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Film-makers generally shoot multiple takes of each shot, and the editor chooses one to use in the finished film. Not always the best take is used, it essentialy boils down to creative or subjective choice.
However, if all the alternative takes were included on a BluRay disc, the player could automatically
choose a random take for each shot, making the film slightly different each time you watch it. This could even be done with old films, by going back to the archives and digging out all the old takes to include on a new release of the film. Imagine watching Star Wars with takes you have never seen before!
"You are not looking for these droids!"
The Madness of King George III
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110428/
Coming to a sequel near you ... [8th of 7, Jun 23 2010]
they tried something like it here...
http://en.wikipedia...pocalypse_Now_Redux
not with the ability to change as you go... [xandram, Jun 25 2010]
The Story Tree
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[ldischler] mentioned ebooks. Behold! Shameless elf-promotion ;) [moomintroll, Jun 25 2010]
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As a filmmaker, I want my audience to see exactly what I want them to see, and many many hours go into ensuring that the movie is perfect (as far as I'm concerned). If I don't use a take it's because I don't think it's good enough, and why would I want my audience to see a crappy movie with my name on it? |
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You do your own editing Matt? |
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ok, did you ever think "gee I wish I could use both takes, they're both so great..." Well now you can! |
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Nope, never thought that :) |
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"Luke, I am your uncle." [+] |
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/Imagine watching Star Wars with takes you have never seen before! / |
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That happened once already to me. Once. |
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Surely this is baked, albeit in reverse, by the trendency to
make the same film several times over and release it with
suffixes II, III, IV, The Return, The Retirement, The
Resurrection, etc? |
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This would be awesome for 3D films like toy story,
shrek or finding nemo. You could pick a character
and watch through their eyes. It would not require
multiple takes. The only requirement would be that
the world is complete - some characters may
accidentally see things that are outside of the 3D
environment. |
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We are still waiting for "The Madness of George I", "The Madness of George II", "The Madness of George IV" and - presumably - "George V - Ressurection" and "George VI - The Quickening". |
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[8th of 7] not to mention Leonard Parts I-V |
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I thought the Madness of George I played in 1988 and
II came in 2000? |
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I like it. As a crew member, more of my work would get seen by someone sometime other than the editor and director! |
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But taking this seriously, a decision would have to be taken about whether to leave in all takes of every shot - including the ones that are cut before they complete or are just not very good - or only a selected set of alternative 'good' takes. I guess the hardcore completist fan might prefer the former but anyone sane would prefer the latter. |
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I think this might have a beneficial effect for film editors, who have a massive impact on the finished product but who generally don't get much credit. With such a setup, the benefits of having a good editor would be immediately obvious in a "here's how bad it could've been" sort of way. + |
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Brilliant. You can also do this with ebooks. |
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