151 Reply by Jeffery Harrell

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Having spent the past week working with footage from a Canon 7D — grading it, and also compositing with it — I have to say that it looks great … right up to the point where it doesn't any more. The stuff I worked with this week had less than a stop of latitude in either direction. If I pushed it even a little bit, it was digital noise as far as the eye could see.

Now, that may not be an inherent factor of the camera. The stuff I had to work with was very under-lit overall (and poorly lit in general), and came off the camera way too saturated, with objectionable moirés and aliasing everywhere. There were certainly lighting decisions on-set that contributed to the problems, and possibly there are in-camera settings that could be tweaked as well.

But apart from that, the stuff looked good. Better, certainly, than what you'd get of XDCAM EX or HDV.

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152 Reply by Jeffery Harrell

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I like Avatar, and I like Eddie the Eddie Doty.

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153 Reply by Jeffery Harrell

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It can be both a good film and a shallow film. Those aren't mutually exclusive.

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154 Reply by Jeffery Harrell

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Speaking on behalf of the Grand and Ancient Order of Editors, all I have to say is … nuh-uh.

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155 Reply by Jeffery Harrell

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You never baked me a cake, Mr. Teague.

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156 Reply by Jeffery Harrell

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I'm convinced that nobody knows anything about making feature films. Steven bleedin' Spielberg makes bad films sometimes, for cryin' out loud. Everybody who makes a feature film is just throwing stuff up into the air and hoping it's fireworks and not runny turds.

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157 Reply by Jeffery Harrell

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1. Eurostile

2. Frutiger

3. Helvetic Neue

4. Miller Daily

5. Poynter Agate

Top five aspects of your job, or whatever you do for monies.

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158 Reply by Jeffery Harrell

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Big talk, little man.

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159 Reply by Jeffery Harrell

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http://www.startrek.com/legacy_media/images/200508/mov-002-lt-savvik02/320x240.jpg

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160 Reply by Jeffery Harrell

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If the movie in question is The Wrath of Khan, then you, sir, are a liar.

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161 Reply by Jeffery Harrell

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T for Terrible.

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162 Reply by Jeffery Harrell

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Shifty Bench wrote:

And regarding the Descent, the UK and US versions differ slightly.....

Slightly? One's a riveting exploration of fear and envy, with a double-entendre title that doesn't reveal itself until the last ten seconds and that will leave you shaken and exhausted from the experience, and the other one's a stupid monster movie.

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163 Reply by Jeffery Harrell

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Not for nothin, but the unwritten consensus on what "classic" means is "I was born after it."

Which … sigh. Means those meet the criteria for a depressingly large number of people, yes.

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164 Reply by Jeffery Harrell

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Shifty Bench wrote:

I've been Shifty Bench for the past 10 years, so I'm good.

I like saying it in the thickest, most brutal Ayrshire accent imaginable. "Shefty Baaaaanch."

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165 Reply by Jeffery Harrell

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Shifty Bench wrote:

Dude, chill. I don't even know the difference between Irish and Scottish tartan and I don't even know what Uilleann pipes are, so you know more than me :

I am, however, reasonably sure that within the past 24 hours you've eaten at least three fried things.

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166 Reply by Jeffery Harrell

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To my ear, the Korean and Japanese languages sound totally identical. I can only pick out Korean when I hear enough of it to realize I haven't understood a single word.

But the various Chinese dialects couldn't sound more different. For starters, Chinese is a tonal language; Japanese is not. That alone is enough to make them sound completely different, even though the share a lot of the same phonemes.

But recognizing somebody on sight? That's tricky. There's more variation between individuals than there is between aggregate populations of closely related racial subgroups. Sometimes Japanese and Chinese people look really Japanese or Chinese, respectively. Sometimes it's much harder to tell at a glance.

And those are the easy ones. If I show you a Han person, a Tibetan person, a Mongol person and a Kyrgyzian person and ask you to pick who's who … well, good luck.

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167 Reply by Jeffery Harrell

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WHERE WE'RE GOING, WE DON'T NEED EYES. Oooh, scary.

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168 Reply by Jeffery Harrell

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Well. He is from Bristol, after all. Certain allowances must be made.

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169 Reply by Jeffery Harrell

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I've heard some good things about one called "Session 9." In fact, it's on Netflix Instant. In fact, I think I just picked a movie for tonight.

Expect a report in about an hour and a half.

TWO HOURS LATER:

What I learned is that asbestos is very, very, very bad for you.

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170 Reply by Jeffery Harrell

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Now that's a terrific horror movie.

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171 Reply by Jeffery Harrell

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1. The Apple II. I don't think it was technically the first practical personal computer — that was probably the TRS-80 or something; I'm sketchy on my ancient history — but it was certainly the most influential of its era.

2. The iPod. Not so much for the product itself, but for the whole ecosystem (sorry) of things around it. The iPod begat iTunes, which begat the iTunes Store, which is the number-one retailer of music in the US (maybe worldwide, I forget) and became the reference standard business model for online digital content distribution.

3. The LaserWriter. First mass-market laser printer in the world. Totally changed the face of small-scale print publishing.

4. Mac OS X. Although it started out as a NeXT thing, it's obviously very much an Apple product now. To create their modern OS, they went all the way back to 1969. Ballsy move. Tremendous success.

5. The PowerBook. Party in the front, keyboard in the back. All notebook computers today still use that exact same form factor.

Next: Since it seems like a lot of people have travel plans this fall, top five (or bottom five if you'd rather) aspects of air travel in the 21st century.

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172 Reply by Jeffery Harrell

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HELP MY MOUSE IS MOVING BY ITSELF. I scared.

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173 Reply by Jeffery Harrell

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That was blue on blue, not blue on red, you poseur!

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174 Reply by Jeffery Harrell

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Okay, maybe I'm a little scared. Mommy?

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175 Reply by Jeffery Harrell

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I ain't scared.

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