaaaa;;;;;;;; #sotasota peace sign adorable #keito on yuseis shoulders pon pon #and it looks like yusei pats keitos hips too yes good good good my angels;; #today i have been feeling kinda sick so i will just look at this for the next 5hrs to heal thank u lovely fantaro❤️ #yuseketo patting me would cure all my ailments for sure

[pb-dot]

Film Friday: A formal apology to Last Night In Soho

People who have followed me for a while, or done some serious backreading may remember an early essay I wrote about the Edgar Wright film Last Night In Soho and how I couldn't make myself to watch the thing again. I've been trying to dig the thing up again so I could do a good follow-up, but Tumblr's search function continues to be Like That, so I'll just have to go by my memory of the thing for now. Last Night In Soho spoilers and some dreaded nuance below the cut!

In short, I struggled with how mean-spirited the film felt to me. Protagonist Eloise Turner gets chewed up and spitten out by a London that is sleazy, cruel and unforgiven even in the genre of "country mouse goes to the Big City and has a Terrible Time of Things" stories. It's a morally messy and gray kind of tale, where our hero narrowly evades a victim turned villain by the cruelty of the world around her by confronting her with the cruelties she herself indulged in. It's a real Bad Vs. Evil kind of situation, and just thinking of how much of an exhausting, terrifying experience the story would turn to for young Eloise made her early scrappy, if naive, enthusiasm turn to ash in my mouth.

The thing is, upon actually watching the thing again, and through explaining what's going on to my parents that, bless 'em, weren't quite following along on the plot, I came to realize something. All of the things mentioned above are true, that is what happens in the movie, and that's ok.

Eloise gets the utter shit kicked out of her by the plot. She falls down the tree of Moving to the Big City and hits just about every branch on the way down. Her natural empathy gets hijacked by a tale more sordid and violent than she's ready for, and there's no pot of golden rectification at the end of that rainbow, just a sad, twisted murderous grandmother dying in a house fire surrounded by the ghosts of her murdered abusers. It didn't have to end this way, Sandie didn't have to try killing Eloise to cover everything up. If she wasn't so warped from the abuse she suffered she might've even understood that Eloise has a lot in common with her, even when you ignore that she has, through her paranormal powers, Eloise has literally BEEN her. Eloise has literally felt her pain, her fear, her desperation. There is nobody in the world, maybe not even Sandie herself that has as good of a reason to be charitable and kind fo Sadie. It's no good, though, Sandie is too far gone to even consider empathy a possibility.

This is, of course, bleak as shit, and how bleak it is kind of blinded me to the point the movie was making. Upon a rewatch it seems almost absurd to me that I missed it in the first place, but the movie actually has a pretty clever thesis on Nostalgia built into it. Eloise goes to london, expecting it to be as magical of a place as she imagine it being in the late 60's. It is not, of course, even if the 60's was a stylish wonderland like she imagines it, the wear and tear of time and several generation-defining economic crisises (and entirely too many Tory governments if you permit me to talk politics for a hot second) have changed the place up. That is, however, just the starting conditions, the base camp from which Eloise's nostalgic dreams get confronted with the nastiness of reality.

Sadie is in many ways the perfect person for Eloise to project onto. She strides into the world of late 60's Soho with the effortless confidence of youth. She's not from around here, but she is going to make her dreams come true withher gumption and her beautfy and her unflinching confidence. Sounds a lot like Eloise, except Sadie is more of a girlboss than Ellie ever gets to. Of course, Sadie also falls out of the tree of moving to the Big City and hits a whole ton of branches on the way down, but that's not all there is to it. See, if the takeaway of the whole thing was "the protagonist thinks Before was better, but she learns that Before Was Pretty Terrible Actually," Last Night would truly be too cynical, full of pain and suffering, signifying nothing.

That's not what's happening though, if it did, Eloise would take half a look at what Sadie's life turned into and gotten the fuck out of dodge. It'd be a tale of the depravity of the city that a good soul narrowly escaped. That's not the movie Last Night In Soho is, and it's not even close. If anything, Eloise's obsession with South London and the sad life and assumed death of Sadie only deepens as she learns of just how bad things get for the doomed starlet.

It's one of those plot things that effectively illustrates that the difference between a character strength and a character weakness is highly dependent on context. Eloise is an emphatetic person, mirroring her openness to ghostly visions by her openness to other living people. It does her no favors in most interractions with her new classmates, but Eloise can no more stop feeling sympathy and openness to experience and feelings any more than a tiger can change its spots.

So, Eloise is an admirable character because she can not stop being kind, even when it's a disadvantage. She could no more fire back at her queen bee bitchy roomate than she could walk on water, and so she choses to resolve the solution by moving out entirely. It's that kind of "too nice by half" personality that's mostly present in fictional characters to give them a place to grow out of, to learn to stand up to themselves and so on. That's not the angle Last Night goes for though, I'd argue what it does is a much more nuanced take on such a character.

I would argue, though, that throughout Last Night In Soho, Eloise's empathy is in fact her most grievous character flaw. She almost ruins her life and her future by actively seeking out Sadie's tragedy, soaking in it like she can redeem the time period she is so enamored by absorbing Sadie's misery and quote-unquote saving her from her ignoble end. The world does not require this of Sadie, she puts this unreasonably huge demand on herself because it's the only way her unquestioning love for the time and place of Sadie's life can remain unexamined. Sadie's tragedy can only be an emergent flaw in the system of that time and place. If late 60's Soho chewed up and spat out young ambitious women like her and Sadie as a matter of course, how could it be the magical place of the movies and music that Eloise loves so much?

It's with this in mind that the ending scene where Eloise displays her new clothes designs goes from being a "oh, nice for her I guess" kind of denoument into a pretty powerful thesis statement. Eloise stil loves the things she loved about the 60's, she still loves the music, the aesthetics of it, the style of the clothing, but it is tempered by a distinctive and conscious sense of anachronism. This isn't the 60's coming back, this is Eloise, a modern young woman, showing the world what she loved about those bygone times filtered through her own experiences. This is, the movie says, what Nostalgia should be, an ongoing conversation with and about the aesthetics of the past without attempting to restore some sort of prelapsarian way of things that never existed in the first place.

In a world where an increasing amount of people start looking at the 50's with a worrying level of fondness, I think a movie like Last Night In Soho is important. It's ok to like rockabilly, it's ok to like stepford housewife chic, it's ok to like three-piece work suits, the movie all but says, but don't try to make today like the times when these styles arose. They weren't the Good Old Days the way it's tempting to think of them. They were Days, and depending on who you were they could be the farthest thing from good. Love the things and looks you love, but let the thoughts patterns and politics that informed them remain in the past where they belong.

So in short, I fear that in my initial piece on this movie, I did the Classical Tumblr Mistake of reading ill, conservative, will into a nuanced work that deals with complex topics in a surprisingly elegant way. So, that's my bad, and I'm glad that actually getting off my ass and giving it a second look has opened up my eyes to a lot of beautifully shot, artfully presented nuance. Last Night In Soho is a great move y'all. Go see it. Hell, if you've only seen it once, maybe see it again?

#last night in soho #film friday #also I haven't even gotten into how much of a trippy giallo-esque delight this movie is visually #or the clear and apparent love that's been put into the soundtrack #and the camerawork? Oh lord #I have to write a third damn thing about this movie now don't I? #stay tuned for that I suppose #Also I'm starting to wonder if the fact that I first saw this movie on a date that went to a kinda weird place may have biased me against i #Keep an eye out for my confused thoughts about The Boy And The Heron in that case #I'd say iykyk #but you don't so I won't #Finally (do anyone ever read all of these?) I'd apologize for the pun with the first gif #but I'm not sorry #not even a little bit