Thursday, June 30, 2011

Preliminary thoughts on the Lord of the Rings Extended Edition BDs

12:26 PM / Web / Comments7 Comments

 
7 Comments

1. Daniel Joseph Sardella said:

Dig the webcam thing.
The volume seems a little low though.
And I admit to actually listening more than watching (I'm at work).

(Posted on Thursday, June 30, 2011 at 1:57 PM)

2. Thomas Rostock said:

Looking good there, Michael, you handsome devil.

Play around with the light a little. Sometimes you can fool the color balance to your advantage, maybe get some small color gels for the lamps and presto: you can easily muster a reasonable SUSPIRIA look-a-like set-up for no money at all.

Endless possibilities with this format.

(Posted on Thursday, June 30, 2011 at 5:57 PM)

3. Author Profile Page Michael said:

Daniel:

Yeah, I'm distinctly unimpressed by the sound. See my reply to Bleddyn here.


Thomas:

Oh you! :D

Yeah, I'm going to keep experimenting both with the light and the setting. I'm basically limited to a combination of the overhead lightbulb and whatever natural light I can get, but I might pick up a desk lamp and see what sort of results I can get from it. Not really planning on going down the gel lighting route... unless I do an Argento or Bava special, that is. :P

(Posted on Thursday, June 30, 2011 at 6:11 PM)

4. Neil Harrison said:

I am accustomed to written words only but I'm fairly sure that I will eventually get used to the change. :)

(Posted on Thursday, June 30, 2011 at 9:29 PM)

5. ChuckZ said:

Doesn't your webcam have a manual aperture setting?

(Posted on Friday, July 1, 2011 at 5:03 AM)

6. Author Profile Page Michael said:

Neil:

Well, my written words aren't going anywhere so no adjustment should be necessary on your part. :)


Chuck:

Nope!

(Posted on Friday, July 1, 2011 at 7:52 PM)

7. David S.H said:

Very cool idea on the webcam extension.
I just ordered the UK set today after trading in some games at Tesco (enter gift card number at tescoentertainment checkout). Had £21 credit on the card so brought it down to £23.99 which I was more than happy with.
Looking forward to marathon-ing them, next weekend maybe.

"...and it can be proven, scientifically, if you use the eye dropper on a screen capture."
Perhaps, but they are motion pictures after all ;)

(Posted on Saturday, July 2, 2011 at 4:11 AM)

 
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