Melanie Surani's Blog, page 253
June 14, 2015
June 13, 2015
Sometimes I think I should draw all the time. People pay so much...
Sometimes I think I should draw all the time. People pay so much money on adult coloring books. I’ve thought about buying one too, but haven’t. Still have plenty of art supplies, though.
ambitiousbard:
spookmallow:my favorite thing about kermit the frog is that sometimes he makes this...
my favorite thing about kermit the frog is that sometimes he makes this face
Yup.
What is it about the moon that’s so magical?
What is it about the moon that’s so magical?
twostriptechnicolor:
bidonica:
uturnutopia:
queendecuisine:bla...
blamethebarometerontheweather:
Everyone just keep in mind, this man did this. There was no green screen, there was no padding. and he didn’t even flinch when the wall from the first gif hit his arm as it came down.
Buster Keaton appreciation post.
Buster Keaton is that dude
He was Superhuman.
These stunts are incredible. The only one that gives me the feeling there’s some special effect involved is the third from the top but it’s hard for me to tell due to the frame rate. Sorry to bother you twostriptechnicolor, but do you have any idea what’s going on in that scene? does the train really miss Keaton for a heartbeat or is there some camera trick going on?
It’s real. The shot is sped up a bit in the film, but it’s real.
Incredible. Silent movies were so dangerous…
An Edwardian Color Film Hiding In Plain Sight
A couple months ago, I made a post about a little bit of film history hiding in plain sight in a documentary… and much to my surprise, it happened again!
I was watching a documentary on the Hope Diamond and this little clip caught my eye:
Notice the localized flickering, and the slow motion. I did some contrast correction, and then tinted the frames in alternating red-cyan, and then this happened -
Another bit of Kinemacolor film hiding in a documentary! The way this worked was that the camera had an alternating red-green filter, and shot at twice the usual speed of 16 frames per second. The filtered black and white film was screened with an identical filter in the projector, also at twice the regular speed, creating a color picture… albeit with some rather nasty flickering. Technicolor this ain’t, but it gives an idea of the what the scene really looked like.
Given the history of the company, this clip dates back to at least 1914. I gotta watch more documentaries about the era.
liebesdeutschland:
Köln (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Deutschland
If I...
Köln (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Deutschland
If I lived anywhere in Germany, I would probably go to Cologne. So cute!
awwww-cute:
His Royal Highness Prince Snugglefluff Cuddlewump...
His Royal Highness Prince Snugglefluff Cuddlewump Booplesnoot the Third (Source: http://ift.tt/1f7zBwc)
Looks like he’s about to flip out.
