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The other day I read a chap complaining that the fight suffered from the same problem as many of the fight sequences in Batman Begins: over reliance on close-ups in an effort to communicate the confusion and violence of combat (without resorting to blood and other PG 13 unfriendly antics), but failing thanks to the way in which the technique tends to work against clarity. That’s not what’s going on here. To begin with Quitely doesn’t overuse close-ups, and where he does use them he uses them with purpose. We get tighter and tighter because that’s what Robin is experiencing: a closing down of options, a tighter and tighter spot. Also note the juxtaposition between the final extreme close-up on Robin’s eyes, and the next panel where we pull out to take in the action and Robin leaps to safety before the ninja does to his head what he ends up doing to the wall. This dramatic change of perspective and influx of motion is like the air hitting your lungs after a long spell holding your breath. (via Mindless Ones  » Blog Archive  » Yet more bloody thoughts about Batman and Robin #2)

The other day I read a chap complaining that the fight suffered from the same problem as many of the fight sequences in Batman Begins: over reliance on close-ups in an effort to communicate the confusion and violence of combat (without resorting to blood and other PG 13 unfriendly antics), but failing thanks to the way in which the technique tends to work against clarity. That’s not what’s going on here. To begin with Quitely doesn’t overuse close-ups, and where he does use them he uses them with purpose. We get tighter and tighter because that’s what Robin is experiencing: a closing down of options, a tighter and tighter spot. Also note the juxtaposition between the final extreme close-up on Robin’s eyes, and the next panel where we pull out to take in the action and Robin leaps to safety before the ninja does to his head what he ends up doing to the wall. This dramatic change of perspective and influx of motion is like the air hitting your lungs after a long spell holding your breath. (via Mindless Ones  » Blog Archive  » Yet more bloody thoughts about Batman and Robin #2)

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