Registered: Apr 2004
Location: Impacting nations and generations
Visual Storytelling at it's finest....
Themes, scenes, or shots repeated or mirrored throughout the saga
This is hopefully the start of what will become a great thread.
First, I checked around and found only the foreshadowing thread, but none like this one.
Second, yes I'm copying this thread from TF.N, one because I liked it so much over there, and two because here it can be condensed into a few pages rather than 90.
So what exactly is it for?
Screencaps, specifically those images or shots and sequences that show the visual themes that Lucas weaved throughout the six films.
Many are obvious (Both skywalkers losing an arm), some are not.
Some are opposites, some are the same situations.
In any event, I'll try to make this fun, and definately want others to look, comment, and participate as this type of thread I've seen on 3 different boards ends up bringing lots of great discussions.
Without further ado:
Anakin's first journey is one of innocence, one that leads to his freedom.
Anakin's second journey is one of darkness, one that leads to the end of his innocene. Note the symbolic sun setting on him.
Exactly the same shot. Obi-wan is always towered over by those closest to him.
Twice Anakin says goodbye to his mother, and twice it changes his life.
The last good days of the republic are ending. The darkness is spreading.
Registered: Apr 2004
Location: Impacting nations and generations
A flight into uncertainty:
Similar positions reversed:
Echoes of the Past:
A Master's Decision; A Jedi's Proclimation:
Note that these scenes are both when Anakin and Luke are officially decided to become Jedi. Both feature Obi-wan, but the angles are reversed. Anakin is on the left side of the screen, traditionaly the villian's side, and Luke on the right, the hero's side. This is intentional, and planned by Lucas, as you'll see in many more shots to come.
Padme shoots at Dooku's ship as it leaves, while Leah fires at Boba Fett's escaping ship.
AOTC:
ESB:
The End.
Notice how the last shot in "Clones" appears to be an inverted version of a similar composition from the closing moments of "Empire"; also of note, besides the fact that the droids are present in both images, is that in "Clones" we have a shot of husband-wife, while in "Empire" we have brother-sister.
Registered: Apr 2004
Location: Impacting nations and generations
Coming up on Mon., my good sir. But of course if you've got good screencaps, then post 'em!
I've got alot of these high-quality ones though, so even if nobody else posts, I'll be at this for awhile. JP!
Thanks guys, I was hoping you'd get a kick out of these.
There are lots more to go, as that haXxor Lucas made sure that the PT took things from the OT and mirrored and flipped them.
Some later ones are going to be clever and un-expected, as I'll show you how Luke and Anakins story's and Leah and Padme's stories parralel and contrast, but also how Luke and padme's and Leah's and Anakin's do too.
Plus I'm saving a Mace/Han solo goodie for Mon., wonder if anybody could beat me to it?
Yeah, well, there is an awful lot of repetition. He repeats just about everything, it does show a bit of poverty on ideas though. Taking out only the relevant themes to be copied would have made it stronger. This just shows he does everything the same way. Too much of this and it gets lame, it just kinda shows Lucas ran out of ideas.
Dec 8th, 2006 09:28 PM
Thanks.
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