screaming silently
In the movies, dramatic scenes are often embellished by an emotional, equally dramatic musical score. Like a fire, for example. Looking beyond this frame, a grown man sobs silently, families watch as a neighborhood restaurant burns furiously, and firemen battle valiantly - not to the tune of a lone trumpet, violin, or choral arrangement, but rather to a deafening, surreal, almost eerie silence.
Aside from the occasional whir of the firemen's ladder pivoting into position, or the low hum of water shooting off into an abyss, it's so quiet that a benign whisper (or the subtle splash of the captain's boots as he marches around the scene) can break your concentration on a shot. Even the fire itself screams - like the rage of a mute dragon. I think that's what I like about shooting these kinds of moments: the unfolding of raw drama and emotion that simply cannot be scripted or scored...
screaming silently
In the movies, dramatic scenes are often embellished by an emotional, equally dramatic musical score. Like a fire, for example. Looking beyond this frame, a grown man sobs silently, families watch as a neighborhood restaurant burns furiously, and firemen battle valiantly - not to the tune of a lone trumpet, violin, or choral arrangement, but rather to a deafening, surreal, almost eerie silence.
Aside from the occasional whir of the firemen's ladder pivoting into position, or the low hum of water shooting off into an abyss, it's so quiet that a benign whisper (or the subtle splash of the captain's boots as he marches around the scene) can break your concentration on a shot. Even the fire itself screams - like the rage of a mute dragon. I think that's what I like about shooting these kinds of moments: the unfolding of raw drama and emotion that simply cannot be scripted or scored...