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Moreover continuities nowadays are extremely distracting, at least if you know what to look for. Some things like if a chess board completely disappears for a

Moreover continuities nowadays are extremely distracting, at least if you know what to look for. Some things like if a chess board completely disappears for a scene pops out to me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeMM4hCdDyk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeMM4hCdDyk

anigbrowl 11y ago
Argh. I fully support camera and phone manufacturers adding a feature whereby it stops recording the minute someone tries to point it at a TV. WTF.
- freehunter 11y ago
  It's the analog hole. If I upload The Simpsons to YouTube, it's taken down immediately. If I upload a video recording of a TV showing The Simpsons, it needs to be taken down by hand. I also sometimes take still pictures of my computer monitor because there's no good way to take a screenshot of a PC and send it in a picture message to someone without uploading to Imgur or Dropbox or something, which takes time compared to just snapping a pic. What I would fully support is having TVs with good enough screens that you can't tell the difference between recording them and recording a real-life scene.
  - anigbrowl 11y ago
    But there are literally millions of Simpsons clips on Youtube. Nobody minds as long as they're very short clips. It's not the look of the screen that bugs me, it's the inability of the person to hold the phone still and stop talking. I suspect that what's supposed to be happening in this scene is that Ace Ventura has swept all the pieces off the chessboard in an excess of accusatory zeal, but I can't tell if there's any sound of chess pieces hitting the floor because the guy keeps talking and waving the phone around.
    - freehunter 11y ago
      Yes, people in general are terrible when they're recorded. It's not as bad in real life, in the moment, but watching it on a video is awful. I recorded a fantastic event once that was completely mindblowing. Could not watch the video because everything that happened seemed so awful. Our minds are machines of context and in-the-moment stimulus that has up performing actions that don't hold up to repeated or out-of-context viewing. That's why actors are so highly trained and respected, because even pretending to be yourself is impossible for most people. Recordings are just so unnatural that we have to get ourselves into a different mindset before hitting the red button.

anigbrowl 11y ago

Argh. I fully support camera and phone manufacturers adding a feature whereby it stops recording the minute someone tries to point it at a TV. WTF.

freehunter 11y ago
It's the analog hole. If I upload The Simpsons to YouTube, it's taken down immediately. If I upload a video recording of a TV showing The Simpsons, it needs to be taken down by hand. I also sometimes take still pictures of my computer monitor because there's no good way to take a screenshot of a PC and send it in a picture message to someone without uploading to Imgur or Dropbox or something, which takes time compared to just snapping a pic. What I would fully support is having TVs with good enough screens that you can't tell the difference between recording them and recording a real-life scene.
- anigbrowl 11y ago
  But there are literally millions of Simpsons clips on Youtube. Nobody minds as long as they're very short clips. It's not the look of the screen that bugs me, it's the inability of the person to hold the phone still and stop talking. I suspect that what's supposed to be happening in this scene is that Ace Ventura has swept all the pieces off the chessboard in an excess of accusatory zeal, but I can't tell if there's any sound of chess pieces hitting the floor because the guy keeps talking and waving the phone around.
  - freehunter 11y ago
    Yes, people in general are terrible when they're recorded. It's not as bad in real life, in the moment, but watching it on a video is awful. I recorded a fantastic event once that was completely mindblowing. Could not watch the video because everything that happened seemed so awful. Our minds are machines of context and in-the-moment stimulus that has up performing actions that don't hold up to repeated or out-of-context viewing. That's why actors are so highly trained and respected, because even pretending to be yourself is impossible for most people. Recordings are just so unnatural that we have to get ourselves into a different mindset before hitting the red button.