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SubG posted:It would be a better argument if I believed for one moment that the people who give a poo poo about (and notice) longass single takes aren't noticing technical poo poo all the loving time anyway. Exactly.
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I wonder if they don't like it because they just aren't used to seeing it as much. It's weird complaining about something being impressive feat for that same thing.
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Jul 13, 2015 14:36
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Perhaps a really obscure question: so I noticed that in a lot of films there's this distinctive high-pitched ricochet sound that was almost always used for automatic gunfire. It's really common in sixties or seventies westerns and war films, but it was even used in Terminator (1:25 if the timing doesn't work) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iDjFsZ2L78&t=85s But by T2 the sound design for gunfire is totally different and sounds a lot more "realistic" to me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnGVoiJj3ng&t=16s That old richochet sound is never used nowadays and because I didn't grow up with it, it always sounds super-fake to me. Was there a definitive film that shifted towards different gun sounds and set the new standard or whatever?
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Jul 18, 2015 23:34
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Jul 18, 2015 23:51
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CharlieFoxtrot posted:Perhaps a really obscure question: so I noticed that in a lot of films there's this distinctive high-pitched ricochet sound that was almost always used for automatic gunfire. It's really common in sixties or seventies westerns and war films, but it was even used in Terminator (1:25 if the timing doesn't work)
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Jul 20, 2015 16:32
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Okay, this is one thing I've been wondering for a while about 80's comedies. There's just something about them them seem a lot different from the stuff that comes after. The protagonists are more smart-assy and there's a lot of "winking" at the camera. Also, there's seems to be way less music or ambient noise. I was watching Batman a few nights ago and I noticed it pretty hard. I know this is super vague, but does anyone else have an inkling of what I'm getting at?
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Jul 21, 2015 23:11
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nickmeister posted:Okay, this is one thing I've been wondering for a while about 80's comedies. There's just something about them them seem a lot different from the stuff that comes after. The protagonists are more smart-assy and there's a lot of "winking" at the camera. Also, there's seems to be way less music or ambient noise. I was watching Batman a few nights ago and I noticed it pretty hard. I know this is super vague, but does anyone else have an inkling of what I'm getting at? I mean, yeah, I would say that part of the style of comedy that was popular at the time those movies were made.
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Jul 21, 2015 23:13
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Why did actors talk faster in older (as in pre-color era) films?
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Jul 22, 2015 01:18
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Sebadoh Gigante is one of my favorite usernames here.
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Jul 22, 2015 01:21
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Sebadoh Gigante posted:Why did actors talk faster in older (as in pre-color era) films?
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Jul 22, 2015 01:24
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Sebadoh Gigante posted:Why did actors talk faster in older (as in pre-color era) films? They were overcompensating. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1tnbPBCtnI
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Jul 22, 2015 01:27
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On a related note, does anyone still learn that weird pseudo-mid-atlantic accent that was so popular in the 30s-40s among people who wanted to appear serious or cultured? Like if you listen to Franklin Roosevelt's speeches, he affects a totally weird accent that I also sometimes hear in films of the period, but that I've never heard outside of "deliberate" rhetorical contexts like presidential radio broadcasts or fancy-pants films.
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Jul 22, 2015 01:29
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Jack Gladney posted:On a related note, does anyone still learn that weird pseudo-mid-atlantic accent that was so popular in the 30s-40s among people who wanted to appear serious or cultured? Like if you listen to Franklin Roosevelt's speeches, he affects a totally weird accent that I also sometimes hear in films of the period, but that I've never heard outside of "deliberate" rhetorical contexts like presidential radio broadcasts or fancy-pants films.
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Jul 22, 2015 01:37
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Popular culture has subsumed the snotty provincial upper crust Ivy Leaguer affectation. When Steve Carrell does a version of it in Foxcatcher he looks and sounds like Nosferatu.
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Jul 22, 2015 01:40
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Are we talking about Frasier- style of speaking? If so, I can imagine some modern-day people using it, but it'd have to be a very particular kind of person... basically a guy like Frasier.
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Jul 22, 2015 18:01
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Are there box office statistics of how many tickets sold rather than how much money a movie made? It's kind of hard to compare box office numbers these days compared to even ten years ago due to ridiculous ticket price increases and the increase in 3D movies.
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Jul 23, 2015 01:35
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Cole posted:Are there box office statistics of how many tickets sold rather than how much money a movie made? It's kind of hard to compare box office numbers these days compared to even ten years ago due to ridiculous ticket price increases and the increase in 3D movies. Box Office Mojo has a chart that adjusts for inflation.
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Jul 23, 2015 02:37
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Yeah, but that doesn't really fix the comparison issue...
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Jul 23, 2015 02:38
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Snak posted:Yeah, but that doesn't really fix the comparison issue... Have you looked at the sidebar on the page that was linked? quote:Adjusted to the estimated 2015 average ticket price of $8.12. Inflation-adjustment is mostly done by multiplying estimated admissions by the latest average ticket price. Where admissions are unavailable, adjustment is based on the average ticket price for when each movie was released (taking in to account re-releases where applicable) Unless I've misunderstood your question, the ridiculous ticket prices are taken into account.
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Jul 23, 2015 03:32
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You can't adjust for inflation when 3D didn't exist in its current form when Gone With The Wind came out since you can't adjust the inflation of something that didn't exist. There are several versions of each movie out these days. IMAX, 3D, and regular. This causes a problem with comparisons even when you adjust for inflation. Forget all the semantics of the question and just break down the question: Is there a way to see how many tickets sold rather than how much a movie made at the box office? I don't understand why this question is so hard lol
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Jul 23, 2015 03:53
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Also more movies come out, and are in theaters for a shorter length of time. Marketing is completely different, and the population is higher. There are so many factors that can make comparing statistics between movies, even just a decade apart, misleading.
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Jul 23, 2015 04:00
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For American films I don't think anyone's kept track of that data and it would be incumbent on the individual theaters to do it. I know some smaller countries like South Korea do use number of admissions as their primary reporting number.
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Jul 23, 2015 04:03
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Cole posted:You can't adjust for inflation when 3D didn't exist in its current form when Gone With The Wind came out since you can't adjust the inflation of something that didn't exist. Even though 3-D didn't exist, at least in wide form, films like Gone with the Wind would have roadshow presentations for a while at premium prices, followed by the general release at much lower cost. It wasn't uncommon for tickets to cost what is the equivalent to $20-25 today in the 1950s.
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Jul 23, 2015 05:02
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Egbert Souse posted:Even though 3-D didn't exist, at least in wide form, films like Gone with the Wind would have roadshow presentations for a while at premium prices, followed by the general release at much lower cost. It wasn't uncommon for tickets to cost what is the equivalent to $20-25 today in the 1950s. How does any of this information answer what I asked though
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Jul 23, 2015 05:21
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AFAIK this is probably closest to what you're looking for.
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Jul 23, 2015 07:33
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Cole posted:How does any of this information answer what I asked though Cole posted:How does any of this information answer what I asked though You're being very gracious to people who are trying up answer your question or address why it's not a good stat
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Jul 23, 2015 13:44
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Cole posted:Are there box office statistics of how many tickets sold rather than how much money a movie made? So to really answer your question, the answer is gently caress no.
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Jul 23, 2015 13:52
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That guy seems to have some sort of a problem with the modern-day world of cinema and some wrong ideas about how things were in the past.
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Jul 23, 2015 22:45
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I see there is no subject too innocuous for Cole's rock-headed stupidity.
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Jul 24, 2015 01:39
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I have a question about The Fugitive. The second time Kimble goes back to the hospital there is a scene where a black guy wearing a colorful shirt walks past the marshals. What is it about this guy that makes the marshals follow him?
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Jul 24, 2015 01:51
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cstang posted:I have a question about The Fugitive. The second time Kimble goes back to the hospital there is a scene where a black guy wearing a colorful shirt walks past the marshals. What is it about this guy that makes the marshals follow him? but honestly, I haven't seen that movie in years. Really should watch it again.
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cstang posted:I have a question about The Fugitive. The second time Kimble goes back to the hospital there is a scene where a black guy wearing a colorful shirt walks past the marshals. What is it about this guy that makes the marshals follow him? He's missing an arm, so they follow him to the missing limbs ward.
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Jul 24, 2015 05:15
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Armyman25 posted:He's missing an arm, so they follow him to the missing limbs ward. Makes sense. I have seen that drat movie a hundred times and I never noticed the guy was missing an arm.
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Jul 24, 2015 09:24
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They know kimble was there, but didnt know why until the guy walked past and they remembered his 1-armed man claim. So if Kimble is looking for 1-armed men with info from the hospital, they can too and can set up police cars to look for him (like the one that gets put outside Sikes' apt).
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Jul 24, 2015 12:34
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I'm trying to think up a list of movies with the theme of "how real is this poo poo?" More along the lines of F for Fake than Exit Through the Gift Shop. I can't come up with anything though... any help?
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Jul 25, 2015 23:17
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Jack Gladney posted:On a related note, does anyone still learn that weird pseudo-mid-atlantic accent that was so popular in the 30s-40s among people who wanted to appear serious or cultured? Like if you listen to Franklin Roosevelt's speeches, he affects a totally weird accent that I also sometimes hear in films of the period, but that I've never heard outside of "deliberate" rhetorical contexts like presidential radio broadcasts or fancy-pants films. Here's some examples of contemporary uses of it (from Wikipedia).
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Jul 26, 2015 01:01
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Mescal posted:I'm trying to think up a list of movies with the theme of "how real is this poo poo?" More along the lines of F for Fake than Exit Through the Gift Shop. I can't come up with anything though... any help? That one where Joaquin Phoenix pretends to go crazy, I'm, Still Here.
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Jul 26, 2015 01:17
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Mescal posted:I'm trying to think up a list of movies with the theme of "how real is this poo poo?" More along the lines of F for Fake than Exit Through the Gift Shop. I can't come up with anything though... any help? Things We Do In The Dark e: maybe the Bob Dylan thing where its not Dylan acting but 3-4 actors idk?
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Jul 26, 2015 01:20
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Mescal posted:I'm trying to think up a list of movies with the theme of "how real is this poo poo?" More along the lines of F for Fake than Exit Through the Gift Shop. I can't come up with anything though... any help? Watch some Iranian documentaries. They like to play with blurring the line between fact and fiction. The most famous example is probably Close Up which is about a man who pretended to be a famous director to a woman he randomly met on the bus one day and this somehow escalated to him hanging out with her family and talking to them about cinema and trying to get them involved with the production of a nonexistant film. Close Up is a blend of actual footage from his trial for fraud inter-cut with scenes where the people involved play themselves in recreations of the events. The director the man was impersonating also shows up but it's very unclear how real or staged the scene he is in is.
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Mescal posted:I'm trying to think up a list of movies with the theme of "how real is this poo poo?" More along the lines of F for Fake than Exit Through the Gift Shop. I can't come up with anything though... any help? Making "The Shining"
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