Hollywood star and filmmaker Justine Bateman delivered a brutal film critic’s take on the numerous meltdown videos all over social media after President-elect Donald Trump’s victory.
In one post after another on Thursday and Friday on X, the 58-year-old actress broke down the videos of Harris supporters melting down after Trump’s stunning victory, having some fun with them as she pointed out things like lighting and camera angles, even noting that using one’s car for their freakout video location has been “overused.”
One video showed a woman leaning into the camera with her phone below her waist freaking out about the results of the election, claiming Trump’s America will look like something from the fictional series “The Handmaids Tale,” without a shred of evidence.
“As a filmmaker, I want to point out the issues with these recently released projects. #SocialMediaVideoCritique,” Bateman wrote. “The actress starts out 3/4 figure, but she needs to lean over to have her 2-Ts shot in frame. Consider placing the camera higher, so she doesn’t have to …make this effort.”
“The dialogue is spoken at low volume and is difficult to hear,” she added. “She adjusts her hair frequently and it breaks the focus of the scene. Even when working with a skeleton crew… make adjustments in rehearsal, like lifting the camera so her head is not tilted down, causing her hair to fall. Another indication of the lack of rehearsal is the actress’ delivery. It is halting in some parts, and again breaks the audience’s emotional connection.”
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In another post, Bateman wrote that, as a filmmaker, “The lack of cinematic quality” in these videos “is just begging for it.”
“The low camera angle is unattractive, & also suggests an unjustified submissiveness for the viewer,” the actress wrote about the person in the video who scared her kids over the election results. “Clearly, the stars of the video are the children, but… there is no coverage of them. We are instead on the ‘messenger’ and not connecting with the emotional core of the piece…”
Another filmmaker #SocialMediaVideoCritique.
– My biggest problem with this is that it feels like it was take 2 or take 3. The emotional performance feels drummed up, like it was fresh on take 1, but they couldn’t really get the same intensity back on subsequent takes. 1/ https://t.co/QHYsoEdDcj— Justine Bateman (@JustineBateman) November 7, 2024
In one of the videos, a woman is crying and freaking out, having an utter meltdown over the election results and Bateman wrote that, “My biggest problem with this is that it feels like it was take 2 or take 3. The emotional performance feels drummed up, like it was fresh on take 1, but they couldn’t really get the same intensity back on subsequent takes.”
“The second major issue is the unpredictability of the camera movements. Because the emotions are high, the scene would have benefitted from a locked-off camera position, or a slow, graceful movement. The jiggling of the camera doubles down on the emotions, and is overkill.”
At one point, she also critiqued Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-NY) hysteria video and wrote, “Again, we see this lighting mistake that many are making. Notice the vague, overhead lights, the absence of a ‘key light’ on her face, and the way her face is flattened as a result.”
“However, the dialogue is a major issue here,” she added. “There are very long sentences spoken that are difficult to follow, and don’t suit the short duration of this video. A rewrite could help a lot to simplify and focus the intent. The wardrobe of a white shirt doesn’t give us much … information about the character…”
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