Final Cut Comparison: Part 2

Final Cut Comparison: Part 2

Movie Chosen: Drive (2011)

  In a similar way to how The Godfather (1972) contrasted with my personal project, Blank Shell, Drive (2011) utilizes darkness to focus in on the emotional display on the actor's face. Due to the lack of dialogue spanning across multiple characters however, I believe that Drive (2011) can be much more closely compared to Blank Shell. For example, Drive (2011) uses darkness to its advantage in the same way I utilized it in Blank Shell. Audience focus is drawn from the actions on screen, and onto the actor's face where both the character and the world they reside in can be developed. It's important to note that both Drive (2011)'s and Blank Shell's soundtracks lend themselves to more modern, electronic genres, though Blank Shell's soundtrack is arguably of a much darker tone and is devoid of lyrics. One extremely notable difference we seen between the films is that Drive (2011) utilizes a plethora of aerial shots that convey the sheer scale of Los Angeles. For very glaring budget, time, and location restraints, Blank Shell had absolutely no way of practically reproducing these kind of establishing shots, and as such, was devoid of them.