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xhonzi said:
Which brings me back to the question: How do you know when you have enough?
Its a question of mood.
Objectivly, there's rarely a need editing wise to show travel. A quick establishing shot and a character entering would usually be enough. But
Silverado's a fine example, because
- A significant part of that movie is the epic feel of the American West. It's a very self-aware Western.
- Traveling together is one of the main ways it establishes the bond between the four heroes, especially the end then they rejoin up.
So it has LOADS of horseriding with heroic music.
Easy Rider is a film whose main purpose is long shots of riding motorcycles with desert scenery. The sheer SCOPE of LOTR justifies much of its walking/running shots. You could probably cut 10 minutes from each movie easily just by trimming the traveling sequences, but something indefinable would be lost.
In Silence of the Lambs Starling travels all over the place investigating, but they don't show any of it because it would be counter to the mood of the film. Same with all the Indiana Jones films. Nothing would be gained by a 90 second mood piece of Indiana Jones in the car driving to Donovan's house.
Like with a fight scene or a sex scene, the real question is how invested is the audience to want to see this sequence go on compared to the rest of the movie.
