Pet Peeve DuJour: The Over-Morphed Face for "horror effect".

Mcenroe may have been the best thing that ever happened to tennis... he did for tennis what tiger did for golf (other stuff not withstanding)... at least in my world. I can remember matches with Mcenroe VIVIDLY... and I was just a kid with no real interest in tennis... yet, if he was playing, I was watching.

Just my .02
 
This might be a little off-topic (as it doesn't pertain to professional tennis...), but the one effect that irks me to no end is the traveling 3D bullet/projectile. It was cool in The Matrix, but not so much in nearly every single action movie to date.
 
MattinSTL said:
I think the next fest should be CHEESE-FEST... it would be a really good time to poke fun at all the stupid gimmicks and cliches used in the world of film... .
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I second that Mattin. And I´m in. :beer:


puredrifting said:
Yes, Chris Cunningham is a disturbed individual. Not sure if you guys have seen this music video, it is dee-sturb-ing. [/url]

Dan
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Brillant flick for it´s genre (a bit to much Magic Bullet Mojo maybe) but what I find really dee-sturb-ing is the fact, that this guys body is not CGI and the ....errrr "Music".

For a guy like my - who is steeped in Blue Grass and 1940s Western Swing - it´s hard to understand that someone is listen to this cause he really enjoys it.

But to each his own.

Frank
 
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Yes Frank, an editor who used to work for me who went on to great acclaim as a big network editor, turned me on to Aphex Twin, he was a drum and bass fanatic and really loved this "music". Not really what I would call music but interesting art nonetheless.

I am with you, huge Bluegrass fan, I have seen Alison Krauss and Union Station about a dozen times in concert and I attend our local version, Topanga Banjo & Fiddle Contest each year. Our pastor at my church is also a Bluegrass banjo player and I help him out with his band as well. Good stuff. There just isn't any music around today that is as "real" and organic as Bluegrass.

And back on topic, I agree with Matt, the big mouths are overdone. Uh, uhmmm.

Dan
 
I say f*ck it... let's make this the most extreme off-topic on-topic thread ever.

Years ago when I got into critical listening I bought an Adrian Legg album... it's very blue-grassy... about a 7 out of 10 on outright guitar skill... but it's been a mainstay of my "listen to hit every few months" playlist.

When I was a kid we were still in the age of vinyl... and I think my love of strings got started with... uh... I can't find it. I remember we played this album over and over... I'll probably remember tomorrow. This was about 30 years ago.

I was going to say Tennessee Williams, but I don't think that's right... all I know is when I listen to Adrian Legg I think back to that music that got me into strings.

Oh yeah... mouths too far open... blah, blah, blah.
 
O.K. let see how I can make this not too much off topic.

hmmm... how about that:

My mouth was wide open and my jaw hits the floor when I discovered this one.
The best thing I ever saw on Youtube.

Way back in 1964, New York filmmaker, David Hoffman was headed down with his new 16mm hand held camera (weight 49 lbs!) to spend three weeks driving the backcountry around Madison County, North Carolina, in the center of Appalachia, with the 82 year old founder of the pioneer Asheville Mountain Music and Dance Festival, Bascom Lamar Lunsford. The resulting film, "Bluegrass Roots" lets you hear and experience the hard scrabbling, dirt road real people sounds that dominated the back country of the southern mountains 40 years ago. It presents a string of the most extraordinary singers, players and dancers the BlueGrass Mountains had to offer. Many later became famous. Some were never heard from again. Most of the songs are classics, including Lunsford's own tune, "Mountain Dew." This scene was filmed at Bascom's home with a local dance group came to dance in Bascom's living room.
When this film aired on Public Television in 1965, TV Guide gave it a full-page positive review, because Americans had never seen a documentary on the roots of Bluegrass and Country music. Today, the dirt roads and the moonshine counties are largely modernized, and Bluegrass Roots, stands as a record of a uniquely talented group of people at a time just before the coming of television, changed them.
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Coming out mode on:

For some strange reason, it touched me so much that - when I saw it the first time - I started crying. :violin:
I can not explain this, probably twanged a forgotten string deep in my soul.
Still gives me goose bumps when I watch it.

Coming Out mode off.

Having said that, here you go: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cs2j8f7H2WY

Enjoy it. Frank :beer:
 
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MattinSTL said:
I wish films of all genres... that employ CG... would stay in the realm of logical limits for biology..."
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I have one rule I never break. I call it "plausibility within the context of the story". And this doesn't apply just to CG or biology.

An example I like to use is a superhero who's strength is so great that he could literally lift a mountain. But could he in fact lift one? No. He'd just end up with a chunk of rock in his hands.

In the context of the story (for this hero), it's fine to establish this insane strength, but it's not plausible to make him do things that defies laws of physics.
 
Great music video.

puredrifting said:
Matt:

I think a lot of this all started here
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Dan
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Supposedly Chris edits and does all of the compositing by himself on a MacBook Pro. The tracking of his face on all of the kids and the monster in this thing is pretty cool.

Not great music but definitely an original and warped visionary.

Dan
 
Frank:

Great clip, really enjoyed that. I have seen this type of dancing at our local Bluegrass festival, they have a dance area with all kinds of instructors.

I have to say after watching this, digital video has nothing on cool old B&W 16mm. Digital video is just too damned sharp and clear and has no soul. 16mm is still a favorite of mine, wish I still had my camera. But I wouldn't be able to afford to shoot it much. At least with my 170 and 5D MKII, i can shoot anytime I want.

Dan
 
They have another sick video with this crazy pimp that pops champagne all over these demon hookers in 120fps. It is hilarious. Not a fan of the music but the visuals are always great the Aphex.
puredrifting said:
Supposedly Chris edits and does all of the compositing by himself on a MacBook Pro. The tracking of his face on all of the kids and the monster in this thing is pretty cool.

Not great music but definitely an original and warped visionary.

Dan
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was "I am legend" mentioned in this thread? I liked the movie but hated the look of those vampire things that could scale buildings in 3 seconds and break bullet proof glass with their heads.
 
Denis Haineault said:
I have one rule I never break. I call it "plausibility within the context of the story". And this doesn't apply just to CG or biology.

An example I like to use is a superhero who's strength is so great that he could literally lift a mountain. But could he in fact lift one? No. He'd just end up with a chunk of rock in his hands.

In the context of the story (for this hero), it's fine to establish this insane strength, but it's not plausible to make him do things that defies laws of physics.
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This is a better way of saying what I was trying to say. :beer:

Following this advice (or not) is the difference between making films for children vs. childish adults vs. an intelligent audience.

When people finally wise-up and do this stuff the right way all this crap be reduced to a great way for scientists to "cheese-date" films of the past.
 
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