Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/07/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You guys are nuts - :-) I haven't seen Blow-up in a few years, but it seems to me the same damn movie, with all but the darkroom elements, could be made today - and the 'blow-up' would be done on screen, but the screen could easily be in a darkened room. Times change; shit happens. But the basics remain pretty much the same: It's still about the shooting; and shooting is about getting access; relating to subjects; seeing; capturing what you see. And that hasn't changed. -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Jim Shulman Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 11:25 AM To: 'Leica Users Group' Subject: RE: [Leica] Blow-up, the movie. Enjoy the remaining romance while we can. In five or ten years they won't even need models. The objects to be included in the final image will be photographed/scanned. Graphic artists will construct the model from a stock library of body components, animate to a desired position, build the background and related props, and click "save". No strung-out artistes, no temper tantrums, no late shoots, no big fees. Since it's all electronic, that means a trained professional in some low-wage country can do the entire project for less than the catering bill of an old-fashioned shoot. On the other hand, in a fully computerized world there's no action after the shoot. Jim Shulman Bryn Mawr, PA -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Slobodan Dimitrov Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 11:10 AM To: lug@leica-users.org Subject: [Leica] Blow-up, the movie. It's finally been released in widescreen on DVD this year. I couldn't help but get the sense of a world long disappeared which won't be back, ever. Some of the stock and work horse images of the photographer in his studio seem so distant and alien now. The screen and keyboard, being central to the modern studio, just doesn't lend itself to the romanticism displayed in the film. S. Dimitrov _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information