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521. Directorpiece Theatre: How Rob Reiner Constructs Romantic Comedies

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The Importance of Subtle Forms in Film Composition

Riner often creates frames where we anticipate that they should be together without us realizing it. He also uses these great wide shots that are on a long lens to I would argue enhance the intimacy of their relationship which is sort of the opposite how these wides normally work. It's just one of those things like of course that's what the movie is about but here's a way that the director subtly put us there before we were ready and it's great right kind of like a nail.

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