The original screenplay is drawn from actual trial transcripts and compresses the action into one very intensely emotional day, using extreme close-ups and extreme camera angles to extraordinary effect.
What does XCU stand for?
XCU stands for Extreme Close-Up
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It's badly lit and grim, with bouts of highly unpleasant violence and too many extreme close-ups.
It's badly lit and grim, with bouts of highly unpleasant violence and too many extreme close-ups.
In El Lenguaje de los Machetes, the dominance of extreme close-ups of the characters' faces gave the audience access to the couple's intimate world.
The kind of acting he wants is very simple, minimal and nuanced, so much so that someone I spoke to last night said that watching us on stage was like looking at a series of extreme close-ups.
Dubbed "antiportrait[s]" by the artist, they portray extreme close-ups of anuses and are based on photos of real assholes (both male and female) voluntarily submitted by interested citizens who heard about Drennen's project.
Director Randall Wallace (writer of Braveheart) captures the raceday drama with extreme close-ups, flared nostrils and jaunty camera angles, all underpinned with the thunderous rattle of hooves.