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''Vertical Cinema'' is a 2020 10 minute short film directed by Creator/DamienChazelle and released by Apple, most noteworthy for its use of a vertical AspectRatio and being shot on iPhone 11 Pros. The film can be viewed in its entirety for free on Website/YouTube [[https://youtu.be/xqiPZBZgW9c here]].
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''Vertical Cinema'' is a 2020 10 minute 10-minute short film directed by Creator/DamienChazelle and released by Apple, most noteworthy for its use of a vertical AspectRatio and being shot on iPhone 11 Pros. The film can be viewed in its entirety for free on Website/YouTube [[https://youtu.be/xqiPZBZgW9c here]].
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* WidescreenShot: The film literally turns this trope on its side, doing its best to take advantage of vertical space.
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* WidescreenShot: The film literally turns this trope on its side, doing its best to take advantage of vertical space.space.
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* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:Subverted. The stuntman jumps off a building and his parachute fails, making it look like he is going to die. However, the girl he met in the hallway ends up saving him with her own parachute.]]
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* BigNo: The main character lets one out when he thinks he is about to suffer a DisneyVillainDeath.
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* FakeActionPrologue: Zig-zagged. While the chase is shown to be part of people filming a movie, the danger quickly becomes real when the main character's parachute fails. All without any sort of emotional pause in between.
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* SilenceIsGolden: Zig-zagged. While there are a few lines of dialogue, the story is told entirely visually. You could watch it on mute and still get the full effect.
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* GenreRoulette: At least six different genres are shown, all in the span of 10 minutes.
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* GenreThrowback: There are five different ones in a row. Specifically, throwbacks to TheSilentAgeOfHollywood, archeology adventures, TheWestern, Hollywood musicals, and [[TheSixties 1960s]] thriller movies.
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* GenreThrowback: There are five different ones in a row. Specifically, throwbacks to TheSilentAgeOfHollywood, UsefulNotes/TheSilentAgeOfHollywood, archeology adventures, TheWestern, Hollywood musicals, and [[TheSixties 1960s]] thriller movies.
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''Vertical Cinema'' is a 2020 10 minute short film directed by Creator/DamienChazelle and released by Apple, most noteworthy for its use of a vertical AspectRatio and being shot on iPhone 11 Pros. The film can be viewed in its entirety for free on Website/YouTube [[https://youtu.be/xqiPZBZgW9c here]].
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There are six sub-segments, each of them with a title of its own.
* ''The Stunt Double'': A modern action film set in and around a skyscraper.
* ''The Struggle Buggy'': A SilentFilm reassembling those from UsefulNotes/TheSilentAgeOfHollywood.
* ''Dark Ruin: Curse of the Lost Gem'': An adventure film featuring an archeologist sent to retrieve a gem from a temple.
* ''Guns of Sedona'': TheWestern segment, showing a ShowdownAtHighNoon.
* ''Daisy Had a Ball'': A musical set in a tall ballroom with prominently featured stairs.
* ''L'Ombre Bleue'': A [[TheSixties 1960s]] thriller movie.
There are six sub-segments, each of them with a title of its own.
* ''The Stunt Double'': A modern action film set in and around a skyscraper.
* ''The Struggle Buggy'': A SilentFilm reassembling those from UsefulNotes/TheSilentAgeOfHollywood.
* ''Dark Ruin: Curse of the Lost Gem'': An adventure film featuring an archeologist sent to retrieve a gem from a temple.
* ''Guns of Sedona'': TheWestern segment, showing a ShowdownAtHighNoon.
* ''Daisy Had a Ball'': A musical set in a tall ballroom with prominently featured stairs.
* ''L'Ombre Bleue'': A [[TheSixties 1960s]] thriller movie.
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* GenreThrowback: Many "classic" genres of film are shown, such as [[TheSixties 1960s]] thrillers and musicals.
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* GenreThrowback: Many "classic" genres of film There are shown, such as five different ones in a row. Specifically, throwbacks to TheSilentAgeOfHollywood, archeology adventures, TheWestern, Hollywood musicals, and [[TheSixties 1960s]] thrillers and musicals.thriller movies.
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** "The Struggle Buggy" features the main character hanging onto a car gate in a scene reassembling one from Creator/BusterKeaton's ''Film/SherlockJr''
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* ShowdownAtHighNoon: This happens during the segment "Guns of Sedona".
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* ShowdownAtHighNoon: This happens during the segment "Guns of Sedona".Sedona".
* WidescreenShot: The film literally turns this trope on its side, doing its best to take advantage of vertical space.
* WidescreenShot: The film literally turns this trope on its side, doing its best to take advantage of vertical space.
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''Vertical Cinema'' is a 2020 short film directed by Creator/DamienChazelle and released by Apple, most noteworthy for its use of a vertical AspectRatio and being shot on iPhone 11 Pros. The film can be viewed in its entirety for free on Website/YouTube [[https://youtu.be/xqiPZBZgW9c here]].
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!!Tropes that appear in the film film include:
* ActionPrologue: The film starts with people running up stairs to the roof of a skyscraper.
* BookEnds: The film starts and ends with the skyscraper scene, and it doesn't appear at any other time.
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: Segments "The Struggle Buggy" and "The Dark Ruin" are monochrome.
* GenreShift: the film showcases several different genres. Those being Action, Silent Comedy, Adventure, Western, Musical, and Thriller.
* GenreThrowback: Many "classic" genres of film are shown, such as [[TheSixties 1960s]] thrillers and musicals.
* HowWeGotHere: The movie opens up with the stuntman jumping off a building and his parachute failing. His life ([[LawOfConservationOfDetail or rather, his career]]) flashes before his eyes.
* IrisOut: Happens in the final shot.
* MenacingHandShot: one of these happens during the ShowdownAtHighNoon when the cowboys are waiting to draw their guns.
* ProgressiveEraMontage: The film goes through genres, in chronological order of when they were popular.
* ShoutOut:
** The shot looking out a door in the Western segment "Guns of Sedona" is a direct reference to ''Film/TheSearchers''
** "Daisy had a Ball" is reminiscent of Creator/DamienChazelle's previous film ''Film/LaLaLand'', which itself was a GenreThrowback to Hollywood musicals.
** "L'ombre Bleue" contains visual references to ''Film/{{Vertigo}}'', and ''Film/NorthByNorthwest'', the latter having a plane chase a person.
* ShowdownAtHighNoon: This happens during the segment "Guns of Sedona".
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!!Tropes that appear in the film film include:
* ActionPrologue: The film starts with people running up stairs to the roof of a skyscraper.
* BookEnds: The film starts and ends with the skyscraper scene, and it doesn't appear at any other time.
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: Segments "The Struggle Buggy" and "The Dark Ruin" are monochrome.
* GenreShift: the film showcases several different genres. Those being Action, Silent Comedy, Adventure, Western, Musical, and Thriller.
* GenreThrowback: Many "classic" genres of film are shown, such as [[TheSixties 1960s]] thrillers and musicals.
* HowWeGotHere: The movie opens up with the stuntman jumping off a building and his parachute failing. His life ([[LawOfConservationOfDetail or rather, his career]]) flashes before his eyes.
* IrisOut: Happens in the final shot.
* MenacingHandShot: one of these happens during the ShowdownAtHighNoon when the cowboys are waiting to draw their guns.
* ProgressiveEraMontage: The film goes through genres, in chronological order of when they were popular.
* ShoutOut:
** The shot looking out a door in the Western segment "Guns of Sedona" is a direct reference to ''Film/TheSearchers''
** "Daisy had a Ball" is reminiscent of Creator/DamienChazelle's previous film ''Film/LaLaLand'', which itself was a GenreThrowback to Hollywood musicals.
** "L'ombre Bleue" contains visual references to ''Film/{{Vertigo}}'', and ''Film/NorthByNorthwest'', the latter having a plane chase a person.
* ShowdownAtHighNoon: This happens during the segment "Guns of Sedona".
