Posted on 11/18/2007 6:58:44 PM PST by restornu
Paul sings Nessun Dorma high quality vid...
Pavarotti sings "Nessun Dorma" from Turandot .
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Violence, most people just can’t handle that...
The best unedited fight sequence ever
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K06wDn3XsZE&feature=related
Wonder why the link pulled up an empty window in my FireFox? Glad it works for you.
Casper's a great cat, but when my parent's last cat died (he used to visit my parents occasionally) he seemed lonely. Getting him a buddy seems to have re-energized him somewhat, though he and Victor don't play as much nowadays as they did when I shot the video.
I got a bit lucky with that video--aside from compressing it and adding the title, I haven't edited it at all. I was by chance watching a DVD of Warner Brothers cartoons at the time, so the sound you hear was live; none was added post-production.
Yes, they said suicide, but I mean how many Orangatangs hang themself, let alone upside down? I’m thinking it was the cat people, or NaCatS, Nationalist Cat Society.
I’m thinking it was the cat people, or NaCatS, Nationalist Cat Society.
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If it was they are not too bright!
I was thinking the same thing, got to see that movie. Check out the description, even more so...
This is the most impressive fight sequence I have ever seen that contains no edits. From the movie “The Protector”, featuring Tony Jaa (of Ong Bak fame), this stedicam shot lasts over 3 min. I wonder how many times it took to get this shot right! Simply amazing!
After watching the behind the scenes extras on the DVD, here is some additional info that filmmakers and martial arts film fans may appreciate:
The director calls this “the most dangerous long take scene ever.” A 4 minute stedicam shot featuring a variety of martial arts.
The crew spent over 1 month preparing and choreographing before they were able to get a perfect shot. When it came time to shoot, they could only do 2 takes per day because of the set repairing and prop replacement that needed to be done. It took 5 takes to get it right. A foreign cameraman was needed because the stedicam mount was built for american / european operators who are typically much larger than asian operators.
The foreign operator they hired could only do two flights of stairs at a time and simply gave up. They decided to use a Thai stedicam operator who physically prepared for a month for this job.
The reason the shot is 4 minutes is because reels of 35mm film are only about 4 min in length.
They shot the first take which had a number of problems with stuntmen cues, and even a stuntman bumping into the stedicam operator. After choreographing more dynamic action, an increase of extras and improving the set, the next take they did was 17 days after the first take.
The second take was better but when the stuntman was supposed to be thrown from the 3rd story, the safety mattress was not completely in place yet so Tony Jaa stopped the shot and saved the stuntman’s life.
The third take was just about perfect but just before Tony Jaa was supposed to bust through the last doorway, the film ran out. The director finally decided that instead of simply cutting there, they would try again for perfection.
They thought the fourth take was perfect but after review there were some parts that weren’t as good as the pervious takes. They decided on one more try.
On the fifth try, it was almost perfect. But there were 2 miscues. On the 2nd floor, Tony Jaa slams a door into the head of a stuntman and the small glass window on the door was supposed to break. It failed to do so, so they used CGI to fix this. The 2nd issue was the fight just before the sink gets thrown. The timing was off as planned but the end result looked natural so they decided this was the take to use in the final film. Simply amazing.
You wouldn't think big people would have an advantage, but sometimes they do. See this one at 2:48.
Three to four minutes seems to be a common length for rolls of film, regardless of size. Even IMAX film cartridges are about that duration.
What a waste of time.
It sounded like a double entendre for homo’s it was creepy I could not watch it!
Paul Potts vid of “Nessun Dorma” I am no opera fan but I got juiced by this vid. I played the Pavarotti video and even though he is far more technical in what he does Potts singing really moves me. His CD is great.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=1k08yxu57NA
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