Things you're tired of seeing in movies
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This is exactly why flying with the sun at your back makes you nearly invisible upon approaching a target. Light that helmet on the inside and the surrounding dim lighting becomes pitch black. I actually use this trick when playing hide and seek..... yes, I still do, so ha.
p51
Sr Member
There was an effort to actually light up the leading edges of planes during WW2 when attacking subs. They found that a plane looked black against a sky, no matter how it was painted. They mounted lights on the front end and found they could get much closer to a sub that way before the sailors spotted them. They were called Yehudi lights.
Riceball
Master Member
Nowadays you'd think that they'd remove the lights in post so that the face is lit up but we don't see lights in the helmet.
As far as reflections, it's not unheard of for visors/.faceplates to not actually be there on the physical costume while filming and then adding it in post.
somerset fox
Sr Member
you’re watching a series on Netflix (other streaming platforms exist), and a character reminisses about an event earlier in the story, and they’ll use a line like “remember on that day”, “when that thing happened back then”…. But then you think of the chronology of the story and two days have passed! Terms like that relate to weeks, or months ago, not days, which might work when you watch an episode a week, but not binging! Just sloppy writing
It wasn't until I started binging a couple of shows that I noticed just how many shots get reused that you don't notice when watching one show per week.
p51
Sr Member
I recently read the 'behind the scenes' book on the "Big Bang Theory" show. Lots of interesting stuff, including how Leonard's glasses had no lenses in them. He got caught more than once rubbing or scratching his eye area through the open hole in the frames!
The Goon
Sr Member
Just this morning I saw a tv commercial for the upcoming Super Mario Bros. movie, and my first thought was, "Why would they make a movie of this??? It's about as exciting as watching someone else play the game."
Laspector
Master Member
Hollowing out books and hiding stuff in them. Ever actually tried doing that? Apart from just ripping all the pages out and making a container that just looks like pages, it is really hard to do.
I once tried it when I was 15. I thought it would be a great place to hide my pot from my mom. It is not easy. You can't use a saw, it will just rip the paper to shreds and even with the sharpest of Xacto blades, you can only cut through a few pages at a time. And getting all your cuts the same is practically impossible.
Hollowing out a 2 or 300 page book is a long drawn out process. Its really not worth it.
Now, this is the part where you show me you did it and it worked out great.
I once tried it when I was 15. I thought it would be a great place to hide my pot from my mom. It is not easy. You can't use a saw, it will just rip the paper to shreds and even with the sharpest of Xacto blades, you can only cut through a few pages at a time. And getting all your cuts the same is practically impossible.
Hollowing out a 2 or 300 page book is a long drawn out process. Its really not worth it.
Now, this is the part where you show me you did it and it worked out great.
I have only ever seen it done with a drill. They glued the pages first (lots of labor) and then drilled the corners of the cavity and then cut from hole to hole with a jeweler's saw. When done, they glued the back pages to the cavity. Still not worth it.
Lightning
Master Member
I've made one, but it was so long ago I don't actually remember all the steps. It was a gun shaped hole, and then I lined the cavity with felt, so no worries about ragged inside edges.
To summarize what I said pages back... the hero is shown to be the world's best poker player by his/her winning card hand. In the real world, even the best poker players lose on a regular basis. Poker players don't magically manipulate the cards so they get exactly what they need to beat their opponent.
Also, bad physics. We've all seen shots where another skydiver in freefall is operating the camera, and the guy whose chute opens appears to be yanked skyward by it.....but that's only because the camera is still falling. It creates the impression that a chute somehow lifts you up for a second, and I had that misconception as a kid when I was playing with action figures and had them do just that.
Well, sometimes in movies they have that happen. This tends to just happen in animation because if you shot it for real you'd know it doesn't happen.
somerset fox
Sr Member
Our hero takes off for a significant location, may be flying there. Whilst stood there thoughtfully their dutiful sidekick or partner appears from the wings… wait, what? How did the sidekick get there? they must have been on the same plane/ boat/ train!
Why do people in TV shows bring their shoes into the house after they step in dog crap?!?! I saw an episode of King of the Hill where Hank or Peggy (I forget) bring their shoe in and scrub it off IN THE KITCHEN SINK. WTH? Then I watched an old episode of According to Jim where he brings his shoe in the house after he steps in it as well. I know I've seen others, but I can't recall. I don't know if they don't think the audience can imagine that it happened so they have to bring the shoe in or what. At 45 years old, if I had cleaned poop off a shoe in the kitchen sink, I would STILL be grounded!
joberg
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