{"id":35931,"date":"2020-07-28T19:16:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T16:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-secret-to-a-great-fight-scene-is-structure\/"},"modified":"2020-07-28T19:16:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-28T16:16:00","slug":"the-secret-to-a-great-fight-scene-is-structure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-secret-to-a-great-fight-scene-is-structure\/","title":{"rendered":"#The Secret to a Great Fight Scene Is Structure"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3c1ace495fa\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3c1ace495fa\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-secret-to-a-great-fight-scene-is-structure\/#Heres_a_video_essay_on_why_the_best_action_sequences_are_structured_like_stories_rather_than_spectacles\" >Here&#8217;s a video essay on why the best action sequences are structured like stories rather than spectacles.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-secret-to-a-great-fight-scene-is-structure\/#Who_made_this\" >Who made this?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-secret-to-a-great-fight-scene-is-structure\/#More_Videos_Like_This\" >More Videos Like This<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#The Secret to a Great Fight Scene Is Structure<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<ol itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BreadcrumbList\">\n<li itemprop=\"itemListElement\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ListItem\">                                          <span itemprop=\"name\">Home<\/span>                                       <meta content=\"1\" itemprop=\"position\"><\/meta><\/li>\n<li itemprop=\"itemListElement\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ListItem\">                                                           <span itemprop=\"name\">Columns<\/span>                                                        <meta content=\"2\" itemprop=\"position\"><\/meta><\/li>\n<li itemprop=\"itemListElement\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ListItem\">                                                           <span itemprop=\"name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Movies<\/a><\/span>                                                         <meta content=\"3\" itemprop=\"position\"><\/meta><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li><span itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">             <span itemprop=\"author\">Meg Shields<\/span>                  <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>July 28, 2020<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Heres_a_video_essay_on_why_the_best_action_sequences_are_structured_like_stories_rather_than_spectacles\"><\/span>Here&#8217;s a video essay on why the best action sequences are structured like stories rather than spectacles.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div><em>Welcome to <strong>The Queue<\/strong> \u2014 your daily distraction of curated video content sourced from across the web. Today, we\u2019re looking at what Chinese storytelling can teach us about how to structure a fight scene.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/hr>\n<p>Like car chases and makeover montages, fight scenes are one of those things that movies just do better than other mediums. After all, the word \u201ccinema\u201d means \u201cmovement\u201d (from the Greek kin\u0113ma). And that is, essentially, what a fight scene is: movement. There\u2019s little to no dialogue or location-changes. It\u2019s just people, in motion. Flinging fists.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, it\u2019s not that simple. Throwing punches, grunts, and henchmen at a hero does not necessarily a great fight scene make. And yet, while it\u2019s certainly not a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a>, like most things, you can always tell when you\u2019ve just seen a brawl that\u2019s a cut above. So what is it, exactly, that makes a fight scene <em>great?\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The video essay below outlines how exceptional fight scenes tend to follow a similar structure. Using Chinese storytelling principles as a guide, the video breaks itself, and the elements of a good fight scene, into four parts: (1) the establishment of the arena, the players, and the stakes; (2) the escalation after the first scene-setting exchange; (3) the \u201coh yeah\u201d or \u201coh no\u201d moment where the direction of the fight changes; and (4) finally an end that clarifies and resolves the stakes of the fight. In addition to outlining a reliably engaging shape the video emphasizes an essential truism about great fight scenes, and great stories <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>ly: that if something feels personal to the hero, it will feel personal to the audience too.<\/p>\n<p>Watch \u201c<strong>How To Structure a Fight Scene<\/strong>\u201c:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BPjG6fe-eTQ?feature=oembed\" title=\"How to Structure a Fight Scene | Video Essay\" width=\"700\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/hr>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_made_this\"><\/span>Who made this?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>This video was created by\u00a0<strong>Accented Cinema<\/strong>, a Canadian-based <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a> video essay series with a focus on foreign cinema. You can subscribe to Accented on Cinema for bi-weekly uploads\u00a0here. 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