Re: Happiness

ctbishop@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Charles Bishop) wrote in
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> In article <ipj624dvd4opc7j47sfk80d6psv9oj2vrd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> neckhardt@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
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>>On 8 May 2008 13:04:02 -0500, M C Hamster
>><davolson@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>>>Y'all remember the Honda commercial with the Rube Goldberg thing,
>>>right?  That was one take. 
>>
>>One take that worked right, and 605 takes that didn't go right.
>>
>>http://www.snopes.com/photos/advertisements/hondacog.asp
>>
>>but hey, it was one take.
> 
> I just watched a Christmas Special from Mythbusters, and they had a RG
> machine too. They did the same thing: Ran it until it completed its
> task in one go. The others were filmed, but there was no cut and
> paste, it was one take.
> 
> I wonder if they did the Honda commercial as well. They used to (maybe
> still do) work on commercials of that type.
> 

I think you refer to one shot. A take is an attempt at filming the scene
that you want. It generally takes several takes to get a successful
shot, and the number of takes can get into the hundreds, even if you are
putting several different shots together. 

Sean

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