We have a strict no-gun policy. The number of gun related deaths has been on a steady decline from 111 in 2002 to 20 in 2011. That's 20 shooting victims out of 38 million people.

I don't, really...wait

Actually, it amazes me the amount of shootings that have been happening lately, at least in the United States of America. I heard an interesting talking point about the whole "blame the media" bit is the attitude of Hollywood (speaking broadly, not anyone in particular here) and the cheapness of life in many movies. The argument was made that death no longer seems real to many young people, at least as presented in the media, as the actors are still fine at the end, thus blurring the line between fantasy death and real death.

Its an odd argument, but maybe movies have gone too far with wanting high body counts to create a sense of stakes.

/discuss

Maybe, but it really isn't Christmas without TSO

Last edited by fireproof78 (2012-12-22 01:38:51)

Sod it, why not? It's Christmas and it's the Muppets......

Vivian Kubrick (17 at the time) made The Making of The Shining.

She's even done a commentary track...
http://soundcloud.com/gadushoon/making- … commentary

That's her with pops in this famous photo on the set. You might remember her as Floyd's daughter on the videophone in 2001.

The new Doctor Who episode aired a few hours ago, and here's the new intro. A very retrotastic one, too, I might add.

Last edited by Tomahawk (2012-12-26 00:27:14)

Sweet!
Now Perfect Dark

What Samuel L. Jackson says here, starting 12:13, is vital for any filmmaker.

It's so bizarre though, coming relatively fresh off the film school wagon, because it's so completely the opposite of what you get taught. In school it's always COVER EVERY FUCKING THING IN THAT ROOM. I actually had a teacher tell me once that "If there's a clock in the room, shoot it, cause you never fucking know."

And I actually went into shooting Lily In The Wind with a very similar mindset to what Sam is talking about, I knew the shots I wanted, I knew exactly what I wanted it to look like. But we had to shoot coverage for everything (Actually part of my grade for the shoot. What a joke), so I wound up spending 90 percent of the day doing that, instead of what I actually wanted to do, and our day was already tight enough as it was.

That's the weird thing about going through a course like that I guess, I'm still not really sure what's BS or not, and this concept in particular has always irked me. It's nice to hear some actual pro's input.