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River ,'Objects In Space'


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Jessica - Feb 06, 2006 10:08:56 am PST #387 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

It's sort of weird, watching what I consider to be vidding techniques, used for this purpose.

That's really interesting, because it never would have occured to me to think of remixing as a "vidding technique." It's just...editing. (And I wonder how much of my own POV is influenced by knowing that the Shining trailer that jumpstarted the trend came out of a film school class.)


Jessica - Feb 06, 2006 10:09:52 am PST #388 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Who knows, maybe these made up one-liners will prompt young people to seek out the real facts as found in my recent autobiographical book, "Against All Odds?" They may even be interested enough to check out my novels set in the Old West, "The Justice Riders," released this month.

Bwahahahaha! Nicely done, Chuck.


Jars - Feb 06, 2006 10:12:55 am PST #389 of 10001

Nicely done, Chuck.

He's smooth like a roundhouse kick to the face.


Dana - Feb 06, 2006 10:15:53 am PST #390 of 10001
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

That's really interesting, because it never would have occured to me to think of remixing as a "vidding technique." It's just...editing.

You get vidders who have had formal training in editing techniques, film school, the like, and you get completely feral vidders who figure stuff out for themselves. It's an interesting mix.


Nutty - Feb 06, 2006 10:20:54 am PST #391 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

Feral vidders. Eating their film splices raw, peeing on character moments to mark their territory.

my recent autobiographical book, "Against All Odds?"

I'll take Reasons British orthography can be a good thing for $100, Alex.


§ ita § - Feb 06, 2006 10:52:54 am PST #392 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I think Chuck was on the Tony Danza show when he said that. I saw a clip somewhere. He was much smoother than the interviewer for sure.

I consider vidding editing--what makes the remixes like vidding to me specifically is the repurposing, and the types of cheats and imposed interpretation.

I'll take Reasons British orthography can be a good thing for $100, Alex.

Explain?


Hayden - Feb 06, 2006 11:09:05 am PST #393 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."

Illustrating Chuck N's humor deficiency, I've heard that on the set of Dodgeball, the filmmakers had to work to keep Chuck from sticking out his tongue and popping his eyes while the camera was running. See, Chuck knew he was appearing in a comedy, but had no concept of why his mere appearance would be funny, so he was trying to "be funny."


Nutty - Feb 06, 2006 11:15:47 am PST #394 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

Explain?

In the US, it's grammatically proper to put the close-quotes outside the punctuation at the end of a sentence, whether or not the quoted sentence is appropriate with that punctuation.

example: Have you seen "Baby Got Back?"

96% of the time, it's clear what is meant, and it doesn't look too silly, or else people use itals or bolding or underlining instead of quotes. A book titled "Against All Odds?" falls into the funny 4% of the time.

(The Brits would have said, Have you seen "Baby Got Back"? -- which eliminates the ambiguity of whose question mark that is.)


§ ita § - Feb 06, 2006 11:23:47 am PST #395 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

it's grammatically proper to put the close-quotes outside the punctuation at the end of a sentence, whether or not the quoted sentence is appropriate with that punctuation

I had no idea that this was a geographic thing. I do either, depending on the punctuation mark. Commas and periods can go inside, question marks and exclamation points never.


Nutty - Feb 06, 2006 11:34:30 am PST #396 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

You are a United Nations of grammar, you are. I think the academy is coming around to yoru practical approach (I mean, it does make sense), but clearly, Chuck Norris just roundhouse kicks the academy in the face on this issue.