Yasujiro Ozu (1903--1963)

Part I of Essay
In the film industry nobaody (except avant garde filmmakers) has developed a style as different as Yasujiro Ozu. He said of his own work, " I have formulated my own directing style in my head, proceeding without any unnecessary imitation of others". His films are like exp ....

Part II of Essay
.... stays lower than the object being shot. Ozu developed his own tranzition system,he was putting framed shots of the surroundings between the scenes to tell us that the scene and the setting has changed. usualy these shots are longer than normaly it should be. One of the very important style of Ozu is he did not obey to the 180 degree rule infact he used all the 360 degree space. Ozu orbitted the camera around the characters and he broke down the 360 degree space into multiples of 45 degrees. He shots characters from 90 degree poin of vie ....