A little bit of movie trivia which also annoys me because it just means very little attention to detail.
A car pulls to a stop having travelled quite a distance but there is condensation from the exhaust which means that it has only travelled from round the corner. This happens every time I have seen this shot played. Slack continuity.
Couple seen in bed, cut to next scene and bloke gets out of bed on the opposite side than he was previously. Slack ............
Couple in close up, what is supposed to be a tense moment. Camera pans from one to the other in what is supposed to be a continous conversation however, in one shot the guy has a totally different look on his face. Poor editing. Slack......
Then there is my favourite. Couple have spent a night of what would appear to be extreme passion, shirt ripped off etc,etc. In the morning guy gets up to go and gal sits up in bed covering her top half!! So he didn't see them the night before????
Yes I know the reason why, but I just find it incongruous not to say a little laughable!!!!!! Feel free to add your two pennorth to the post.
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I remember those family sitcoms where the parents were supposedly mad about each other yet always slept in separate single beds.
I also liked the westerns where the hero got hit on the head with a gun that knocked him out. When he came to he simply got up, shook his head and walked off completely cured and ok.
The worst without a doubt are those Australian shows with court room scenes. The procedures are totally incorrect and evidentiary dialogue totally inadmissible.
Then there was Errol who ran up the beach on an island full of Japanese soldiers and killed 50 of them without reloading the gun!. ( but he did get a minor graze on his shoulder!!!!!!!!!!)
Cinematic licence perhaps?
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Clark Kent and Lois Lane fly through the air, Cape blowing, Dress in a flap. After landing, not a hair out of place. Must have been the same year Gosmer was invented.
It's not a continuity error, it's a "crap acting" thing, but actors waving around obviously empty takeaway cups annoys me. If they had coffee in them, they'd have a bit of weight, and coffee is hot, you can't just fling them about or you'd have coffee all over you/burn yourself. I don't know why the costume people can't make them carry full cups if they can't act like a paper cup is full.
Also not a continuity thing, just annoying. Actors sitting looking at their car passenger while they have long-winded dialogue. You are meant to be driving, watch the road!
I remember those family sitcoms where the parents were supposedly mad about each other yet always slept in separate single beds. I also liked the westerns where the hero got hit on the head with a gun that knocked him out. When he came to he simply got up, shook his head and walked off completely cured and ok. The worst without a doubt are those Australian shows with court room scenes. The procedures are totally incorrect and evidentiary dialogue totally inadmissible.
D'day BigD, here's one you will appreciate and sort off still on topic.
I don't normally watch Home and Away on the televish but for some reason have enjoyed a show on just after it SAS so have seen Home and Away the last two nights. Well, the first night some bloke in a court of law pleaded not guilty to a murder. The very next night he pleaded guilty and the Judge instantly sentenced him to 25 years in the slammer with 20 years minimum to serve. He got carted off on the spot and the very next scene is was in the slammer. It seemed to happen over two nights.
Needless to say, I will tune in next week closer to the starting time of SAS me thinks. That or just watch it on catch up Televish.
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Not just movies etc. Had fun at a Caravan show a few years back - "they" had the latest off road Caravan magazine with front page pic showing their caravan rig at the base of a beautiful cliff on a sandy river bed under the beautiful Northern River Red Gums and I mentioned how great their van must be, just to butter them up, and when they started I told 'em it must be so light to tow and must even be able to fly, coz there were NO tyre tread marks in the sand leading to the tyres. He! He!
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Hufnpuf your remarks show that you have very little knowledge of the subject. Whether the coffee cups are full or empty has nothing to do with the actors, it is in the domain of the director and the scriptwriter. Continuity is an important part of production that ensures a seamless transition when shooting resumes after a break. I note that this is the second time you have used the word crap when replying to a post of mine, if this is the best that you can do may I suggest that, in future, you don't read them or if you do and decide to reply, then do us all a favour and make a sensible contribution to the debate.
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Hufnpuf your remarks show that you have very little knowledge of the subject. Whether the coffee cups are full or empty has nothing to do with the actors, it is in the domain of the director and the scriptwriter.
I would be more than happy to ignore you, I have little time for mindless abuse and rudeness. Unfortunately, there is no ignore function on this forum. There's nothing I can do about your attacks, it seems that rudeness is permissible here. I can assure you it's not permissible with me and you'll only get it when you dish it out.
Holding an empty cup and creating the impression that it is full is acting, in the same way that an actor can create the impression that they are upset when they aren't. The ACTORS I discussed the issue with agreed. I'm sure those ACTORS had very little knowledge of their trade. I wonder if you'd like to send equity a line and tell them all that they are wrong? What's your resume and how long have you been an equity member? You know better, tell your fellow actors, not me.
I'm sorry that your opinions, attitudes and knowledge are limited, but no, I'm not going to try to predict how you will misinterpret an innocuous remark misinterpreted and taken out of context. I suggest that you stop petty insults for reasons that don't exist otherwise than in your mind, and make a sensible contribution to the "debate". Debate? Debate? What on earth are we debating? Lighten up.
Oh and BTW, inverted commas have a meaning. No, I'm not going to explain them to you. Find an english teacher, or just imagine up how it's something to do with you personally, take offence and then start hurling abuse and insults. It's an endearing quality you should definitely foster. (that's called sarcasm, find an english teacher to explain it to you, or just imaging up how it's something to do with you personally, take offence and then start hurling abuse and insults. It's an endearing quality you should foster. )
People are MOBILE. Somebody in a movie can change sides in a bed.
People are MOBILE. During the course of a conversation, facial expressions can CHANGE. Nobody stands there with a fixed expression.
People are MOBILE. They can pull up a sheet. Just because somebody has seen you naked doesn't require you to never wear clothes again, or cover yourself with a sheet.
You obviously have very little knowledge of the subject.
You see how that works? If you want to attack others, expect to be on the receiving end yourself.
And the hamburger adds when taking a bite, quite obvious not actually doing so.
The best though, is when the driver of a car looks at the passenger and talking, taking their eyes off the road for several seconds.( As previously said.)
Happens all the time in movies.
Dick.
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That driving along whilst looking at the passenger routine is really annoying.
It would be hilarious if whilst they were yapping away the road took a turn and they ended up in a dam. Better still, in an open paddock containing a big angry bull.
That driving along whilst looking at the passenger routine is really annoying. It would be hilarious if whilst they were yapping away the road took a turn and they ended up in a dam. Better still, in an open paddock containing a big angry bull.
Often they are meant to be in a big city. Just rear-ending the car in front would be more realistic than the "no consequences to not looking where you're going".
And the most obvious one we saw recently....
The movie was set in a time decades ago when air transport was in its infancy and all of a sudden a Con Trail appears in the sky from a jet flying overhead.
Seen this one quite a few times in supposedly old movies.
You know the Roadrunner always gets his timing right. But can you really believe that Wile E Coyote isn't ever hurt? What are the directors really thinking.
Folks it's call entertainment. No more no less. Fantasy and fiction.
. Must have been the same year Gosmer was invented.
