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The Carefully Crafted Chaos of Uncut Gems (Patreon)

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2021-06-29 14:19:53

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In 2019 there was a movie a watch a ton of times that totally dominated my channels output in 2020. But there was another movie from 2019 that I watched almost as much as Parasite, and yet I never talked about it on my channel.

Uncut Gems is one of those films that I really wanted to analyze, but always had a difficult time trying to, because every time I’d watch it, I’d get so wrapped up in the tension, anxiety, suspense and ups and downs of the story that it would be hard to disengage from the experience enough to analyze what was happening on a technical level.

The difficulty of disengaging just shows how skilled the Safdie Brothers are at sucking you in and bringing you on an unrelenting ride. Generating this kind of anxious chaos is no small feat. It takes a mastery of cinematography, editing, and sound to be able to craft an experience that makes you feel like you might slip loose and lose the thread at any moment, while in reality you’re being led by the hand further into the grip of its suspense

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The Carefully Crafted Chaos of Uncut Gems

The first 1,000 people to use this link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare: https://skl.sh/thomasflight06219 Uncut Gems is a chaotic and anxiety-inducing wild ride. In order to construct this kind of chaos without confusing the viewer or turning things into a jumbled mess, the Safdie brothers needed mastery of cinematography, sound design, and editing. In this video, I dive into each of these categories to look at how the Safdies are carefully crafting the chaos of Uncut Gems. // support my channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thomasflight // monthly newsletter: https://thomasflight.substack.com/ 0:00 UNCUT CHAOS 1:14 SOUND 4:43 EDITING 9:04 CINEMATOGRAPHY 12:51 CHAOS CONTROLLED // TWITTER: https://twitter.com/thomasflight // WEBSITE: http://www.thomasflight.com // FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/thomasflight // MERCH: https://www.thomasflight.com/merch // sponsorship and business inquiries: thomasflight@standard.tv // Questions, feedback, other stuff: contact@thomasflight.com *All Amazon links are affiliate links that support my channel.