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PLAYING - 9 Minutes from P.J. Wolff - short mystery
thriller filmed in Joshua Tree California
A 1995 movie "Nick of Time" with Johnny Depp the most
remarkable scene is a production and viewer standpoint is the 35
story ride (technically only 33 floors) in the glass walled elevator, to get the right lighting
and not capture the reflections of the crew was a feat according
to IMDB.com. One
of the things I notice about the film is that it's about a 90
minute film, and the entire plot is supposed to occur in 90
minutes which is unusual for any movie to be done that way and for
some reason it feels like it's longer, like hours, yet you don't
feel like you are sitting in a movie that long. The plot
progresses from each element to the next as if you are right there
experiencing the whole thing and somehow there becomes a feeling
of gaining more time oddly enough. The Westin Bonaventure Hotel
where it was filmed is the largest hotel in Los Angeles and a very
unique place to stay, dine, visit just to see the roundness of
it's walls and cozy cubicles that feel like they are suspending
you above everything, and it's a nice place to relax. official
site
SPECIAL EFFECTS - I
found this
effect to be stunning. Take a look at it. It's impossible to
do just with reflection but that is the impression it gives so it
really bends the mind.
Daniel Radcliff would wear the same jacket over different
shirts every time he would leave the theatre in order to make paparazzi photos
worthless.
June 13, 2014 (Friday the 13th and tonight
is a full moon)
giving a
dog a new life
one does not need sound nor length to
present a moving story about a dog rescued from a dump
May 3, 2014 - There was this movie on TV yesterday. It was one of
those movies you find yourself sitting there wondering when the
movie is going to actually start, and that's after 30 minutes. It
was hard to watch but since I have limited choices with no cable
or satellite or even a streaming movie box, and there was
absolutely nothing else worth watching I forced myself, knowing
that sometimes these kinds of movies surprise me. It was very slow
to develop into anything, and kind of boring almost the whole way
through, and seemed to take so long to have any real plot, but it
ended up being an amazing film. One of the reasons it seemed too
slow was it seemed a bit too much like
every day mundane life at times, but that ended up being one of it's
structural pieces that helped build into it's climax. It was based
in the suburbs of a seaside community, and oddly, did not bash
life in the suburbs which is a popular theme these days. The emotion
it stirred up at certain points in the film was unique, very
unique and had some very intense scenes that were so void of
dialogue but rich in acting. Instead of resting on so much talk,
it used more of what makes film making great...the acting and well
structured scenes. This movie is a must watch in my book. It
apparently did not appeal to the masses too much which is expected
as most people don't have the patience, expecting quick dialogue
and quick transitions from scene to scene, but I think it's a must
see. Itt's called "3 Backyards" made in 2010. It's one
of those movies I suggest not reading anything else about and just
watching it for full effect. Here is the IMDB page
if interested in looking at how it was rated.
what is it like working on a set
when every one knows you're making a terrible
movie?
the movie "Aliens" was
made for $18.5 Million ($40 million today), it looks great, so how
come most films that are so expensive these days don't look half
as good? (one reason...too much camera shake)
the ten most ludicrous films that
will make all other movies you watch look much
better
reddit question: what movies did
you see that you liked but failed at the box
office?
Filmmakers try to shake 'fairy tale story
of change' in documenting Egypt
revolution
Twitter account user posted frame by frame
images of Top Gun, Paramount issues DMCA
takedown
AOL Shutting Down Moviefone Dial-In Numbers
777-FILM
Review by Dr. Rashid Buttar: “Liam
Scheff’s book Official Stories could easily be turned
into 11 blockbuster movies. The book has a tasty entertaining
appeal which is only exceeded by it’s stunning educational
value. The awareness and realization that the reader will
inevitably reach as they devour and digest the material would
leave most uninitiated among us disturbed."
full story at LiamScheff.com
A very well known movie
may have the earliest recorded example of the colloquial sense of
the word
'hello'
This is claimed
to be "an insanely steady
camera image stabilizer". Looks great, but when I look at
it I notice that it's not being demonstrated in the up and down
motion. It shows left/right and back and forth but real filming
challenges have more motions than that, all happening at once. A
better demonstration would show all movements that someone would
be actually doing while filming while running, walking, and
following an actor or the action, and then providing the film to
prove it's ability. I also wonder if this unit has a dampner. I
don't know who makes this item. Thread
found here. You can also see this same demonstration on cats
so maybe you can hook up a camera to a cat instead and have the
same effect. Or if you are on a farm, use a chicken. Or an owl. Here's the kind of
demonstration I'd like to see with a camera on a chicken. And
here's one that clearly demonstrated that a chicken
would work much better.
Notice the
difference between a real hospital and typical hospital in a horror movie
Here's an example of
great cinematography from 1944. It comes from the color movie
"Solid Potato Salad" with the Ross Sisters featuring
some A-MAZING flexibility. See a 4 minute clip with music here.
An 8k digital
scan of "Lawrence of Arabia" showed so much detail you
could see the film where it cracked due to the harsh desert heat. soundandvision.com
OPINION: Why on earth
did they make Nebraska a black & white movie? It's like Blair
Witch all over again. Blair
Witch destroyed TV and movies. People hated the camera shake, said
it made them sick but it was used as a base for the entire plot.
For some reason it caught on, became the norm, and now it's in half of every moving image,
from commercials, to shows, to movies. Camera shake
works only at certain times with certain rare scenes. Today about
90% of camera shake, and quick zoom, is annoying, nauseating, and
takes away from the product. I can't stand the show "The
Office" as it's inundated with this stupid technique. I think
that someday when I become famous I will sit in an
interview and shake to mimic this, so the camera doesn't have to just to see the
look on their faces.
Riverside county in
California is waiving film permit fees in order to keep and
attract film making in areas like Palm Springs. Hotel transient
occupancy taxes are also waived for hotel stays for film crews.
Read
more on this here.
12 years a slave is
based on Solomon Northup's 1841 autobiographical narrative,
has a different story to tell, it's not one of freeing the slaves
by
applying
manliness
a 3 minute exposure
with old cameras from 100 years ago provided us with images where
expressions tended to look more stern as they had to stay so
still, thus distorting our perceptions of how people were
way back when
Actor Paul Marcarelli - the Verizon Wireless "Can you
hear me now?" guy - told "The Atlantic" magazine
that the catchphrase plagues him so much that someone even said
it to him at his grandmother's funeral as her casket was being
lowered into the cemetery plot. - Reddit user terowan
