The Bear employs strategies that shouldn’t work together. But they do.
I could wax poetic about how special The Bear, a half-hour dramedy, is and how it keeps you on the edge of your seat. It contains astounding character work, impeccable direction, and cinematic cinematography to boot. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that a show that lives on two ends of the spectrum, one that’s so funny and so meaningfully dramatic, would also be able to balance two divergent shooting techniques, yet here I am about to laud it.
The Bear has these elegant long takes and also some very fast cutting that brings moments to the forefront, captures performances, and sets the tone and theme. These seem like they would never work together, and yet they make you want to shout out, “Yes, chef!”
Check out this video from Thomas Flight and let’s talk after.
Author: Jason Hellerman
This article comes from No Film School and can be read on the original site.
