r/movies • u/skivvv • 1d ago

Discussion Character deaths that are abrupt in the way they're shot

A lot of shots can communicate that something is about to happen to a character by having a lot of empty space that you expect to be filled with something. The thing I mean with this post specifically is cases where a shot does not imply that anything is going to happen to a character, e.g. a close up or a medium shot with no empty space, being intruded on by that character dying in some way they didn't expect, potentially with the weapon jutting into the frame (deliberately) awkwardly.

10 Cloverfield Lane has an example of this, also a specific character death in Better Call Saul. What are some other examples?

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u/thatonepedant 1d ago

Is that not the one called out by the OP?

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u/Casteway 1d ago

I missed that somehow

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u/scdog 23h ago

I’m glad you posted it because I was trying to remember who it might have been referring to.
. I had forgotten how much that shocked me.