Questions about styles used through films and shows.
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Would special effects for early movie patrons seem real?
When I watched The Walking Dead on my 1080i HDTV, the special effects looked seamless. In other words, I knew what I was watching was fake, but it was hard to tell.
When I upgraded to a 1080p ...
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How are the Iron Man suit scenes filmed?
In all three movies, you see Downey Jr (as Tony Stark, and occasionally Cheadle as Rhodes/War Machine) in the namesake suit, either completely covered, or with the head open or having the suit put ...
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How do they film the mirror scenes in movies?
It always makes me wonder how do they place the cameras and crew members while filming a scene which is opposite to a reflecting object, such as mirror. Because, when filming the reflected objects we ...
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How do they film “flying human” scenes?
I am watching Chronicle (2012) and this question just popped into my mind. What technics are used for filming flying human scenes? Do they always use Chroma Keying or are there other technics?
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Is the brain sequence similar to reality or not?
In Saw 3 a sequence is shown where Dr. Lynn Denlon performs a operation on John (Jigsaw) using a drill and other similar tools.
My first question is, how can they perform an operation where hardware ...
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How are underwater scenes in movies filmed?
In some movies, for instance the Jaws series, it's a wonderful feeling to see sharks underwater and have it feel very realistic.
I'm curious to know how they film underwater scenes in movies. Not ...
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Did Spiderman filming halt so Tobey Maguire could bulk up?
Spiderman 1 with Tobey Maguire tells the story of how Peter Parker acquired his abilities.
Most of the time he is fully clothed. However, we are privy to at least one scene (the day he gets bit) ...
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What was the first movie to use a cross-cutting technique like The Hours?
The Hours is a very good cross-cutting film because throughout the film it jumps back and forth between three different stories in three different time periods.
According to wikipedia,
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Was this movie the first usage of screen projection?
"The Forbidden Planet" came out in 1956, and there is a particular visual effects shot in the movie that was ground breaking at the time. Projecting live action onto a painted background, and I've ...
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Why is director's name shown last in the title sequence?
Why is the director's name shown last in Title Sequence/Opening Credits rather than first?
I've seen this fact not only in Hollywood, but also in Bollywood, Kollywood etc.
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First Hollywood movie with “flashbacks within flashbacks within flashbacks”?
In Super (2010), I noticed the weird concept of flashbacks within flashbacks within flashbacks.
Which was the first Hollywood movie with the same concept?
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Is Dogville inspired from Hitchcock's Rear Window?
Watching these 2 movies I found similarities between them. The visual city in Dogville reminds me of Rear Window, where the hero is watching to everything from his window.
Is this a case of an ...
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Identification : Film where colour fades throughout to represent dying protagonist
Ok, I can usually find things using Google but no luck this time!
This is a film from around mid-90s I think, but could be +/- 10yrs.
Male lead, who I think gets a kind of lethal injection which has ...
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How are older movies post-converted to 3D?
I went to see Hugo in 3D today, and beforehand there was a trailer for the upcoming re-release of Titanic in 3D. I must say, I was impressed.
How much of the conversion to 3D of a movie that was ...
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Where did the “calmly eating noodles when bad guys walk in” scene first appear?
This scene happens in many martial arts movies:
It usually starts with some hero wandering into a strange town; orders a bowl of noodles; then a couple of bad guys casually sit down and start ...
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What was the earliest mass-release movie that used Matrix-like “bullet time”?
One of the things that The Matrix was famous for was "bullet time" cinematography.
I'm fairly sure that, while it was the first one to use the technique extensively and become famous for it, it ...
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How is 2D movie created from 3D?
There is a lot of 3D movies out there in these days, but they are also released in 2D (dvd, blu-ray, ...). I think, they are originally captured as 3D movies (with stereo camera). So each frame has 2 ...
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Subconsciously influencing the audience with embedded single frames
Is it considered a filming technique to get one-shot frames unnoticeably embedded in movies to subconsciously affect the viewers' mind?
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What techniqes are used by directors to make an actor cry?
I have always wondered what techniques directors use to get amateur actors, specially young ones to cry. How someone surrounded with so many film crew and cameras can concentrate enough and feel so ...
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What is the first occurence of a sequence of short shots of the same length separated by fade ins/outs?
This technique is used in several movie trailers to give a feeling of stress, anxiety or urgency. It is also used in several movies (mostly thrillers, action or horror movies), sometimes even before ...
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Do contemporary cinemas really project at 25fps?
In a conversation with a UK film professional, I was told that in order to simplify technical stuff associated with projection, all modern film are projected slightly sped up at 25fps - although they ...
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Kid's pictures in Clint Eastwood's True Crime (1999)
Around 0.02.24 (hh.mm.ss) into this movie there's a close-up of the picture just drawn by Gail Beechum (daughter visiting her father Frank on death row. It's just your bog-standard green field, fence ...
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Kill Bill colour changes to Black and White
In the movie Kill Bill, why does the colour keep shifting from standard colour to black and white? Is it to keep the gross-levels down?
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What is a “performance capture” animation movie?
The recent movie "The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn" is a performance capture animated movie. What is a "performance capture" movie and what is the need for this technology when the ...
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Why is the bride's name bleeped in Kill Bill Vol 1
In the movie Kill Bill Vol.1, whenever someone mentions the bride by her name
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Her name is censored with a beep. Is this explained somewhere in the movie? Or is it just a signature ...
