Picture Show (A thread for interesting photos from the world of movies and TV)*

Discussion in 'Visual Arts' started by JozefK, Sep 15, 2015.

  1. JozefK

    JozefK Forum Resident Thread Starter

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    You can see Gene Kelly's bald spot in this casual shot w/fiancee Betsy Blair (Ithaca, New York, 1941)

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  2. JozefK

    JozefK Forum Resident Thread Starter

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    I presume that's costume designer Edith Head w/Jeff Chandler. I don't recognize the other man.
     
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  3. JozefK

    JozefK Forum Resident Thread Starter

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  4. JozefK

    JozefK Forum Resident Thread Starter

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    Anne Meara was quite a babe

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  5. thgord

    thgord In Search of My Next Euphoric Groove

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    Fantastic!
     
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  6. smilin ed

    smilin ed Senior Member

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    Melvin Frank, the director.
     
  7. JozefK

    JozefK Forum Resident Thread Starter

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    Groovy Vincent Price
     
  8. Quadboy

    Quadboy Forum Resident

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    ^
    From 'Theatre of Blood'.
    Good fun.
    Favourite death would be the man made to eat/choke on his beloved dog.
     
  9. JozefK

    JozefK Forum Resident Thread Starter

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    Danny DeVito
     
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  10. JozefK

    JozefK Forum Resident Thread Starter

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    Andy Kaufman
     
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  11. JozefK

    JozefK Forum Resident Thread Starter

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    "What's my motivation?"

    Dennis Hopper on the set of Rebel Without a Cause (1955)

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  12. Vidiot

    Vidiot Now in 4K HDR!

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    Here's a collection of the best behind-the-scenes shots on The Dick Van Dyke Show I've ever seen, courtesy of historian and expert Terry Wilkie on the Eyes of a Generation group on Facebook...

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    Those are 3 Mitchell BNC cameras on Chapman crab dollies, at one of the stages at Desilu Cahuenga (near Melrose Avenue in Hollywood). Note the metal pipe above the kitchen set on the far right, which holds some additional lighting gear. The far left camera generally filmed the medium shots for the right-side characters, the middle camera captured the wide shots, and the far right camera got the medium shots for the left-side characters. Within a few years, most film sitcoms started shooting with 4 cameras (I think mirroring what was done on videotape sitcoms like the 1970s Norman Lear shows). The thick cables carried power and communication from the camera coordinator to the camera operators; within about 10-15 years, they started using a video assist system that helped the camera operators get the shots more accurately.

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    This I believe was the far left set on the stage, where they had the "Writers Office" for the fictitious Alan Brady Show. In general, TV sets are not lit this way nowadays: in the 1960s, they used "hard lights" that had to be meticulously aimed and prepared. Now, they use softer lights to help flatter the actors and make the set more even and not as hot. (It helps that modern cameras are a lot more sensitive and don't require as much light as 1965 B&W film).

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    This is a dramatic low angle of the A&B cameras shooting the living room set. I'm surprised to see a 250-watt Mole-Richardson light hanging off the A camera on the far left.


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    Director (and sometimes featured player) Jerry Paris stands in between two cameras shooting a bedroom scene. Note the big fill lights just above the lens, which provided closer soft light for the actors.
     
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  13. Michael

    Michael I LOVE WIDE S-T-E-R-E-O!

    damn! and his son looks just like him...wow.
     
  14. Michael

    Michael I LOVE WIDE S-T-E-R-E-O!

    that is something I would love to do! cool...
     
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  15. JozefK

    JozefK Forum Resident Thread Starter

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    Louise Brooks
     
  16. JozefK

    JozefK Forum Resident Thread Starter

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    Merian Cooper, Willis O'Brien, Ernest Schoedsack, and Fay Wray on the set of King Kong (1933)

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  17. smilin ed

    smilin ed Senior Member

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  18. JozefK

    JozefK Forum Resident Thread Starter

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  19. JozefK

    JozefK Forum Resident Thread Starter

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    "Submitted for your approval: portrait of an ape. An ape among apes. A credit to all apekind. But enough monkey business, for tonight, this ape has an appointment... In the Banana Zone."

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  20. The Hermit

    The Hermit Wavin' that magick glowstick since 1976

    I thought it was Bob Ross after dropping some acid ;)... "look at those pretty clouds, maaaaaaan!"
     
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  21. JozefK

    JozefK Forum Resident Thread Starter

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    Phil Silvers faces the Bilko audience

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  22. The Panda

    The Panda Forum Mutant

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    Thank you for this. Now I know where Elvis Costello got the phrase 1 over the 8.
     
  23. JozefK

    JozefK Forum Resident Thread Starter

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    I presume it was a common British phrase before this article.
     
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  24. Spitfire

    Spitfire Senior Member

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    Nice
     
  25. MikaelaArsenault

    MikaelaArsenault Forum Resident

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    The picture won’t show up.
     

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