Posted by doc on 09/05/05 04:10

what's even more interesting sometimes, is look at the OTHER people in the
frame and sometimes you'll see a familiar face from some other movie but
appearing just the the heck of it. billy bob thorton is in a lot of movies
as a walk on (passerby) just because he was around and stepped in as an
extra for fun. in the last movie i worked on, every crew member is in one
or more scenes - even the director and all his family members and even the
film director. moreover, i was in two scenes myself :o)

doc

"David Kowalski" <daveski@optonline.net> wrote in message
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> Since my 10 year old daughter and I were the only ones in the theater, and
> I was totally fascinated by the fact that this stuff was left in, I chose
> not to mention it. We were having a grand old time waiting for the next
> appearance of the boom....
>
> It was only when I visited the concession that I decided to say something
> about it
>
> Dave Kowalski
>
>
>
> G. John Garrett, C.A.S wrote:
>> First, if you're going to sit through the wrong aspect ratio for an hour,
>> why should you care if you can see the mic?
>>
>> Second, I imagine the correct mask in the gate, correct framing and
>> projected aspect ratio would obscure the part of the frame where the mic
>> was. They were protecting one particualr aspect ratio when they shot.
>>
>> John
>>
>>
>> Richard Crowley wrote:
>>
>>> Any RAMPS comments on this (from rec.video.production)?
>>> Is this commonplace?, to rely on projection masking to cover
>>> the edges of the frame? What happens when the production gets
>>> released to DVD?
>>>
>>> "David Kowalski" wrote ...
>>>
>>>> I took my daughter to see the Bad News Bears, the new version with
>>>> Billy Bob Thornton. The projectionist had accidentally left the aspect
>>>> ratio in a super-wide mode so that even the normally wide
>>>> theater -sized picture looked squashed, (similar to viewing a 4:3 on a
>>>> 16:9 screen)
>>>>
>>>> To my total amazement in almost every scene, the boom mike was clearly
>>>> visible, sometimes the ENTIRE mike and boom for durations of up to 10
>>>> seconds.
>>>> I could not believe what I was seeing- even during a driving scene you
>>>> could see the fur windscreen and all.. every so often I would see an
>>>> upper "letterbox border" appear for a while, then disappear, revealing
>>>> the mic again. You could see the boom operator turning it as the dialog
>>>> ensued..
>>>>
>>>> I was starting to think that this was some sort of "preview reel" that
>>>> had been put up by mistake and after about an hour into the film, I
>>>> told the projectionist and she flicked a switch and the picture was
>>>> corrected, no more squished people. All of the extra area with the mic
>>>> and boom was, I assume, still in the film, but due to the proper
>>>> display, not seen anymore.
>>>>
>>>> My question is: Do some or all theatrical releases get sent out like
>>>> this, depending on the projectionist to handle things properly? I can't
>>>> imagine that any studio would send out anything that wasn't cropped
>>>> completely....
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Dave Kowalski
>>>
>>>
>>>

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