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How we did it: SNL – “The Midnight Coterie of Sinister Intruders” (2013)

109 points by AlphaWeaver 4y ago

yial 4y ago
When I try to play the linked video, YouTube reports the video as private. I believe this is the video. https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/wes-anderson-horror-trailer/2752557 https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/wes-anderson-h...
- AshleyGrant 4y ago
  YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfDIAZCwHQE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfDIAZCwHQE
vt240 4y ago
That was one of my favorite SNL episodes. Really interesting to learn about how much work was behind this. It really showed in the final product.
kevin_thibedeau 4y ago
This should be a crime against humanity: body { font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; }
- dkonofalski 4y ago
  Why?
  - weare138 4y ago
    When you use fixed font sizes like that browsers can't resize them based on the screen size/viewport. 12px fonts are really small and hard to read on high resolution screens.
    - echeese 4y ago
      That's false, px refers to CSS pixel, which is not tied to physical screen pixels.
      - kevin_thibedeau 4y ago
        It still renders excessively small on my lo-dpi screen. Absolute pixel sizing text is silly even if it is a phony virtualized unit.
    - dkonofalski 4y ago
      They can still zoom them in, though. It's not like specifying a font size is an absolute value.
  - tomjakubowski 4y ago
    My guess is that it's 1 pixel short of a typical 1.5x line height.
    - dkonofalski 4y ago
      Standard line heights are usually 1.4.
- deleted 4y ago
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- unsupp0rted 4y ago
  In college I was told to use 12pt font and now you and your browser must live with that.
eatonphil 4y ago
I'd seen this one before but not the Djesus Uncrossed [0] one they mention here. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqISX2o0a4A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqISX2o0a4A
dkonofalski 4y ago
Site got hugged to death. Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20220512210526/https://www.alex-buono.com/how-we-did-it-snl-the-midnight-coterie-of-sinister-intruders/ https://web.archive.org/web/20220512210526/https://www.alex-...
prepend 4y ago
It’s funny that while this is Ed Norton doing an Owen Wilson impression, it could very well be Owen Wilson doing Ed Norton.
wozniacki 4y ago
SNL must be like bad quality candy that is so part and parcel of one's childhood that one can never quite outgrow it or fail to not cherish it, despite now knowing that nearly candy from any other part of the world has superior, wholesome and more nourishing ingredients than the HFCS-sweetened, off-tasting, peanut-packed kind - the only kind - you've known growing up. For the most part - and with the exception of unintended humor owing to the broadcasted-live nature of the show - I've never really found SNL to be very funny or talented or thought-provoking. I never quite got what the fuss was all about.
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- not2b 4y ago
  It is mostly bad, but occasionally they do something good; I would call this one example of that. Not worth sitting through the whole show, but the better bits can be found on YouTube or NBC's site.
  - ralphc 4y ago
    The good stuff will come to you, you'll read about it at Salon or Buzzfeed or see it trending on Twitter.
- mcphage 4y ago
  Sadly, we’re not all as smart as you.
  - dylan604 4y ago
    Phew, if this is the outlook of one after becoming "that smart", I'm happy being a mindless dolt in comparison. Guilty pleasures in life are a good thing
    - 4y ago
j4pe 4y ago
It's worth appreciating how fluent all of these people are with their craft to create something of this quality on that timeline. The director got the script on Wednesday! Look at the set layouts, the lighting plans, and the lens choices that were made on the fly. Not to mention somebody had to actually make those costumes and build those sets in a day - and modify them on demand to make the kitchen 8' longer. They were still editing it while the show was being broadcast! You don't generally see "improv" in a field with a lot of preparation like filmmaking, or like software. It's cool to witness somebody who is so comfortable with their tools that they can e.g. live-code a hack-the-box solution or build some new web service on a stage and make it look effortless, and it's equally cool to see this kind of fluency in film.

109 points by AlphaWeaver 4y ago

yial 4y ago

When I try to play the linked video, YouTube reports the video as private. I believe this is the video. https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/wes-anderson-horror-trailer/2752557 https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/wes-anderson-h...

AshleyGrant 4y ago
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfDIAZCwHQE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfDIAZCwHQE

vt240 4y ago

That was one of my favorite SNL episodes. Really interesting to learn about how much work was behind this. It really showed in the final product.

kevin_thibedeau 4y ago

This should be a crime against humanity: body { font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; }

dkonofalski 4y ago
Why?
- weare138 4y ago
  When you use fixed font sizes like that browsers can't resize them based on the screen size/viewport. 12px fonts are really small and hard to read on high resolution screens.
  - echeese 4y ago
    That's false, px refers to CSS pixel, which is not tied to physical screen pixels.
    - kevin_thibedeau 4y ago
      It still renders excessively small on my lo-dpi screen. Absolute pixel sizing text is silly even if it is a phony virtualized unit.
  - dkonofalski 4y ago
    They can still zoom them in, though. It's not like specifying a font size is an absolute value.
- tomjakubowski 4y ago
  My guess is that it's 1 pixel short of a typical 1.5x line height.
  - dkonofalski 4y ago
    Standard line heights are usually 1.4.
deleted 4y ago
[deleted]
unsupp0rted 4y ago
In college I was told to use 12pt font and now you and your browser must live with that.

eatonphil 4y ago

I'd seen this one before but not the Djesus Uncrossed [0] one they mention here. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqISX2o0a4A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqISX2o0a4A

dkonofalski 4y ago

Site got hugged to death. Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20220512210526/https://www.alex-buono.com/how-we-did-it-snl-the-midnight-coterie-of-sinister-intruders/ https://web.archive.org/web/20220512210526/https://www.alex-...

prepend 4y ago

It’s funny that while this is Ed Norton doing an Owen Wilson impression, it could very well be Owen Wilson doing Ed Norton.

wozniacki 4y ago

SNL must be like bad quality candy that is so part and parcel of one's childhood that one can never quite outgrow it or fail to not cherish it, despite now knowing that nearly candy from any other part of the world has superior, wholesome and more nourishing ingredients than the HFCS-sweetened, off-tasting, peanut-packed kind - the only kind - you've known growing up. For the most part - and with the exception of unintended humor owing to the broadcasted-live nature of the show - I've never really found SNL to be very funny or talented or thought-provoking. I never quite got what the fuss was all about.

deleted 4y ago
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deleted 4y ago
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not2b 4y ago
It is mostly bad, but occasionally they do something good; I would call this one example of that. Not worth sitting through the whole show, but the better bits can be found on YouTube or NBC's site.
- ralphc 4y ago
  The good stuff will come to you, you'll read about it at Salon or Buzzfeed or see it trending on Twitter.
mcphage 4y ago
Sadly, we’re not all as smart as you.
- dylan604 4y ago
  Phew, if this is the outlook of one after becoming "that smart", I'm happy being a mindless dolt in comparison. Guilty pleasures in life are a good thing
  - 4y ago

j4pe 4y ago

It's worth appreciating how fluent all of these people are with their craft to create something of this quality on that timeline. The director got the script on Wednesday! Look at the set layouts, the lighting plans, and the lens choices that were made on the fly. Not to mention somebody had to actually make those costumes and build those sets in a day - and modify them on demand to make the kitchen 8' longer. They were still editing it while the show was being broadcast! You don't generally see "improv" in a field with a lot of preparation like filmmaking, or like software. It's cool to witness somebody who is so comfortable with their tools that they can e.g. live-code a hack-the-box solution or build some new web service on a stage and make it look effortless, and it's equally cool to see this kind of fluency in film.