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I'll concede this is a potentially-creepy question, but here goes: I was watching Freddy Vs Jason the other day, and I thought it was really weird that, early in the film, one of the girls walks to the shower, naked. The camera is a positioned so that her rear end crack doesn't show on film, which is understandable, but then the next scene has her doing a nude scene in the shower. Now, turns out that the actress, Katharine Isabelle, doesn't do nude scenes. So when its really her walking to the shower, they have to do the Hide-A-Crack scene, and then a body double did the shower scene. Mystery solved, but it got me randomly curious: How  do filmmakers (and actresses who do them) get when it comes to nude scenes? Do most have "rear end crack but no breasts" "Sideboob but no vagina" lines in their contracts, or is it usually a simple "Will do naked" or "Will not do naked"?
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MisterBibs posted:How It depends on the actor/actress, but it can get all the way down to "cleavage with no nipple" and dedicated body doubles for specific actors and actresses. This is a very managed part of an actor's career.
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Sep 8, 2011 00:47
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This is how you negotiate nude scenes... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axv1NFJpM4A&t=151s
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Sep 8, 2011 01:51
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Other things that are done in nude scenes is having the talent wear flesh coloured briefs or boob tubes that provide some modesty. Or even getting things like latex pads to place over nipples. Also these scenes are usually shot on a closed set to limit things like candid photography.
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Sep 8, 2011 03:39
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Talent agreements will have separate nudity riders specifying exactly what said actor will and won't do or show.
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Sep 8, 2011 10:06
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Sep 9, 2011 06:30
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MisterBibs posted:Serenity
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MisterBibs posted:Netflix thingie-boober For a moment, I thought you meant there was a Netflix feature that lets you search for boobs shown in movies (sort of like the website from Knocked Up) and I got excited. Dammit. Netflix finally fails me.
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Sep 9, 2011 09:01
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Steve Yun posted:That's about what I mean by point. I don't know about comparing things between the films, but within Part II, the "point" of juxtaposing Vito's rise with Michael's... whatever seems to be based around their view and treatment of family. We see Vito essentially forming his mafia family as a means to provide for and protect his own family, and his friends/people he's close to. At the same time we see Michael tearing his family apart and turning on people close to him in order to solidify the power of his mafia family.
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WebDog posted:I remember at the time comparing the box office earnings of Serenity and Snakes on a plane to both be around $14,000,000 on their opening weekends; suggesting that's all you really could earn from an internet hype. It did pretty poorly in theatrically in Australia and it the film was eventually released on DVD in a two pack with Doom; making it a pain in the arse to find the plain release if someone wanted it for their birthday. To be fair, their marketing strategy for the movie was horrible. I had never heard of Firefly before and I had no idea that it was a continuation of a TV series. Even without this knowledge I figured out it was a continuation of something, but I didn't know what. I assumed it was something crappy since they didn't mention what it was. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY3u7bB7dZk
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They don't mention Firefly in the Serenity advertising because the studio didn't want to scare off people who didn't see the show. They were obviously not successful. There's a moment in the trailer where Mal says "Do you want to run this ship?" in the typical movie Captain way, but then Jayne answers "Yes". Mal stutters a bit and says "Well... you can't." When I first saw that trailer I thought it was nearly the dumbest comedy moment I've ever seen, but once you know the characters it's pretty funny. Things like that are probably why it did badly with focus groups.
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I was surprised it didn't do well.... I had not seen Firefly but was vaguely aware of it's existence, but was pretty much blow away by how great Serenity was, went out, bought the Firefly DVDs, consumed them, bought the Serenity DVD, etc. I guess it didn't have much of a connection with non-nerds.
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I saw Serenity in theaters on a whim with my mom, just looking for some fun sci-fi fare. We both loved it, and neither of us had ever even heard of Joss Whedon, let alone Firefly. It's an enjoyable space-action-comedy, with fun characters and clever writing. I don't know why I saw it, though- I don't recall ever seeing an advertisement for it. I think I might have just seen the poster at the theater and been like, "Let's see that."
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scary ghost dog posted:I saw Serenity in theaters on a whim with my mom, just looking for some fun sci-fi fare. We both loved it, and neither of us had ever even heard of Joss Whedon, let alone Firefly. It's an enjoyable space-action-comedy, with fun characters and clever writing. I don't know why I saw it, though- I don't recall ever seeing an advertisement for it. I think I might have just seen the poster at the theater and been like, "Let's see that." This is the reaction and experience of most of the people I know who have seen it. I like to think that the Browncoats hosed themselves over by adding a stigma to the movie causing it to keep casual nerds away. Whedon fans ruin everything.
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Woke up this morning vaguely remembering a movie I saw maybe 10 years ago, please help me figure out what its called. Its a comedy movie, Id guess from the mid 90s, about a pill that makes people gay. i remember a scene with a dad watching gay porn in his bedroom and his kids pretty pretty blase about it downstairs and another scene with the bad guy having a metallic claw because he hurt his finger jabbing someone. Thats all I got.
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Markeh posted:Woke up this morning vaguely remembering a movie I saw maybe 10 years ago, please help me figure out what its called. Its a comedy movie, Id guess from the mid 90s, about a pill that makes people gay. i remember a scene with a dad watching gay porn in his bedroom and his kids pretty pretty blase about it downstairs and another scene with the bad guy having a metallic claw because he hurt his finger jabbing someone. Thats all I got. That's Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy. The pill is actually an anti-depressant, and it made the dad confident enough to come out. We get to see everyone who takes the pill relive their happiest memory. If you're into Kids in the Hall, it's pretty drat funny.
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Rake Arms posted:That's Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy. The pill is actually an anti-depressant, and it made the dad confident enough to come out. We get to see everyone who takes the pill relive their happiest memory. If you're into Kids in the Hall, it's pretty drat funny. Were is your dad? Upstairs watching gay porn. Again?
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The internet is amazing. An answer in 3 minutes to something my brother and I have been wondering about for years.
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Rake Arms posted:That's Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy. The pill is actually an anti-depressant, and it made the dad confident enough to come out. We get to see everyone who takes the pill relive their happiest memory. If you're into Kids in the Hall, it's pretty drat funny. Holy crap! There's a Kids in the Hall movie?!?
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Dr_Amazing posted:Holy crap! There's a Kids in the Hall movie?!? Yes also the boss is based off Lorne Michaels. It is funny not nothing compared to the show.
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I don't think anything is as inexplicably funny as "I've lost my Indian drum!", but it's got some pretty good moments.
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Dr_Amazing posted:Holy crap! There's a Kids in the Hall movie?!? Its pretty great, the downside of it though is that Dave is barely in it as (IIRC) this was during the time he had a falling out with the group.
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muscles like this? posted:Its pretty great, the downside of it though is that Dave is barely in it as (IIRC) this was during the time he had a falling out with the group. I thought it was due to his Newsradio schedule. And holy hell, Dave Foley has been in a lot of stuff!
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From what I've read, the reason he's in so much is mostly because he has massive money issues due to a bad divorce.
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muscles like this? posted:From what I've read, the reason he's in so much is mostly because he has massive money issues due to a bad divorce. Yeah, the Canadian courts decided that whatever he was making at the time of his divorce (when he was filming News Radio and making bank) is the level he should continue to pay at. He owes far more in any month than he has a chance of making, so his only option is to work as much as possible and never ever go back to Canada, where he would be arrested.
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Baron von Eevl posted:Yeah, the Canadian courts decided that whatever he was making at the time of his divorce (when he was filming News Radio and making bank) is the level he should continue to pay at. He owes far more in any month than he has a chance of making, so his only option is to work as much as possible and never ever go back to Canada, where he would be arrested. Well he has been back to Canada. The new Kids in the Hall was filmed there along with things like Stargate. So he wither has permission to work there or that article is out of date.
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What is the reason they use green and blue screens for special effects? Could you use any color, or does it have to be a specific shade of green or blue in order to work?
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KillRoy posted:What is the reason they use green and blue screens for special effects? Could you use any color, or does it have to be a specific shade of green or blue in order to work? Strong contrast with human skin.
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Blue screens were used first before everyone seemed to switch to green, right? Is that the reason? Because they found it had a better contrast?
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Cage posted:Blue screens were used first before everyone seemed to switch to green, right? Is that the reason? Because they found it had a better contrast? Here's a little rough visual that will still get the idea across (pic link)
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Isn't green easier to light?
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penismightier posted:Isn't green easier to light?
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KillRoy posted:What is the reason they use green and blue screens for special effects? Could you use any color, or does it have to be a specific shade of green or blue in order to work? But how did they do this when there was no colour? Popular Science explains.  The picture below from Cleopatra is a demonstration of a static matte, which is still used today, just with digital paintings.  The other method was to do this in camera, on set by painting it onto glass and putting it up in front of the camera. The limits were obvious, you had to make sure no one moved in order to keep the illusion of perspective.  A travelling matte is one that moves, so tilts and pans can be better conveyed to not make the environment look stagey as you're able to move the matte lines out of the way of actors. A forced perspective background is often used. It's also used in more complex matte effects such as the one below that is combining preshot smoke elements to make a background more lively.  With chroma key systems, what is happening is that you are telling a program to switch blue into black. This is then re-exposed over a backdrop. You can use any colour, some live effects for older TV shows like Doctor Who used yellow. Live effects are done through a vision switcher, it's how they do the weather. A crude example of how digital keying works. It's virtually the same method from 1900.  Green screen become more common as blue can bleed into black. Other factors were better luminance (resulting in less chance of underexposed patches), better performance outdoors and the green channel is picked up more frequently on digital cameras allowing for more precise mattes to be created from the extra data. One common mistake people make is they shoot the subject standing almost next to their screen. This results in the colour refracting off the wall and onto skin or clothes creating rough edges where spill is eating into the subject. 
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Regarding watching movies with others ... I regularly watch films with my family. These films will usually be ones that I've already seen, that I've then recommended to them. Generally, I prefer to watch films alone, because watching them with other people tends to mean nothing but added distractions. That said, there are obviously benefits -- I love watching great films with my family to see their reactions. What really, really irks me about watching films with them though, is the fact that they cannot give the film their undivided attention. Maybe I'm being stupid for getting annoyed by this, but when I'm watching a film with them, and out of the four, at least two of them will be on their laptops reading meaningless loving blogs, at least one of the other two will be on their cellphone on Facebook or playing a game, while the last will be reading a book or magazine or something. When I'm watching a film with them and they're doing other poo poo while "watching" it, it feels like they're just taking the piss; I can't see the point in having a movie on if you aren't gonna give it your whole attention. Maybe if I'm playing a game or just relaxing I can put on a comedy and not really give a poo poo, but if we're watching The Godfather or Schindler's List or whatever, loving don't be doing other poo poo while watching it. For me, someone who doesn't let themselves be pulled in and manipulated by films while watching them cannot have a valid opinion about a film, because they literally haven't seen the whole thing. This might be more of a rant than a question, but it's been bothering me for months. It's so loving annoying. If you don't want to watch a movie, don't.
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csidle posted:What really, really irks me about watching films with them though, is the fact that they cannot give the film their undivided attention.
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I can see their point, too, and if that's how they want to watch movies... I guess that's fine for them. But if I'm watching it with them, it's honestly almost as bad as someone talking on a cell phone in the cinema. The worst thing ever is when we're watching movies and they'll start spouting trivia from IMDB. Like today, I was watching I'm Still Here and right around the Letterman interview, my sister went "oh he's in on it, it says so on the site." This takes away from the movie so much for those of us who didn't know, and I just can't see the point in looking that up before even finishing the movie.
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I multitask when watching movies at home all the time. If it's a particularly gripping movie, it'll make me drop what I'm doing and just watch the movie, but for me, home movie-watchin' and theater movie-watchin' are two completely different things.
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If I am watching something at home and I recognize an actor but can't recall where I have seen them before, I will often pause a film to look them up on IMDB. I only do this when watching stuff with my husband, who doesn't seem to mind the interruption, and I wouldn't presume to do this with people who aren't tolerant of my quirks.
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VorpalBunny posted:If I am watching something at home and I recognize an actor but can't recall where I have seen them before, I will often pause a film to look them up on IMDB. I only do this when watching stuff with my husband, who doesn't seem to mind the interruption, and I wouldn't presume to do this with people who aren't tolerant of my quirks.
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Sometimes my mom can be annoying to watch movies with because she always goes "Oh, that's (insert actor)! He's married to (insert actress) isn't he?"
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