"Alarm Chirps"
Discussion
TGCOTF-dewey said:
Can I add, action on release land mines and booby traps. They've even made films around the fallacy.
They're not designed to make you stand still until the hero can make their way to you and disarm it with a bayonet.
There is an entire film based on that, its called MINEThey're not designed to make you stand still until the hero can make their way to you and disarm it with a bayonet.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3707104/
Cotty said:
TGCOTF-dewey said:
Can I add, action on release land mines and booby traps. They've even made films around the fallacy.
They're not designed to make you stand still until the hero can make their way to you and disarm it with a bayonet.
There is an entire film based on that, its called MINEThey're not designed to make you stand still until the hero can make their way to you and disarm it with a bayonet.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3707104/
Despite the terrible premise, I've seen worse war films.
Big bears of mine:
Incorrect number plates - Thread:
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
No car has headrests, to see the people in the back presumably:
Plip Plip per post - in fact, Mercs can't do that they honk the horn.
Lack of ABS/Traction Control
Police cars have to come to a stop, particularly in the US, with four fully locked wheels, sideways.
Incorrect number plates - Thread:
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
No car has headrests, to see the people in the back presumably:
Plip Plip per post - in fact, Mercs can't do that they honk the horn.
Lack of ABS/Traction Control
Police cars have to come to a stop, particularly in the US, with four fully locked wheels, sideways.
joropug said:
Big bears of mine:
Incorrect number plates - Thread:
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
No car has headrests, to see the people in the back presumably:
Plip Plip per post - in fact, Mercs can't do that they honk the horn.
Lack of ABS/Traction Control
Police cars have to come to a stop, particularly in the US, with four fully locked wheels, sideways.
I always seem to notice the no-headrests thing as well; same with anything filmed "in" an airplane's interior - you can always tell it is a set by the amount of space between rows/height of the luggage bins. Also in cars, people "driving" but looking at their passenger for extended periods of time instead of looking at the road. Just one of those things we all accept as tosh but necessary for "the story". Incorrect number plates - Thread:
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
No car has headrests, to see the people in the back presumably:
Plip Plip per post - in fact, Mercs can't do that they honk the horn.
Lack of ABS/Traction Control
Police cars have to come to a stop, particularly in the US, with four fully locked wheels, sideways.
TO73074E said:
In American films or TV series at the end of phone a conversation, why do they never say "Goodbye"? They just put the phone down!
'interestingly' enough I used to work for a couple of Russian banks and they are total b
ds for this - end of convo and it's hang up, no niceties just 'click'A current peeve is scripts and production design clearly aimed at selling shoes based in UK to the US market. Fool me once is really irritating for that. Police computers using "licence plate" and not VRM, various things being said that no ex-squaddie (alright, she was Captain, but still) from Manchester would ever say, etc.
DodgyGeezer said:
TO73074E said:
In American films or TV series at the end of phone a conversation, why do they never say "Goodbye"? They just put the phone down!
'interestingly' enough I used to work for a couple of Russian banks and they are total bds for this - end of convo and it's hang up, no niceties just 'click'sicarumba said:
I find the intentional addition of camera shake to inject tension/drama or to simulate live action to be intensely irritating. I have no doubt it can be done correctly, though for it to be done correctly would mean it goes unnoticed. But in recent years it seems to have been increasingly either overdone to the point of being unable to see what's going on, or poorly done to the point of being obviously fake rather than the intended affect of the cameraman simply being unable to 'keep up with the action'. A perfect example of the latter, badly done and therefore obviously fake, is the American version of The Office. Constant focus shifting and zooming on a stationary person, all the time rocking up and down, left and right.
It's unfortunately a case of once seen cannot be unseen for me. I even find myself watching older films and noticing the distinct lack of artificial camera wobble, further annoying my wife with my observations even when none are to be seen. I watched Terminator Salvation for the 3rd or 4th time recently and was surprised at the fact I hadn't previously noticed the terrible camera shake, particularly in less dramatic scenes where, were they being filmed, a decent camera operator would have no trouble in holding steady.
And then, as with this post, I over explain to get my point across and end up sounding nerdy because it winds me up so much.
Totally agree with you on the camera shake and focus. I get really frustrated with shallow depth of field cameras where the background (usually) is blurred but sometimes it's so extreme that parts of someone's head are in focus and other parts are blurred, it's hideous to me anyway.It's unfortunately a case of once seen cannot be unseen for me. I even find myself watching older films and noticing the distinct lack of artificial camera wobble, further annoying my wife with my observations even when none are to be seen. I watched Terminator Salvation for the 3rd or 4th time recently and was surprised at the fact I hadn't previously noticed the terrible camera shake, particularly in less dramatic scenes where, were they being filmed, a decent camera operator would have no trouble in holding steady.
And then, as with this post, I over explain to get my point across and end up sounding nerdy because it winds me up so much.
I enjoy some of these. The chirp chirp, Wilhelm scream, that eagle (knew it's exact noise when I read the sentence!).
Will add:
The "rusty gate" sound that was also used in the computer game Deus Ex.
"Train sound 1" that is featured in every old western with a train in it.
Occasionally, I'll notice a noise that was the shooting noise from Doom's final boss in a sci fi film as a sort of SFX just before or during an implosion. I think even Event Horizon has this.
..None of the above wind me up though. What does?
Car chase where the car is visibly out of control then they do a cut as if we won't notice?
Car chase scenes where the stunt man has taken 11 billion takes so the skid marks look like the end of the Monaco GP.
Bike chase scenes where the tyres change for each surface, but are blatently in shot (example: Mission Impossible, that slick / knobbly / slick / FML why am I sitting through this ste?)
Other amusements that are just amusing:
Tom Cruise stood on a box. He gets way shorter when he runs.
Will add:
The "rusty gate" sound that was also used in the computer game Deus Ex.
"Train sound 1" that is featured in every old western with a train in it.
Occasionally, I'll notice a noise that was the shooting noise from Doom's final boss in a sci fi film as a sort of SFX just before or during an implosion. I think even Event Horizon has this.
..None of the above wind me up though. What does?
Car chase where the car is visibly out of control then they do a cut as if we won't notice?
Car chase scenes where the stunt man has taken 11 billion takes so the skid marks look like the end of the Monaco GP.
Bike chase scenes where the tyres change for each surface, but are blatently in shot (example: Mission Impossible, that slick / knobbly / slick / FML why am I sitting through this s
te?)Other amusements that are just amusing:
Tom Cruise stood on a box. He gets way shorter when he runs.
Some Gump said:
I enjoy some of these. The chirp chirp, Wilhelm scream, that eagle (knew it's exact noise when I read the sentence!).
Will add:
The "rusty gate" sound that was also used in the computer game Deus Ex.
"Train sound 1" that is featured in every old western with a train in it.
Occasionally, I'll notice a noise that was the shooting noise from Doom's final boss in a sci fi film as a sort of SFX just before or during an implosion. I think even Event Horizon has this.
..None of the above wind me up though. What does?
Car chase where the car is visibly out of control then they do a cut as if we won't notice?
Car chase scenes where the stunt man has taken 11 billion takes so the skid marks look like the end of the Monaco GP.
Bike chase scenes where the tyres change for each surface, but are blatently in shot (example: Mission Impossible, that slick / knobbly / slick / FML why am I sitting through this ste?)
Other amusements that are just amusing:
Tom Cruise stood on a box. He gets way shorter when he runs.
That doom final boss noise is ridiculous whenever I hear it. I wonder if it’s an industry in joke. Gas leak explosion on Eastenders? Yep doom noise. Giant oven turned on in a horror movie, yep doom noise. Will add:
The "rusty gate" sound that was also used in the computer game Deus Ex.
"Train sound 1" that is featured in every old western with a train in it.
Occasionally, I'll notice a noise that was the shooting noise from Doom's final boss in a sci fi film as a sort of SFX just before or during an implosion. I think even Event Horizon has this.
..None of the above wind me up though. What does?
Car chase where the car is visibly out of control then they do a cut as if we won't notice?
Car chase scenes where the stunt man has taken 11 billion takes so the skid marks look like the end of the Monaco GP.
Bike chase scenes where the tyres change for each surface, but are blatently in shot (example: Mission Impossible, that slick / knobbly / slick / FML why am I sitting through this s
te?)Other amusements that are just amusing:
Tom Cruise stood on a box. He gets way shorter when he runs.
Maybe it’s a free noise in the public domain anyone can use so gets everywhere
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