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Usenet Posted 21 years ago
Screenwriting
"Saw" and that damn fast edit crap
A couple of nights ago I checked out "Saw", a so-so rip-off of "Seven" with a fairly intriguing premise: a killer who puts his victims in elaborate death-traps with the intention of giving them an appreciation for their misspent lives. I found it to be an adequate time-killer, but I nearly stopped the film twenty minutes in due to its use of the most annoying trend in mainstream horror films today - the ol' fast edit/spinning camera/sped-up footage gimmick. Not only is it not scary - it's annoying as Hell.
Now, I'll be the first to admit that I'm pretty jaded when it comes to horror films, having seen literally hundreds of them, but does anybody actually find this effect frightening? It might be intended to give people the chills, but all it inspires in me is motion sickness. I swear, whenever I see this I've half a mind to put my size 13 combat boot through the *** screen.
Are filmmakers pandering to audiences who have no understanding of what horror (as a genre) is really about or are the filmmakers themselves utterly clueless themselves? Is this an edict laid down by the studio execs? I mean, you see it once or twice and it's no big deal, but when it's in EVERY single Hollywood fright flick you have to wonder.
Cheers,
B
Now, I'll be the first to admit that I'm pretty jaded when it comes to horror films, having seen literally hundreds of them, but does anybody actually find this effect frightening? It might be intended to give people the chills, but all it inspires in me is motion sickness. I swear, whenever I see this I've half a mind to put my size 13 combat boot through the *** screen.
Are filmmakers pandering to audiences who have no understanding of what horror (as a genre) is really about or are the filmmakers themselves utterly clueless themselves? Is this an edict laid down by the studio execs? I mean, you see it once or twice and it's no big deal, but when it's in EVERY single Hollywood fright flick you have to wonder.
Cheers,
B
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[nq:1]Are filmmakers pandering to audiences who have no understanding of what horror (as a genre) is really about or are ... and it's no big deal, but when it's in EVERY single Hollywood fright flick you have to wonder. Cheers, B[/nq] Quick cuts are due to a combination of things.
- [nq:1]Are filmmakers pandering to audiences who have no understanding of what horror (as a genre) is really about or are ...
- and it's no big deal, but when it's in EVERY single Hollywood fright flick you have to wonder.
- Cheers, B[/nq] Quick cuts are due to a combination of things.
- 1) The annoying tendency for many films to mimick TV - commercials, music videos (of a shorter duration) come up with the monkey camera, or quick cuts approach, and weak-minded creatives follow the example thinking the trend is a valid evolution of the genre.
- " I have an additon to that - "...
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[nq:1]Are filmmakers pandering to audiences who have no understanding of what horror (as a genre) is really about or are ... and it's no big deal, but when it's in EVERY single Hollywood fright flick you have to wonder. Cheers, B[/nq]
Quick cuts are due to a combination of things. 1) The annoying tendency for many films to mimick TV - commercials, music videos (of a shorter duration) come up w
Quick cuts are due to a combination of things. 1) The annoying tendency for many films to mimick TV - commercials, music videos (of a shorter duration) come up w
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[nq:1](Witness the waning market for Palm Pilot devices.)[/nq]
Not in my house! Now that they're really cheap on eBay, I've bought old Palm Pilots for all the kids, as well as enhancing my vast collection of the things. I play Yahtzee on them.
RonB
"There's a story there...somewhere"
Not in my house! Now that they're really cheap on eBay, I've bought old Palm Pilots for all the kids, as well as enhancing my vast collection of the things. I play Yahtzee on them.
RonB
"There's a story there...somewhere"
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[nq:2](Witness the waning market for Palm Pilot devices.)[/nq]
(snip)
[nq:1]... I play Yahtzee on them. RonB "There's a story there...somewhere"[/nq]
There can never be too many Yahtzee movies.
Joe Myers
"Even worse, the game is *******."
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[nq:1]... I play Yahtzee on them. RonB "There's a story there...somewhere"[/nq]
There can never be too many Yahtzee movies.
Joe Myers
"Even worse, the game is *******."
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Well, you probably won't have to worry about that in SAW 2, because I think they hired a music video director to do it.
You know - music videos have a lot in common with horror.
- Bill
You know - music videos have a lot in common with horror.
- Bill
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