Stills.
Odd question I know but does anyone know the exact number of photographs used to make La Jatee is?
shareMany people seem to think this film was make from actual photographic stills. This is incorrect. It was actually shot on film and later stills from the footage were taken. This also explains why some of the shots are shaking.
Just a bit of info that I found out today.
This also explains why some of the shots are shaking.
I'd wondered about that... Plus, there's an actual moving shot in the moment the birds wake the woman up (then she blinks)...
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- If his brain's ran down, how can he talk?
- It happens to people all the time.
I always thought that was such a beautiful moment. Especially sweet when she blinks because it's over so fast you'll miss it if you blink.
So beautiful.
It was actually shot on film and later stills from the footage were taken.
Incorrect:
La Jetée is constructed almost entirely from optically printed photographs playing out as a photomontage of varying rhythm. It contains only one brief shot (of the woman mentioned above sleeping and suddenly waking up) originating on a motion-picture camera, this due to the fact that Marker could only afford to hire one for an afternoon. The stills were taken with a Pentax Spotmatic[1] and the motion-picture segment was shot with a 35mm Arriflex.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Jetée#Production
It's the other way around. If it seems to be shaking, it's because the photographs have been filmed using an optical printer (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_printer). share