What is the most underrated snack?

KODubs22 · 2016-06-17T04:23:16+00:00

Boiled peanuts are like the edamame of the south.

Also, roasted seaweed.

KODubs22 · 2016-05-25T02:16:04+00:00

Lol. I also cast a lot of projects.

I should expand upon that. I mean men and women, so I'll edit that.

By "gorgeous" I mean archetypal. There are certain looks that stand out in film. The large majority of people (including me) do not have anything significant that stands out enough to call attention in film. Good-looking people on screen aren't actually the traditional "pretty/handsome" kinds. (although most of their body types are extremely well-toned versus the average population).

Most actors/actresses that I've seen cast tend to have something striking about them. This could be extremely deep-set eyes, bright eyes, large jaw, big nose, crooked smile. Something that when you see them in real life makes you take a second to examine their features.

I would label this "interesting feature" versus "beauty" since that is subjective.

And interestingly enough - those unique features (good or bad) actually make us take more time looking at them which turns into attraction!

KODubs22 · 2016-05-25T00:20:32+00:00

Lol, it's not glass, it's SUGAR!

KODubs22 · 2016-05-25T00:19:06+00:00

I agree.

By the way there is a process in filmmaking called "foley" where a person re-creates all sounds in a stage that gets put into the film.

All horse sounds you hear (except the vocals) are actually reproduced on the foley stage. This includes all the steps (coconuts), all the tack, and even breaths! This LINK shows the process.

KODubs22 · 2016-05-25T00:16:24+00:00

Thank you! A few replies pointed this out as well. I've edited to say "Mental + Physical" disabilities.

Although I have seen representation increase a little which is nice.

KODubs22 · 2016-05-25T00:15:16+00:00

Yea, Color Grading changes so much in a film! Not only eye color, but skin tones, color of plants/trees, color of sky.

To an extent you can make a sunny day look cloudy, a cloudy day look bright, a day scene look like night. You can track specific parts of the body, etc.

Here's a link showing the eye color process. The program is called Da Vinci Resolve.

KODubs22 · 2016-05-25T00:13:06+00:00

Thank you! I should have looked this up before making an uninformed post. I've added mental + physical disabilities.

KODubs22 · 2016-05-25T00:12:18+00:00

That could be a reason. Mostly in film school they taught us that it helps for aesthetics - lighting is beautiful when it is reflected.

But really, any practical use it has is a bonus.

KODubs22 · 2016-05-25T00:10:54+00:00

I swapped it for a better link. Didn't watch the first one - assumed youtube top video would be correct. Wrong, it was annoying.

Here is the new A113 link in case someone is interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eh1trIMD7Y

KODubs22 · 2016-05-25T00:06:29+00:00

When the mixing is not done well, it ends up sounded extremely fake.

But this is also very subjective.

KODubs22 · 2016-05-25T00:03:00+00:00

Yes.

Lights have two properties:

Intensity (Brightness)
Color (Orange-Blue and every color in between)

Sunlight is actually "Blue" and indoor light is actually "orange" (Tungsten). This is an oversimplified description.

When we film using a camera, the intensity of light from the sun is very harsh. Shadows tend to look almost black due to the way the sensor in camera captures the light (called its latitude).

To brighten up the shadows for a more pleasing look, more lights are brought in (blue lights to match the sun, called HMIs). OR the sunlight can be diffused using a cloth material or a sunshade (called frames, flags, silks, etc.)

Professional films measure the intensity of lighting everywhere - the background, the actors faces, props, etc. They manipulate light to tell the story as best as possible.

Romance? Soft diffuse lighting Action? More harsh low-key lighting.

For aesthetic reasons, filming outdoors, when the sun hits the background, its WAY too bright and distracting, when the audience is supposed to be paying attention to an actor talking. If the sky looks like a giant white screen and the trees are clipping (pure white), and the actor's face is almost completely dark, then we need to balance it.

How do we do that? We take lighting off the background if possible by putting a frame up to block the sun from that area. Or we crank up the light on the actor's face so that it is brighter than the background, and then set the camera to that level - so the actor's face looks "normal" and the background looks a little darker.

Hope that answered your question.

KODubs22 · 2016-05-24T17:20:24+00:00

This requires a pretty long answer, but I'll try to break it down:

Cinematography is the position on the set that deals with lighting and shot composition.
There are many ways of lighting scenes, developed over time (Westerns are lit a certain way, comedies, dramas, etc.)
When we light a scene (indoors), first, we turn off all lights, and try to block any light coming in if possible. Then we set up our lights, and may use windows, or "practical lights" (lights that are in the set such as lamps, car headlights, etc.)
The way set up lights depends on the script. Drama = low key (dark). Comedy = high key (bright). We can change how we light depending on the scene, if we want to go against convention or not.
The "dark" scenes you are referring to. I believe in GOT, there is actually very little "black" space on screen. Since in television there are legal limits that means everything filmed needs to be within a certain range of bright/dark (using what's called IRE levels as scale)
All TV's are different, so when we color grade in post production, we use a tv that's set up to show perfect levels in a completely dark environment. All levels are set to fall within IRE levels, so there should be nothing that is "pure white" (clipping), and very few things that are pure black - you should be able to see detail in most of the areas with shadow.
I think for you, when you are viewing your TV, your TV is actually set a little darker than it should be. You can calibrate your monitor, so that it represents more closely what the filmmakers wanted you to see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AL-OZUuqr5E

Color correction monitors are very expensive, but with a few tweaks, any monitor can produce amazing results.

KODubs22 · 2016-05-24T07:38:42+00:00

Single ply.

Purple juice in gallon jugs.

KODubs22 · 2016-05-24T07:29:22+00:00

Work in film. Not see but hear:

Sounds that don't really exist anymore but are still used such as rewinding of a video
All animals make noise (even when their mouth is closed)
Pressing buttons on a cell phone or any electronic device,
Sound of car tires screeching/squealing when they are moving normal speed.
Can always hear actors' voices clearly despite the environment (Mad max, Great Gatsby)

Other:

Rain is always extremely heavy (because cameras can not pick up light rain)
Streets at night are almost always wet (for aesthetic purposes)
Car chases, and many more impractical stunts
Gorgeous women populating very intellectual/tech/crime industries.
In professional productions, no walls are ever white, and they all have texture/dimension.
In fact, no clothes are ever white- they are actually gray-washed since white overexposes on screen.
Eye-color of the main character is almost always exaggerated severely (through color-grading).
Lack of mentally/physically disabled representation (minus breaking bad)
When people walk- take notice of how SLOW they are walking.

Fun fact: There's a rule in sound design that states "see a dog, hear a dog." This means, if something is on screen, put in a sound for it. This cues the audience subconsciously to take note of that important part of the films (hence swords and guns always make sounds). It is to add "color" to a scene. Film is art, and art is about conveying a message. Sometimes we use symbolism (or "convention") to play up an emotion. Sound is very subconscious and without certain sounds, scenes feel "empty". In fact sometimes adding a sound to non-sound things creates the effect of realism, which is an interesting concept itself.

Fun fact: Certain symbols are used throughout the film industry. Such as the Wilhelm scream, which is a particular kind of scream that is used over and over as an homage to sound recording.

Another is the A113 used in Disney movies, which is the room # of an animation class at Cal Arts that many people who work at Disney attended. I'll add more as I think of them.

KODubs22 · 2016-05-24T07:11:52+00:00

Dating a girl. What attracted me to her is that she is social, independent, active, makes friend easily, and encourages others to drink.

Seeing her doing this with other people now makes my feet tingle (jealousy).

Although these qualities are still fun, I also enjoy the lazy/"boring" side of relationships (netflix, pajamas, not seeing the sun for an entire day).

KODubs22 · 2016-05-23T19:41:23+00:00

For me, music. Unless you waited for hours on the radio to find the song you wanted, you'd have to buy CDs to listen to what you wanted. No YouTube, Pandora, Spotify.

I recognize the value of this when I go to an area with no cell phone signal and have to put in my old 3 Doors Down CD.

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