Never buy into the "hype" that surrounds blockbuster movies. It only leads to disappointment Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 11:41:12 +0200 Subject: RE: DRE: CTS community mail From: nicmuir@xxxxxxxxx To: cpt-fgc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx I was expecting better and was sorely dissapointed. On 11 Feb 2015 11:38, "Wynand-Ben" <paashaasggx@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Gravity is pretty indeed. Thing looks great. The plot and stuff is decent but wont blow anybody away. Was expecting worse and liked it in the end. From: alasdair.donaldson@xxxxxxxxxx To: cpt-fgc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: DRE: CTS community mail Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 09:34:18 +0000 I’ve got Enter the Void lying around, but haven’t got around to watching it. Same with Under the Skin. No idea who Tarkovksy is. Just checked IMDB. Nope. Are his films worth watching? I mean from a non-technical perspective. First time I saw the Massive Attack video, I didn’t realise that it was all one shot. I just assumed they’d cut it. I forget what the song was called, but it was more than 5min long. Snake Eyes was an okay film. It wasn’t bad or good… actually can’t remember much about the film. I don’t know if I can be arsed to watch Gravity. Maybe I’ll put it on sometime while I’m reading. The only thing that I’ve heard about Gravity is that it is a very pretty film. No one seems to care about the story or script. That seems like a bit of a fail to me. From: cpt-fgc-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:cpt-fgc-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ilitirit Sama Sent: 11 February 2015 11:15 AM To: cpt-fgc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: DRE: CTS community mail I haven't seen either, but last year there was Gravity which had a 17 minute opening shot. Under the Skin had shots the seem to be influenced by filmmakers like Tarkovksy. The Protector has a 4 minute long shot (the stair case fight scene). Enter the Void is composed of long shots (about 1 to 2 minutes in length), joined together by psychedelic visuals. In The Sacrifice, Tarkovsky's crew built a special house meant to be burned down in a 6 minute long shot. Toward the end of the shot the camera jammed and the film was ruined. It took them two weeks to refilm it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr5cYiRPf3E On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 10:55 AM, Donaldson, Alasdair <alasdair.donaldson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: It opened at Cinema Nouveau up here. Long scenes are cool. Barring Massive Attack, nothing comes to mind though. Oh, wasn’t the first 10min of Snake Eyes a single shot? From: cpt-fgc-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:cpt-fgc-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ilitirit Sama Sent: 11 February 2015 10:46 AM To: cpt-fgc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: DRE: CTS community mail Low budget? Yes. And it only opened in 4 cinemas, raking in less than $500k. But it's probably best considered Arthouse, not B movie. You can't not notice the camera work in Birdman. The entire movie, barring 1 or 2 scenes in the beginning is shot in one long continuous sequence. It's obviously an illusion but it's still great to watch. There are scenes where they film in front of a mirror and you can't see the camera. There's a seen where the camera follows Michael Keaton through a busy square in NYC. And a great scene where the camera glides from the theatre rafters to the stage below. On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 7:32 AM, lindsey kiviets <lindseyak@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: for best gimmick in a film soim guessing if birdman was shot in 30 days , that would make it a low budget B movie? From: alasdair.donaldson@xxxxxxxxxx To: cpt-fgc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: DRE: CTS community mail Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 05:29:06 +0000 Then I suppose they’d be guaranteed the Oscar. From: cpt-fgc-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:cpt-fgc-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of lindsey kiviets Sent: 11 February 2015 7:24 AM To: cpt-fgc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: DRE: CTS community mail boyhood - what if the kid died during that 12 years? "rock is overpowered, paper is fine" - scissors From: alasdair.donaldson@xxxxxxxxxx To: cpt-fgc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: DRE: CTS community mail Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 05:09:25 +0000 I tend to figure that the camera work is only something you notice if it’s done badly. I can’t recall when last I noticed good camera work in a film. Same with most of the things, I guess. It’s only when the music is jarring and detracts from the scene that I actually notice it. From: cpt-fgc-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:cpt-fgc-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ilitirit Sama Sent: 11 February 2015 12:50 AM To: cpt-fgc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: DRE: CTS community mail Sheesh... apparently the movie was shot in only 30 days. On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 12:48 AM, Ilitirit Sama <ilitirit@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: Birdman's camera work is amazing. I haven't been that technically impressed by a movie in a long itme. All the while I kept thinking "I can't imagine how hard it must have been to film this". 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