Kurosawa And Composing Movement

Kurosawa  would combine his films in different types of motions. Over the course of Kurosawas filmmaking career he made over 30 films in all of them the movement was surprising and cinematic.  The first move I learned about was the movement of nature. In every one of his films, the background of the shot features some kind of weather. Wind, water, fire, smoke, snow and one advantage of this approach is that shots have a lot of visual interest. Even when people are still, there's rain in the background to draw your eye. Rain is a real emotional trigger that works in any film. It's another layer that the audience can relate to sensually. Secondly there's movement of groups. Kurosawa films usually feature large groups of people who band together or split apart.  Crowds like this are really cinematic. What they communicate is a lot is going on when you put this many people in a shot, any emotion feels big!

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