The short answer is that Levelator does a fancy analysis and automatic normalization, but the long answer, which I found a valuable read, is here:

http://www.conversationsnetwork.org/levelatorAlgorithm

Tangentially relevant, damn Berne Convention.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news … -works.ars

Right after I briefly demanded your attention at Kate's like an hour ago, I immediately regretted not mentioning to you how awesome I think Ark is.

Also blinky text.

DUDE how did I miss this thread? Until watching all of these, Reedy was just that guy that made The Fountain commentary one on my favorite episodes of the show.

Now there's all these delightful styleé videos kicking my face in.

DVD's on the way, gotta see the rest of those. And wear it as handsome bling.

I think that changed like five years ago. You can do all kinds of crazy shit in real time now, especially if you do your research first and get a machine with an appropriate graphics card. CS5 introduced this GPU processing thing that lets you do crazy stuff like playback a dozen HD clips with effects in real time.

Spaaaaaace! This would be a fun thing to get into, never considered it before. Those shots are great. Would it be possible to set up a motion control rig, really low RPM motor or something for long exposure that counteracts the earth's rotation to get long exposure of the night sky without star trails?

PRE-EDIT: Just looked it up and it's called an equatorial tracking mount. And they're kind of expensive. Balls. Oh man, if you did a time lapse with one of those the horizon would spin around the frame.

Great, twisted little vignette. Nice shot selection and the camera work added a lot to the story. Liked the reveal of the body.

When using available light, knowing how and where to take light away becomes really valuable. For instance, on some of the white walls, if you flag off some light from the window, you can get a soft shaded gradient on that wall to make it a little more dynamic and help shape the space. Similarly, every wall in that room is bouncing light around and adding fill. You can further shape light then by hanging some thick black fabric or a curtain or something to cut down on bounce behind the camera. Then, if you want to add more, you can use a piece of poster board or something to bounce the light exactly where you want it. Really cheap way to get light under control and use it to your advantage.

That's the problem. it doesn't matter what the intentions were! If its awesome and made you laugh, then it's effectively a good movie. I mean look at Miami Connection, totally fucking awesome despite being what you would call a "bad" movie:

Trivia! Sound guy on this was future VES chair Jeff Okun.

That aside though, realized the most uncomfortable, most terrible movie experience I've ever had was. Return to Sleepaway Camp. The first one is a classic, the second and third went off and did their own thing, and the director from the great original film made one of the shittiest movies I've ever seen, I felt sick and angry by the end of it.

Points sternly to the Charlie Kaufman thread.

Spoilers: "Every two hours are two hours you will never get back. You cannot hoard your two hourses."