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Old December 6th 06, 12:39 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
01-- Zero One
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Johan,



There are visual rules for action, camera placement, cutting between two
different views of the same scene, etc. within the craft of filmmaking.
While one may not be aware of them, they are used nonetheless. And it
is those nuances that keep the flow in the action apparent and unstilted
or not interrupted.



For instance, in this particular scene, the director is trying to make
the ultimate statement that they have flown straight out and landed a
long way from home. Most of the shots in this particular scene are
taken from the right side of the sailplane - hence, they are flying left
to right in the frame. If you cut to a shot of them in the field with
the glider pointed to the left, you might easily make the visual
assumption that they had turned around at the last minute and flown back
home. Hence, keeping the scene "continuity" proper, they needed to take
the shot from the right side of the sailplane.



Larry Goddard

"01" USA



PS: "Continuity" also refers to making sure that items that are in one
shot of the scene are also there in a shot from another angle so that it
doesn't appear that the "magic coffee cup" disappears from the table
every time the camera angle changes.












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01-- Zero One wrote:
[Regarding the claim that the canopy in the Duo Discus used in The
Thomas Crown Affair opens to the right rather than left because Pierce
Brosnan preferes to be shot from that side...]
Nope, as a filmmaker in another life, I can tell you it was simply done
for visual continuity. Besides, there are plenty of scenes in the movie
where they deliberately filmed Brosnan's left side where they certainly
had a choice of which side to shoot.


scratches head Continuity with what?

Johan Larson