January 25th's critique required me to do some research on cinematography to improve my shots. I wasn't sure where to start as sumo isn't exactly a common sport in films so I ended up looking at examples from films about other contact ring sports such as boxing and mma. I also found sumo documentaries and the Every Frame a Painting video on Jackie Chan's action comedy techniques to be particularly helpful. Below is essentially a copy-paste of my notes, many of which seem nonsensical: Fat Bastard – Sumo Wrestling
CREED: Adonis Creed vs. 'Pretty' Ricky Conlan Jackie Chan - How to Do Action Comedy
All About Sumo: the Real Truth 1:13 – Ryogoku kokugikan 7:44 – pan across cheering crowd looking out/(up?) at wrestlers make them appear very grandiose 8:20 – shot of sumo ring for reference 8:27 – pull out birds eye of ring!! Nice!! 9:17 – the house thing lights the ring! I still don’t know what it is!! 9:25 – Some traditional paintings that could be good for visual ref 18:54 – samurai stables are...literally just apartments movies are full of lies they sleep in a row of futons with fluffy cute pink blankets 21:26 – how sumo wrestlers charge
Also more sumo videos to help my with choreographing movement: Sumo -Kyushu Basho 2016 Day 10, November 22nd -大相撲九州場所 2016年 10日目 3:06 – Chiyoootori vs Ikioi Particularly stalling moment at 3:21 4:11 – gyoji actually starts with fan raised then lowers as match starts
Great belt-grabbing reference Sumo Wrestling - Fukuoka / Japan @ November 2015 Sumo sumo A friend also informed me during critiques that spectators would throw their futons towards the ring at the end of a great bout to show how much they liked it, which I had no idea about. Who would've thought! Some things to note:
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AuthorNice to meet you! I'm Kristine. Currently a third year student studying animation at the Emily Carr University of Art + Design. Archives
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