M C Hamster (davolson@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
) wrote:
> On 08 May 2008 04:33:46 GMT, Opus the Penguin
> <opusthepenguin+usenet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>>Fred Simons (fred.simons@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
) wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> "M C Hamster" <davolson@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>> news:kfd124tjgeosa8bab5b2ln64ujmdu1jmar@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>> From today's VSL, this is just a really happy, nice video
>>>> (filmed in one take). http://youtube.com/watch?v=So93Iny2HWI
>>>>
>>>> It's 80 degrees here, and the sun is out. I'm happy. Are you
>>>> happy?
>>>>
>>
>>> Not quite in "one take" - as many people would understand it...
>>> Note the girl in the red dress at the beginning, the girl at the
>>> bus stop, the policewoman, and the flower seller. They're all
>>> the same girl (the group's lead singer). Either she was able to
>>> make a complete costume change and sprint down the street to
>>> arrive at her spot ahead of the hopping boy, in about 30 seconds
>>> or so, without even breathing hard... or the cameras stopped for
>>> awhile sometime there.
>>>
>>
>>There's one obvious break in there.
>
> If you're up for watching it again, I'd be interested where.
> There's one place where something dark moves in front of the
> camera... I'm presuming that's what you're referring to. I think
> the others are quite clever. I wonder if the limiting factor is
> the guy's ability to hop that long, or the moving Goldfrapp
> around, or just the impossibility of getting it to work in one
> take.
>
Yeah it's that one right around 1:16. Looks like a shoulder in a
dark jeans jacket or something. It covers the frame for a second or
two. I should amend my statement that it's an "obvious break." I
would rather call it an obvious *place* where a break could have been
managed.
--
Opus the Penguin
That is the thing that made it memorable, well to the extent it was
memorable, as I can't remember much more than that. - Xho


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