I am a big fan of ‘deconstructing’ media to see what works, what we can each learn and incorporate in our own video work. Videomaker has a nice 5-minute video posted today where they deconstruct some of the cinematography in ‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid’. It’s well worth spending a few minutes learning each day or at least each week to grow your craft.

Videomaker’s Deconstructing Cinematography examines great movie scenes known for spectacular cinematography and breaks them down to find why they’re highly revered. In this segment we review a scene from a great film that boldly pushed the boundaries of the western genre, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Released in 1969, Conrad Hall won the academy award for best cinematography, and his style still has enormous influence in movies today.

You can view the short video, with some footage from the film here: Videomaker’s Deconstructing Cinematography: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.