As corny as that shot of the bag blowing in the wind was in American Beauty, there is something to the examination of the movement of the object itself. I mean, you can inject it with whatever meaning you like, really.
For my first shot, I wanted to go with something that made me think of something else. I saw this leaf, clinging to the branch in the wind, and it made me think of the last US soldier to get on that helicopter when the Vietnam war was over. Of the last kid picked for gym class kickball. Or the last episode of "MASH", when BJ is leaving in the chopper, and Alan Alda's Hawkeye is the last man at the camp...or was it Hawkeye who was in the helo? I can't recall. I remember the shot, but not the specifics of the characters. Whattaya want, I was like 9 and a half...
The kicker is, off-screen, there's like 50 other leaves. Just goes to show that the cinematographer or videographer can manipulate the image you see. Lesson learned.
Anyway, here's the first shot.
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