Check out the first of three videos focusing on the first and last frames of over 50 films, both modern and classics.
As it turns out, the first and last frames of films tend to tell us more about the story than you might have thought.
Part One
Check out part one of the series, edited and uploaded to Vimeo by cinematographer Jacob T. Swinney, below;
The song played in the video is "Any Other Name" by Thomas Newman.
Featured films
The films featured in part one of First and Final Frames are the following:
| Film | Time |
|---|---|
| The Tree of Life | 00:00 |
| The Master | 00:09 |
| Secreto en la montaña | 00:15 |
| No Country for Old Men | 00:23 |
| Her | 00:27 |
| Blue Valentine | 00:30 |
| Birdman | 00:34 |
| Black Swan | 00:41 |
| Gone Girl | 00:47 |
| Kill Bill - Vol. 2 | 00:53 |
| Punch-Drunk Love | 00:59 |
| Silver Linings Playbook | 01:06 |
| Taxi Driver | 01:11 |
| Shutter Island | 01:20 |
| Children of Men | 01:27 |
| We Need to Talk About Kevin | 01:33 |
| Funny Games | 01:41 |
| * | 01:47 |
| Twelve Years A Slave | 01:54 |
| Oil! | 01:59 |
| Godfather - Part II, The | 02:05 |
| Shame | 02:10 |
| Never Let Me Go | 02:17 |
| The Road | 02:21 |
| Hunger | 02:27 |
| Raging Bull | 02:31 |
| Cabaret | 02:36 |
| Before Sunrise | 02:42 |
| Nebraska | 02:47 |
| Frank | 02:54 |
| Cast Away | 03:01 |
| Somewhere | 03:06 |
| Melancholia | 03:11 |
| Morvern Callar | 03:18 |
| Take This Waltz | 03:21 |
| Buried | 03:25 |
| Lord of War | 03:32 |
| Cape Fear | 03:38 |
| 12 Monkeys | 03:45 |
| The World According to Garp | 03:50 |
| Saving Private Ryan | 03:57 |
| Poetry | 04:02 |
| Solyaris | 04:05 |
| Dr. Strangelove | 04:11 |
| Astronaut Farmer, The (2006) | 04:16 |
| The Piano | 04:21 |
| Inception | 04:26 |
| A Record of Youth | 04:31 |
| Whiplash | 04:37 |
| Cloud Atlas | 04:43 |
| Under the Skin | 04:47 |
| 2001 - A Space Odyssey | 04:51 |
| Gravity | 04:57 |
| The Searchers | 05:03 |
| The Usual Suspects | 05:23 |
Some of these opening and closing shots really makes you realize and appreciate the efforts put into the structure of these films.
Parts Two and Three
If you like this concept, don't forget to check out parts two and three as well;
Lastly, a big thank you to the creator of those videos, cinematographer Jacob T. Swinney.