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  1. Feb 2024
    1. ACTING FOR CINEMA

      Something interesting that I didn't see mentioned is that in a few action movies some stunt doubles have actually died during filming and made the final cut due to the realism of the scene (obviously).

    1. crane shot

      Over the years with new breakthroughs in film we start to see break throughs that make simple but genius techniques like this cheaper and smoother. An example of this is with the use of drones allowing this shot and the helicopter shot to be made easily and with more freedom.

      Gilbey, R. (2020, August 31). Eye in the sky: how drone technology is transforming film-making. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/aug/31/how-drone-technology-is-transforming-film-making-french-drama-les-miserables

    2. BLACK & WHITE VERSUS COLOR

      I believe a book that everyone into cinematography should watch is "The Giver". This book starts in black and white but does so as part of the story. After the main character gets the knowledge of the color red, he is able to see an apple and seeing the apple in red while the rest of the world is still black and white is an incredible moment.

    1. screen

      https://youtu.be/7rk0279i7vM

      While CGI has had amazing impact on the screen it has many severe limitations which the video shows a franchise that can show off these limitations very well. The movie that comes to mind first is the original "Jurassic Park", which shows off an incredible demonstration of movie magic with dinosaurs seemingly come to life again. However, for anyone who knows anything about dinosaurs would be able to tell you that velociraptors were significantly smaller than in the movie. While this is helpful to make the dinos more menacing it mainly was used to allow humans in costumes to make the CGI reasonably priced for production.

    1. Because all of this happens so fast, faster than our optic nerves and synaptic responses can perceive

      While this may be the point that the illusion of movement is present it also is the bare minimum and most cost effective considering the illusion may just look choppy most especially when compared to the smoothness of 30 fps which is considered by many to be the perfect film fps.