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why dune looks so amazing – a video essay

A short essay on the compositional and color choices that give Dune (2021) its sense of scale, from wide symmetrical framing to a restrained, sand-toned palette.

Academy Of Edits · 7 min · Intermediate · CIN · Cinematography · 2018

What you take away

Gets practical notes on using scale and negative space to convey enormity in frame.

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