u/RosalinaTheWatcher51

I guess what I mean is what’s a film you enjoy that you rate higher than you might have otherwise because it challenges you in a way?

My choices would be Malcolm X (1992) and Oasis (2002).

Malcolm X, while it suffered from a lot of the same issues a lot of biopics do, it did challenge a lot of my preconceived notions about Malcolm and better informed me what his actual message was and how it played out in the context of the Civil Rights movement. (And it certainly helped that this is a Spike Lee movie where his subject is something he‘s actually passionate about. Plus Denzel was fucking awesome.)

Oasis because there were story decisions that I didn’t fully buy (the ending for example) but I do really love how unapologetically uncomfortable and downright bitter it can be to contrast the little sliver of happiness the two main characters share together. I think it could potentially make an interesting litmus test and make an interesting conversation about people’s reactions to it. To me this movie is a better version of Lars von Trier’s The Idiots.

Despite their flaws, I rate them both 10/10 so I wonder if you all have any similar examples of my explanations made any sense at all. Thanks!

Hello,

I’m a videographer with an S5II trying to figure out how to do smooth zooms (a la the opening shot from The Conversation as an example) and I was wondering if SmallRig Magicfiz can give me the controlled zoom that I’m looking for.

if not, do you guys have any recommendations for alternatives or how to get a controlled, smooth zoom? doing it by hand isn’t really working for me at the moment.

thanks!