The shot and then reverse shot is a technique that has been used in films for what for what feels like forever. This is a shot that is in almost every film and is often used to show a conversation between two people. The Coen Brothers do this shot in a meaningful way though to set them apart from others. A couple ways they do this is by just doing single shots by doing this they make it so there is a feeling of actual presence. They also enhance this effect by using a wide angle lens making the effect seem much more personal. The Coens like to isolate characters and put them in uncontrollable situations making the viewer feel the same as the characters. Using a wider angle lens also can be used to tell a lot about the characters and the setting that they are in. All of these are reasons that the Coens use a wide lens. Another thing that sets their shots apart from others is their rhythm. Most rhythm in a scene comes from the dialogue used in it, but the Coens don't do this. Instead the Coens have rhythm non-verbally making scenes flow better and seem faster because of it. With this and all of the other techniques they use the Coens make the generic shot, reverse shot seem unique and different.
I really enjoyed this video, it was very well thought out and said. I think the narrator of the video explains his thoughts really well and gives a good deal of information without boring you. Most of the information he gives in this video about the Coen brothers was stuff I either didn't know or never noticed, like the wide lens shots and the no dialogue rhythm. I am a little curious now to what films they have directed as I am not too familiar with them, but this video got me interested. Overall this video was great.
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