"The Lost Art of Editing"
Oh, I get it. You just don't like who did the rescuing, that's all. Wishin' I was your boyfriend what's-his-height. Oh wait, he's run off.
Spike ,'Potential'
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Tom Scola - Aug 28, 2006 9:11:45 am PDT #3768 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Jessica - Aug 28, 2006 10:12:09 am PDT #3769 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
film editing remains perhaps the least heralded and least understood of the cinema's technical arts.
When it comes to udnerappreciated and misunderstood technical arts, I'd put sound ahead of picture any day. Even people who don't really care how a movie is made are, I think, aware, in a vague sort of way, that footage gets edited. I don't think it even occurs to most people how complicated the art of putting together a soundtrack is.
Aims - Aug 28, 2006 10:22:59 am PDT #3770 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
There something you want from ND today, Jess?
Heh.
Jessica - Aug 28, 2006 10:29:21 am PDT #3771 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Yes, I would like a present.
t waits
Jessica - Aug 28, 2006 10:54:11 am PDT #3772 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
And, okay, this?
This exhausting back-and-forth approach doesn't even necessarily require dialogue. For the (spoiler) protracted kiss at the climax of "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby," the movie ricochets between camera setups as if the scene were a heated cross-examination instead of a comical clinch.
The reason that moment had to be edited that way was they wanted it to look like it went on longer than it actually did, probably because the two actors kept cracking up and made it impossible to actually shoot one long take. ALL of the interactions between those two actors were edited that way. It wasn't an artistic decision, it was a last resort.
Scrappy - Aug 28, 2006 12:55:23 pm PDT #3773 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Saw Idlewild last night and someone brought their 8-year-old kid. The film had swearing, fairly graphic sex, and murder--what were they thinking?
Kalshane - Aug 28, 2006 1:16:54 pm PDT #3774 of 10001
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Saw Idlewild last night and someone brought their 8-year-old kid. The film had swearing, fairly graphic sex, and murder--what were they thinking?
I think I've told this story before, but when I went to see Blade II (which had swearing and gore, but no sex) in the theatre there was someone behind us who had brought their 6-8 year old kid and was telling them to close their eyes whenever there was something violent or gory, which was most of the movie.
Aims - Aug 28, 2006 1:19:47 pm PDT #3775 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I am memfaulting.
What is that movie with Clark Gable and the blonde woman (Claudette Colbert?) where they are trying to get a ride and he can't do it so she goes out into the road and hiken up her skirt and BAM! ride?
Scrappy - Aug 28, 2006 1:20:46 pm PDT #3776 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
It Happened One Night.
Aims - Aug 28, 2006 1:28:48 pm PDT #3777 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Thank you.
The heat ate my brain.
runs to NetFlix
I've only ever seen that scene.