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Re: [OM] Movie Photography Rant

Subject: Re: [OM] Movie Photography Rant
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2013 09:46:26 -0500
Never heard of it.  It shall be easy to avoid.

Chuck Norcutt


On 2/22/2013 9:18 AM, Chris Trask wrote:
> <RANT>
>
> I very rarely find fault with the photography in movies, but this one
> is an exception.  I finally went to see "Flight" the other day.  Good
> story, good acting, and some interesting aerobatics with a DC-9.
>
> But there were places where the photography was awful.  At one point,
> the focus of the camera shifted rapidly from the actor's face to some
> point immediately behind him, then in front, the behind, then back to
> where it should have been all along.  It wasn't the fault of the
> projectionist, but instead it was the cameraman, and the editing room
> should have caught that.
>
> The worst photography had to do with two scenes that were filmed with
> two of the actors sitting on a porch.  The entire porch is in shadow,
> so everything there is in diminished lighting so that details are not
> readily discernible.  At the same time, the background outside of the
> porch and in full daylight is terribly washed out.  A little bit of
> supplemental lighting on the porch would have corrected that, and
> whoever was responsible for that omission should be kept away from
> making movies entirely.
>
> </RANT>
>
>
> Chris
>
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