Which films use extreme close-up staging?

Whiplash (2014), The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017).

What kind of technique is extreme close-up staging?

It is a cinematography technique. Related cinematography techniques include Real Locations as Character.

Cinematography technique · used in 2 films

Using extreme close-ups of faces, hands or objects to break up a body or open a scene. The tight framing is intense and withholds the wider world.

Examples

Whiplash
Damien Chazelle · 2014
Chazelle's camera keeps showing Andrew's body in pieces: bleeding hands, sweating forearms, a twitching face. After a while, you see him as a collection of strained parts.
Where to see it: The practice sessions. You see blood on the drumheads.
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Yorgos Lanthimos · 2017
The film opens on a beating heart during open-heart surgery, and the camera pulls back to show the surgical team. You see Steven's work as a surgeon before you meet Steven as a person. The image also hints at the question of who lives and who dies.
Where to see it: The opening scene: an extreme close-up of a beating heart during an operation, and the camera pulls back to show the surgical team.

Questions

What is extreme close-up staging in film?: Using extreme close-ups of faces, hands or objects to break up a body or open a scene. The tight framing is intense and withholds the wider world.
Which films use extreme close-up staging?: Whiplash (2014), The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017).
What kind of technique is extreme close-up staging?: It is a cinematography technique. Related cinematography techniques include Real Locations as Character.

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