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Australia's Eclipse | Eclipses| Year of the Horse | Daily Forecasts | Your Year Ahead
Leading astrologer, Marjorie Orr, looks at the effects of the impending Solar Eclipse of December 2002.
For many years Marjorie, who describes herself as "a Celtic Virgo -- an odd mix of mystic and hugely practical", has been a media astrologer writing columns for newspapers and magazines in five continents, and broadcasting on television and radio, and is the author of The Astrological History of the World, which is reviewed on this site (Click Here for Review).
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The Eclipse EffectBreak Down or Break Through
December 4th, 2002: Total Solar Eclipse in Sagittarius
Turning a crisis into an opportunity is the modern way of looking at the eclipse effect. Don't get stuck, get a grip. If you bury your head in the sand, then circumstances will force you to make long overdue changes. Better by far to stay ahead of the game, and volunteer for the inevitable. That way you have a better chance of staying in control of events and directing your future path.
Solar eclipses happen every six months, in different cycles which recur every 18.5 years (the Saros Cycle). The sign and cycle in which the eclipse occurs will tell you which area of your activities is shouting for a shakeup.
In the rundown below read your Sun sign and your Ascendant sign. [If you don't know your ascendant, go to www.star4cast.com FREE Birth Charts and it will calculate it for you.]
Take time to work out what happened to you personally 18.5 years ago, or 37. The two major domestic/country moves in my life took place exactly that distance apart in the years of eclipses in the same cycle. And I only worked that one out after the decision was taken.
This approaching December solar eclipse in Sagittarius will obviously have more effect on Sagittarian Sun or Ascendant types, who are at a real turning point in their lives. Geminis are looking closely at relationships. The other mutable signs, Virgo and Pisces are focusing on home and work matters. Taurus and Scorpio are money-minded; Capricorn and Cancer have work and health dilemmas; Leo and Aquarius are trying to balance love and friendships; Aries and Libra are grappling with nitty gritty communication and organisational matters. More details below.
This eclipse cycle won't recur until 2020, so this is your chance to take the initiative, ask yourself fundamental questions about what you really want to do with this area of your life, and then make the radical decisions necessary.
The few days before and after an eclipse are usually fraught, highly strung, rather nervy, with few (except astrology followers) understanding why everyone is so on edge. The eclipse effect carries a major theme for the following six months and will be felt for a few weeks in advance, so there's no sense in delaying until December 4th. Get your thinking cap on.
In primitive days, the ancients' view of eclipses was that the darkening of the Sun was a portent of doom, putting them at the mercy of the fates. But these were highly superstitious people, with no sense of control of their lives. Eclipses can provoke crises, bringing unwanted upheavals, but nowadays you can chose your attitude and your strategy.
Some world leaders have lives which seem eerily to follow eclipses:
Nelson Mandela was imprisoned, released and became President on the exact week of eclipses.
Saddam Hussein launched and then lost the Gulf War on an extraordinary series of eclipse driven events. He gathered his troops on the borders of Kuwait on the lunar eclipse in late July 1990, two weeks before the solar eclipse on which date the UN mandate to oppose him was agreed. In the following January on the next Solar eclipse, the Gulf War was launched.
Princess Diana died one day before a solar eclipse conjunct the potent, furiously angry Mars Pluto conjunction in Virgo in her chart.The previous eclipse in the same series 18.5 years before fell within days of the assassination of the Earl of Mountbatten, Prince Charles' uncle.
John F. Kennedy Jnr was killed in a plane crash days before the major 1999 solar eclipse, which was the same cycle as oversaw the death of his stillborn baby brother and indeed the assassination of his father, two cycles before.
For those of us not caught up in world events, the effects are likely to be much less dramatic or tragic, but they are significant if you really want to grow and develop as a human being.
This December Solar Eclipse is in a tricky Saros Cycle, usually accompanying a mood of high frustration, intense emotional reactions and a sense of being stuck with circumstances or relationship matters, seemingly beyond personal control. To add to the general feeling of angst, power-hungry Pluto is close to the eclipse, and the dreary Saturn opposition comes a few days later, though admittedly optimistic Jupiter in Leo is trying to add a dash of good luck as well from a trine. Bernadette Brady in The Eagle and the Lark remarks that rash action is inadvisable. GW Bush might do well to pay heed.
For most of us these are tough times, with anchors dragging, and generally a sense that life is quite a struggle. Roll on the end of the Saturn Pluto opposition mid 2003, and bring on the joyous eclipses of next year. So it's grit your teeth and make the best of it for now. Here's how:
Sun and Ascendant Sign:
SAGITTARIUS: An eclipse in your own sign says you are at a crossroads and must chose your path for the next few years. Decisions need to be pondered because there will be no backtracking. Make up your mind, get committed and then get moving. If you look the other way and ignore the eclipse effect, then a crisis in the next few months will force you to see where you have been over compromising. Be independent, don't rely on others for advice, let alone be diverted onto your partner's agenda. It ain't easy, but you do have choices.
GEMINI: Close emotional and work partnerships and your whole attitude to sharing, caring and relating are under the microscope. You must move into a more co-operative frame of mind, tolerant, flexible and willing to compromise. As an independent, restless air sign, none of this comes naturally. Old relationships may be under strain and on the point of parting company. Do they really suit your needs? Only you know the answer. Strong bonds will weather the storms. New relationships will come as you clear the decks of psychological debris from the past.
VIRGO: At an outer level, ensuring you have a solid, secure home and domestic base where you can put down roots is your cri de Coeur. At an inner level you are moving away from old ways of relating and refusing to be trapped by family members or loved ones who want you to stay exactly where and as you are. Pushed and pulled by opposing demands from heavy work responsibilities and emotional pressures, you need to put your own needs first. When your dilemma threatens to get on top of you, go dig the garden, walk in nature, or have a Californian massage. Getting in touch with earth energy will help.
PISCES: Is a career crisis looming? Maybe it's a hint from the universe that you are heading in the wrong direction and trying to fit your talents into the wrong box. You know you want to make your mark on the world, and have your achievements recognised, but you have to be fulfilling what truly feels like a vocation for that to happen. With Pluto around, you will also be questioning your attitude to power figures and who holds the control. Maybe you can't be the megalomaniac you'd like, but you need to ensure that no one else is pulling your strings at work either. Push family responsibilities into their proper place and focus on your ambitions.
TAURUS: Two things are dear to your heart – one is money and the other is power (OK and sex is in there somewhere as well). Your sense of security may be shaken because circumstances seemingly outside your control seem to be posing a threat to your power and prosperity base. This solar eclipse falling in the deepest, most hidden area of your chart suggests you need to get right down to rock bottom to find fundamental answers to your present sticky situation. As a fixed sign you expect the world and other people to adapt to you, rather than the other way round. This eclipse says you need to share, care, co-operate and relate in a profoundly different way in future if you are to improve joint finances and spark up your sex life in the months to come – and avoid a crisis. Hanging on for too much control, could backfire. Trust the universe and go with the flow.
SCORPIO: Money is on your mind, not joint finances as with Taurus, but your own personal piggy-bank. In the face of ungenerous influences, you know you need to take a major initiative to shake up your finances to bring prosperity in the coming months. Luckily your formidable stamina will stand you in good stead, and Jupiter also helps at your mid-heaven, bringing a hint of career success. But you can't afford to dither around, praying for a lottery win or a long-lost relative to leave you a fortune. Get real, get thinking, and then get working.
CAPRICORN: A hidden eclipse in the sign before yours sparks up psychological tensions, uncomfortable echoes of unresolved issues from the past and a general feeling of stuck-ness. If you can see the awkward events happening around you as useful pointers, reflections of what is going on at an inner level, then you can make real use of this eclipse. Not naturally an inward-looking sign, you may need to force yourself to ask the probing questions that will bring profound answers. Don't be put off by imagining you will find all manner of horrors. On the contrary you will find you are a richer, stronger personality than you could have imagined. Your unlived emotions tend to put extra strain on your body, so be good to yourself physically by reaching for a deeper self-understanding.
CANCER: Sagittarius is your area for work and health. You will be facing a dilemma about how to regenerate your career, improve your working conditions and build up your general health. The likelihood with Pluto in place is that you will be meeting resistance in your efforts, but don't let that put you off. Pluto can produce solidly substantial results, but it usually takes a struggle and strong determination. Don't meet unco-operative workmates head on in a stalemate battle. Duck and dive a little. Aim for influence, not outright control. Realise also you have to let go certain old ambitions which have lost their fire. Physically you need to pay better attention to your body's needs, get even minor ailments fixed, and then you will sail ahead in robust form.
LEO: Love may be on your mind, but it may not be what you are attracting. This eclipse will make you aware of where you are not getting the affection, admiration and adoration you want from loved ones, children or even social mates. Tricky, I know, to be exuberant and utterly seductive with the wet-blanket Saturn-Pluto around. But this is your challenge. You need to allow your personality to shine brightly, to step out without apology or doubt, to be where you feel fulfilled which is centre stage. Two thoughts: one is that what you lack, you must first give. Have you been too meagre in handing out kisses, cuddles and compliments? Go to it. The second is that Pluto tends to make you clutch if you feel you are not getting attention. Let go. If you cage loved ones in, they will struggle to break free.
AQUARIUS: Always known as the humanitarian sign, this could be your chance to make a real difference to the society or world in which you live. Certainly you know you need to widen your circle of friends and acquaintances in the months, if not years to come, but don't keep stick to a frivolous, exclusively social agenda. You could join hands with influential movers and shakers to have a powerful influence on what is going on around you. You also know you need to nudge yourself into setting long term goals. Don't just think five year plan, think 20 year plan. It doesn't have to be set in concrete, you can adapt as you go along, but you will be better with a broad strategy and well defined goals.
ARIES: Travel, communication, improving your mind – all of these are sparked off by this eclipse, which is generally prompting you to broaden your horizons in whichever you can. Set your sights higher. Let your imagination soar. Think big, don't get bogged down in trivia. Saturn Pluto is hardly an exciting or inspirational overlay, but nonetheless this is your challenge. You need to spread your ideas to a wider audience, find more intellectual stimulation and see where you can get yourself out of a rut.
LIBRA: Sorting out your everyday schedule may not sound like a bundle of fun, but if you don't get a grip of minutiae, details and organization, then your life will lack a solid, realistic base. Think about how you communicate. Are you being misunderstood at work? Collect your thoughts first, speak simply and then double check to make sure your message got across. It may not be the content that's at fault, more the delivery.Start each day with a checklist and you won't race round in circles getting in a muddle. Think small for a few months, then you will fly the higher come next May.
Marjorie's new book The Astrological History of the World (Sterling Publications; ISBN


The Seventh Alabama Cavalry
The Seventh Alabama Cavalry
The Seventh cavalry was organized in July, 1863, as part of Clanton's
brigade, and served for more than a year in Quarles', Clanton's, Page's,
Patton's and Thomas' brigades, in the vicinity of Pensacola and the bay forts.
In the fall of 1864, it reported to General Forrest at Corinth, and took part in
the raid on Johnsonville and the fighting as Hood moved toward Nashville. It
suffered severely at this time, especially in the night attack on Brentwood. The
regiment, after recruiting, joined General Buford at Montevallo in March, 1865;
confronted Wilson's corps from Benton to Girard, and took part in the last
fighting of the war, surrendering at Gainesville, May 14, 1865. Col. Joseph
Hodgson led the regiment throughout the war, though detachments were at various
times commanded with brilliant success by Maj. Turner Clanton, Jr., Captain
Ledyard, and others. Capt. Charles P. Storrs was wounded at Columbia; Adjt.
William T. Charles was captured at one time, but escaped. Colonel Hodgson, after
the close of the war, devoted himself to journalism, in which he became quite
distinguished, and he was at one time State superintendent of education.
Extracts From Official War Records
No. 42--(239, 240) Mentioned in Gen. James H. Clan. ton's report of brigade
organization, Pollard, Ala., September 19, 1863. (334) Gen. D. H. Maury, Mobile,
October 17th, speaks very highly of Hodgson's regiment. (403) November 10, 1863,
Quarles' brigade, department of the Gulf. (511, 561, 562) December, 1863, in
Clanton's (Second) brigade; detachment in Higgins' (Third)brigade.
No. 58--(582) January 20, 1864, in Clanton's brigade. No. 59--(861) April 30,
1864, four companies under Maj. Turner Clanton, Jr., in Page's brigade, district
of the Gulf; detachment under Colonel Hodgson, Reynolds' brigade.
No. 65--(386-425) Mentioned in reports of General Asboth (Union), skirmish
near Barrancas, April 4, 1864. Companies G, E and I of the Seventh at Camp
Gonzales, July 22d. "Three companies left at Fifteen-mile Station," July 28th.
No. 66--(257) August 24, 1864, "Seventh cavalry at Pine Barren bridge."
No. 77--(873) Cadet company mentioned by General Chalmers, in referring to
attack on Federal gunboats, October 30, 1864. (875) Specially commended in same
letter for conduct opposite Johnsonville, November 4, 1864.
No. 78--(677, 678) June 30, 1864, effective total present, 451. (703) Two companies in Page's brigade at Bay forts, July 10th. (752)
August 3, 1864, in Patton's brigade; two companies in Page's brigade. (814)
September 3, 1864, Thomas' brigade, district of the Gulf, Gen. Franklin Gardner's forces. (874) Ordered, September 25th, to report to General Chalmers
at Verona, Miss. (877) Colonel Hodgson ordered, September 26th, to stop his
regiment at Egypt, and move it across to Panola.  (879) September 27th, ordered to send four companies, under a field officer,
to Corinth; bring rest to Panola. (885) Captain Ledyard, commanding, reports
eight companies at Meridian, Miss., September 29th. (887) September 30th,
Thomas' brigade, department of the Gulf, en route for Grenada, Miss.
No. 93--(760) Return of casualties for November, 1864, 2 killed, 28 wounded.
(761) One killed, 12 wounded, December, 1864. (765) December 14, 1864, mentioned
in report of General Chalmers as on Charlotte pike. (767) Commended in General
Chalmers' report, especially m engagements of December 15th and 16th. Casualties
from November 23 to December 6, 1864, 2 killed, 36 wounded. (1234) November 20,
1864, in Bell's brigade, Forrest's cavalry corps.
No. 94--(127) Information regarding movements of the Seventh near Bridgeport,
December 7, 1864. (751) January 1, 1865, mentioned in orders. (796) Mentioned by
General Chalmers in general orders, January 19, 1865.
No. 97--(786) Directed to Cherokee by command of Lieutenant-General Taylor,
October 3, 1864.
No. 103--(997) Mentioned in General Forrest's orders, dated West Point,
February 20, 1865. (1031) General Forrest says: "Have ordered Seventh to
Montevallo," March 6th.
No. 104--(364) Mentioned in report of Captain Eaton (Union), Mobile


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Grave_Addiction06-24-2005, 12:33 PMHopefully not a repost.
http://www.optimalcamouflage.com/reggie_retail.wma
evilmax1706-24-2005, 12:34 PMBullet point summary anyone?
Grave_Addiction06-24-2005, 12:53 PMIt can be kind of hard to hear Reggie at times, so I typed up the entire clip as best I could.
As you can see, Revolution will more than hold its own in graphical performance.
What we also know is that what you publishers and developers see when you look at the spec sheet of our competitor's new systems. Larger budgets, higher staffing, steeper learning curve and longer production schedules.
Nintendo Revolution is designed to be none of these. Our conscious decision was to take a different path. Revolution will be the home to stunning new game masterpieces from Nintendo and our third parties.
In fact, the balance built into Revolution makes it the perfect choice to achieve your highest creative goals. But if your budgets are a little more (motto?), I would recommend to also envision the creation of much better game experiences with much less hassle.
We expect the time frame needed to make Nintendo's Revolution game to be substantially shorter than all of our competitors. In effect, we see Revolution to be the best new console for game developing partners no matter what type of game you're making.
Finally for all of our retail partners, I can hear you whispering under your breaths, "Don't tell me about developing games, just tell me what games you're gonna deliver."
Well, let's talk about that. First, we expect the great third-party support we now have on Gamecube to be both stronger and earlier on the Revolution. And we will be more aggressive than ever in having our own new in-house stars, the greatest gathering of (byte-sized characters?) in history by as early as possible.
You can expect new Nintendo intelluctual properties in the launch window. Our franchise stars are about to make some new friends.
And you should know that development of new Revolution titles is already underway.
Javery06-24-2005, 12:55 PMNice!
evilmax1706-24-2005, 12:58 PMMuch much appreciated for that, thank you.
"our already great third party support" was funny.
Sounds like they saw a video at first.
Shorter dev times + easy dev = hopefully tons of games
Strell06-24-2005, 12:59 PMnew game *couldn't understand what he was saying here* from Nintendo and our third parties.
He said "masterpieces."
That's all I have to add.
Now, where did this come from?
This speech?
I mean it sounds like we've only got about the last half of this speech.
It's apparent that at some point he must have been discussing raw graphical power.
"It will more than hold its own."
That makes feel a bit better about that issue, but it is Reggie, meaning I know it's his job to hype...He mentions competitor spec sheets as if he has something comparable to them right now (i.e., as he's talking to these people).
There's got to be some information on this somewhere.
I need some serious reassurance about the graphics, and it sounds like this could be the first indication that the power issue is about to be put to rest.
I mean, if all the systems are within 10% or so of each other in terms of raw power, then the graphics debate is dead.
Put the best graphical games of all three systems now, and you can barely tell a true difference.
I assume it's going to be exactly the same for the next generation.
Of course, that's just all my speculation.
jkam06-24-2005, 01:02 PMSounds good. I want to see Kid Icarus back! I think Nintendo has a good idea with giving developers an easier task. It would be nice to see the Revolution get really solid 3rd party support. I wouldn't mind seeing some of the things that the XBOX and the PS2 got such as Street Fighter Anniversary Collection (online) as long as there done right. The N64 and the Cube had great games but lacked in pure numbers of titles. With this new approach they may be able to swing some back their way. Anxiously awaiting this console.
ryanbph06-24-2005, 01:03 PMI thought their was a recent interview with nintendo, saying they weren't done with the revolution.
How are they making the games, if they don't have an idea on what the revolution will be.
I am sure it will be easy to develop for Nintendo, but doesn't the XNA, also cut down on costs and development time?
evilmax1706-24-2005, 01:06 PMI need some serious reassurance about the graphics.
It's been said that the Rev will be 3 times more powerful than the GCN.
Look at RE4, and picture it times 3.
I think that would look pretty good!
the3rdkey06-24-2005, 01:07 PMI thought their was a recent interview with nintendo, saying they weren't done with the revolution.
How are they making the games, if they don't have an idea on what the revolution will be.
I am sure it will be easy to develop for Nintendo, but doesn't the XNA, also cut down on costs and development time?
They are done with the SPECs,
the final system design will be smaller.
Strell06-24-2005, 01:09 PMYea, and I know the bullshit "OMG 1600 TIMES MORE POWERFUL" from MS and Sony is just hype, and that the 2-3x power is something conservative from Nintendo, but I still want something a little more concrete than vague jargon.
Still, even a leap of that beyond Zelda/RE4/Metroid Prime is enough to render my brain dizzy.
Javery06-24-2005, 01:11 PMWell, we know games won't look as nice on the Revolution simply due to the lack of HD support unless you are one of those billion unlucky bastards without an HDTV...
Strell06-24-2005, 01:14 PMLet's see.
15 FPS game on HD.
Or 60 FPS game on normal tv.
Yea, I'm worried too.
willardhaven06-24-2005, 01:22 PMa 20" signal with s-video or component cables makes a lot of HD sets look like crap...
screw resolution, I like high FPS myself.
Revolution sounds like it will be good, I wish we could just get Gamecube 2 though.
jkam06-24-2005, 01:25 PMWell, we know games won't look as nice on the Revolution simply due to the lack of HD support unless you are one of those billion unlucky bastards without an HDTV...
I know your'e really ticked about the Revo and HD. There are already some sites up to try to sway Nintendo.
http://www.1080up.org/
You may want to e-mail Nintendo yourself as well. The more people that do may sway them to add it.
D4rkewolfe07-07-2005, 01:38 AMFirst -- please be civil and post here. Too many HD topics floating around.
Second -- HD is up in the air. Whether an article says it will be on there, or one says it won't, with over a year before release, anything can change.
Third -- Would the addition or subtraction of HD have an effect on you buying a Revolution? Is it that important to you?
Finally -- Have a conversation, not a fight
That's from one of the NOA people in their forums.
So with the list going around, if you really want it, have it signed.
As they said, anything can change.
PawnTakesKing07-07-2005, 02:15 AM...unless you are one of those billion unlucky bastards without an HDTV...
*raises hand in shame*
MorPhiend07-16-2005, 07:35 PMHe said "masterpieces." That's all I have to add.
Now, where did this come from? This speech? I mean it sounds like we've only got about the last half of this speech. It's apparent that at some point he must have been discussing raw graphical power. "It will more than hold its own." That makes feel a bit better about that issue, but it is Reggie, meaning I know it's his job to hype...He mentions competitor spec sheets as if he has something comparable to them right now (i.e., as he's talking to these people). There's got to be some information on this somewhere. I need some serious reassurance about the graphics, and it sounds like this could be the first indication that the power issue is about to be put to rest.
I mean, if all the systems are within 10% or so of each other in terms of raw power, then the graphics debate is dead. Put the best graphical games of all three systems now, and you can barely tell a true difference. I assume it's going to be exactly the same for the next generation.
Of course, that's just all my speculation.
As to the graphical power, all I can say is search for the thread back around e3 time about the new patent concerning cube mapping. Some said that was old technology. But read the whole patent. It is not the same as the old "cube maps." It is a new technology that is designed to allow for "low" spec systems that consume low power to outperform high tech, expensive, loud energy wasting chipsets. I wouldn't be surprised if the specs themselves are on par with M$, and in practice are up to Sony's system - if this tech actually is part of the RevOlution...
EDIT: I justlistened to this. Isn't it the pre-e3 Nintendo conference? Thatthing was an hour long. That's probably why you didn't notice.
Sarang0107-22-2005, 05:59 PMI know your'e really ticked about the Revo and HD. There are already some sites up to try to sway Nintendo.
http://www.1080up.org/
You may want to e-mail Nintendo yourself as well. The more people that do may sway them to add it.
I plan to call Nintendo out on it ON the radio and KC, hopefully to shame them into it.
I'm a Nintendo fan and already have a HD set and will be severely PISSED if Nintendo doesn't support it.
Also I'm even willing to PAY extra to get a Revolution with an HDMI and new Firewire


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What does a DoP do. . .i.e. what are the duties of a DoP?
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Doesn't it change with every Job, or job level?
I just shot something where I was Everything: loader, Grip, Gaffer, Food stylist, ETC. (however this was something for me, so I was also the director).
I will not shoot without an AC, it is necessary to have one.
I wonder if your question isn't broad enough though. besides the duties :
Preproduction planning, scheduling, Choosing equipment ( on my level I tend to be the one writing the order for Grip/Electric, as well as Camera, I'm sure that there are many who DP's who work bigger budgeted/crewed jobs who discuss the job with their Keys, and let them take care of the specifics, such as how many C-stands and sand bags), color timing ( either TK, or Print {with a colorist}). I've gone on location scouts alone and ended up having to secure the location for production ( being grilled by a member of the Judiciary is not fun), and I won't do that again.
It seems to me, that the DP is also Management ( when looked at from a labor stand point). Although it is not always the case, certainly there are crossover aspects from each side. Besides asking what a DP's duties are, should we also ask over which "things" (for want of a better word) a DP has absolute control over, and cannot be overidden?
It is a tough question, I've gone from one shoot that was so badly organized by production that I had to do the Tie in, run the cable, and hang most of the lights ( as well as share AD duties with the Sound man and the KEY P.A.). To two days later Working on a great shoot that All I had to do was talk with the director, and operate the Camera. The AC and the Grips did all the technical work I asked for( NO lights). It really changes on a job to job basis ( for me), sometimes what I do changes in the middle of the Job, especially if the Director becomes a jerk, and I am working way too hard for no reason ( at that point SUPERHUMAN Steve goes away).
Steven ( well that's my view of it, You must have a reason for asking this Geoff) Gladstone - wow I even worked a little ranting into my answer
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Having been blessed with the opportunity to work in a wide variety of types of production, eg.16,35,IMAX docs, ride films, corporate, industrial, medical, political, commercial, broadcast sports, brroadcast news, broadcast magazine, broadcast dramatic, music video, indies, and big studio pictures and in many different countries under different types of systems, I would try to define the DP's role using those horrible Venn diagrams of the "new math" era, a dark period in US public school education.
There is a core set of responsibilites which is, I think, shared by DP's in all types of production (except perhaps non-dramatic and "soap opera "multicam studio TV work which has Lighting Directors and operators but often no DP).
Those responsibilites would include the aesthetic decision-making for lighting, exposure, and filtration and the choice of camera, lenses, and camera support equipment. Past that core, the additional responsibilites seem to depend on both the general type of work and on the specific project team and relationships between them. It seems that in addition to the core responsibilities, the DP will also handle at least one, generally two or three, and sometimes all of the following additional duties: (not ranked by importance)
Timing/grading of images
Decisions concerning camera placement and movement (sometimes but not always shared with the Director)
Operating camera (often delegated to an operator and sometimes usurped by a director)
Technical decisions concerning lighting (often shared with the gaffer & key grip, and in a few cases the Director - eg.Stanley and Ridley )
Technical decisions concerning equipment used to move and support camera (often shared with the Key grip)
Actor movement and blocking (shared with some directors)
Aesthetic and technical issues concerning set painting and treatment ( in concert with prod designer, art director, director, and in commercials- client)
Choice of locations and their proposed use
Editorial decisions concerning scene coverage and/or documentary content (my late mentor Burleigh Wartes was famous for cutting films in the camera, leaving the editor of record tiny little handles)
Supply of camera, lighting, and grip equipment, and transportation thereof.
Choice of crew
Contracting and payment of crew (this seems to be diminishing in our liability loaded world)
So the diagram which would show all this would have a bunch of amoeba-like figures encompassing various combinations of these responsibilites but with all of them including the aesthetic lighting, exposure, and filtration area.
I'm sure I missed a bunch, and I know a list is not a definition, but the specifics seem to vary so much.
Mark Weingartner
To the incredibly extensive and comprehensive list I would add, simply, that the Cinematographer (I still prefer that title, as opposed to the Director of PHotography, which underscores the Manager aspect of the job, but not the artistic) is the visual author of the film. Yes, much is decided by the director, etc., but if the director's job is to tell a story on film, it is our job to become the audience's eye, to lead or retreat, hide or reveal visual elements of the story. To this end, we have the technos of our craft at our disposal, but without a POINT OF VIEW, the technique is empty. And it is this Point of View that makes us the visual author of the film.
Vittorio Storaro has said this all very eloquently before, to which I'd like to add a quote from Degas: "One reproduces only that which is striking, that is to say, the necessary. Thus one's recollections and invention are liberated from the tyranny which nature exerts." Even when we approach existing light circumstances, the way in which we find and linger on specific details is an authoring of the visual world, which is where the art begins.
Thom Harp
I had (another) day off today so tried to answer this rugged little question
A Director of Photography's duty is to;
1. Design the photography to serve your director's plans and answer the stories purpose- both in fidelity with the best traditions of the craft and your own artistic convictions. Learn the directors personality as best you're able and establish a common photograhic language with him. Understand the script and the proposed style of editing.
2. Collaborate with fellow dept. heads from the first meeting possible. Stay apprised of the developments in all the depts. that will directly or indirectly effect photography, set function and set efficiency.
3. Pre-demonstrate the photographic style(s) conclusively from film tests whenever possible. Assess that the photographic design equates with a pragmatic shooting schedule. Be abreast of the release plans of the picture, of likely contingencies and plot the technology routes so principle photography best complies with the final release objective(s). Integrate a plan of quality control and consistency with the lab.
4. Sign on, fit out and command the camera dept. Be accountable for all action within the dept (camera, lighting and grip crews) Be satisfied that all crew signed on to the production within these depts will answer to the skill level required. Oversee the logistic preparedness of these depts.
5. Establish the tone on set that best fits your working style. (i.e.insisting that the set is turned over to you after blocking or that the set is quiet when you work or that The Clash is always played while you work). Lead the crew by example and ensure a healthy work place that is safe, respectful and professional (encouraging some esprit d'corps is a valuable service to all). Back up the crew and if needed, demand the above conditions prevail. Likewise demand that the crew back you up with performance.
6. Meet the schedule. Come prepared to supply the celerity and raw ingenuity demanded to satisfy your artistic want of truth and accuracy. Be flexible to the rapid changes of physical enviornment and/or the director's priorities. Manuevre the mechanical apparatus and personel involved to keep hitting a moving target.
7. Maintain yourselfself physically with rest, diet and regimen to keep up your stamina. Be attentive to the effect of the schedule on your crew and represent their health and safety conditions to production if neccessary.
8. Make do with what you have.
9. Walk your pictures through the post production phases with care - or as arranged by contract and schedule.
In the severe words of The Admirality of The Royal Navy when issueing orders to commanders at sea --> " Hereof nor you nor any of you may fail or you will answer the contrary at your peril."
Caleb "do or die" Crosby
To me it boils down to this :
The role of the Director of Photography in audiovisial production is to assume the full responsability of the image of the project. This includes two main resposabilities/tasks:
1. To be the first man next to the director in interpreting his story and wishes into concrete projected moving images, as an interpretor, as close as possible matching the CONTENTS of the message the director or author of the project wants to communicate. (this is the creative, artistic part, this takes feeling and talent to accomplish)
2. To assume the full reponsability over the technical quality of this image (upto final screening if allowed to) (this is the techinical; quality assurance part of the job)
The DP, in order to achieve these goals, executes concrete tasks described before in this thread, and the actions to take may vary considerably depending on the needs and nature of the project and the DP and crew themselves. They always boil down to achieving the above 2 goals however.
My 2 cents.
Kind regards,
Kommer Kleijn
A question: What's the difference between a DoP and God?
Answer: God dosen't think he's a DoP
OK, OK, OK - don't flame me. It was a joke told to me by a producer friend of mine. It could just have easily been a reference to a director, producer, editor, etc.
Simon_Wicks
it seems everyone is defining a DP by his or her job duties and not by their artistic role. as pretentious as it might seem, I see the DP


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Come Out Fighting
Stuart Broad is
confident his Nottinghamshire and England team-mate
Darren Pattinson will fight back from losing his
Test place after just one match, as reported by
Ladbrokes.
Twenty-nine-year-old
Pattinson's unexpected debut against South Africa
at Headingley this month was accompanied by jibes
about the wisdom of his sudden
elevation.
The Headingley
experience proved to be a tough one for a bowler
with only 11 previous first-class matches under his
belt - and as he went wicketless on his return for
Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge on Wednesday, it
was easy to fear for his state of mind.
Broad, however,
has no doubt the Grimsby-born but Australian-raised
seamer will be back among the wickets with a
vengeance soon - determined to reclaim his England
place.
Bet now at
Ladbrokes
After Durham had
been bowled out for 266 - despite 85 from former
Nottinghamshire batsman Will Smith - by Charlie Shreck (four for 69) and Broad (three for 47) on
day one of the top-of-the-table LV County
Championship Division One match, the latter turned
his attention to Pattinson.
"He's always
upbeat. He's a lovely bloke and he got dealt with
harshly by the press, because he bowled well for a
Test debut on a very flat wicket." Broad recalled.
"He's come out fighting; he's bowled well so far in
this match, and we hope he can continue bowling
well for Notts - because he's been one of our main
strike bowlers in our run so far this
season."
Pattinson's
ambitions came into question again yesterday when
reports surfaced from Down Under that he would
prefer to play for Victoria this winter than tour
with England, if selected.
He and
Nottinghamshire quickly refuted those suggestions,
however - and Broad confirmed: "He's smiling and
he's still got international ambition. I'm sure
he'll be aiming for some winter tours or Champions Trophy."
Broad himself had
a strange day - left out by England on the morning
of the third Test at Edgbaston and rerouted to help
Nottinghamshire's title challenge.
It did not appear
to bother him.
"Obviously it's a
bit odd having a drive between games when they've
just started." said the 22-year-old. "But I did it
a bit last year, when I was 12th man for India,
shooting up motorways and then bowling in the
afternoons. It is something I'm kind of used to,
and obviously it is very enjoyable to have bowled
them Durham out by the end of play and be
in a very strong position. Charlie Shreck


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Furman Paladins wide receiver David Hendrix (14) celebrates scoring a touchdown with running back Tersoo Uhaa (40) during the first half against the Florida Gators at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011, in Gainesville, Fla.
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By Pat Dooley
Sun sports columnist
Published: Saturday, November 19, 2011 at 6:37 p.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, November 19, 2011 at 6:37 p.m.
The whole day just never felt right.
The gloomy weather, a fine mist covering the tail-Gators before the game. The huge gaps of empty seats in the stands, not unpredictable but still embarrassing. The O'Connell Center parking lot looking a lot like it does on a typical Saturday ... in July.And then Florida getting boat-raced for a quarter by a team that lost to Elon last week.A text I received from my wife said it all, “Is this really happening?”
Yes, it was and because Florida didn't panic and made adjustments and because Furman doesn't have a player Florida would even invite to Friday Night Lights, the Gators prevailed. Across the country, fans saw the 54-32 final and may have no idea how unsettling it was at The Swamp at around 2:15 p.m. Saturday.Could they possibly lose to Furman?At the time, it looked very possible. At the time, you wondered if the Gator defense would make Furman punt the entire game. At the time, you wondered if anything else could go wrong.“You start to realize that if anything could go wrong, it already has,” Will Muschamp said.Don't look for me to put a positive spin on this game.Sure, the Gators won by three touchdowns.Sure, Florida is bowl eligible.And yes, the Gators will get extra practices leading up to what is almost definitely a Gator Bowl appearance Jan. 2.“It's an extra spring practice,” Muschamp said.Great. More practices we can't watch.But this win said as much about this season as the losses have.Because it was Furman.I know the Paladins came in here fired up for a chance to play in The Swamp. I know they changed their offense during the week and surprised the Gators.But that only accounts for the 67 yards (all on running plays) on Furman's first drive. What about the other 379?“Once we identified what they were doing, we played better,” Muschamp said.After that first drive, Furman had 17 first downs and averaged 5.8 yards per play. That is not a good defense. If you saw it, you don't need the raw numbers to know how this defense didn't show up to play. The Gators missed enough tackles to fill a lowlight tape and so many times Furman running backs moved the pile as if they were being tackled by Pop Warner defenders.That's how it got to be 22-7 Furman after the first quarter. That's how that noise you heard if you had your windows open was the Gator fans who did show up squirming in their seats. That's how it was still a game early in the fourth quarter and I uttered a phrase I never thought I would in the fourth quarter of the Furman game -- “That was a huge field goal by Caleb Sturgis.”In the end, Florida won because it did the two things it hasn't done during the rest of the season.1. The wide receivers were a factor. They caught seven passes for 250 yards and three touchdowns. There was even a Quinton Dunbar sighting. The phenom of the preseason had a couple of big catches, including a touchdown reception.2. They had two pick-sixes. We had forgotten what those looked like. But the Gators iced the game with two nice plays from Pop Saunders and Jelani Jenkins, who had made a habit of dropping interceptions this season. “I had visions of when I was in high school playing running back,” Jenkins said of his 75-yard touchdown sprint.I heard a few boos Saturday when Florida fell behind by two touchdowns thanks in part to another snap over the head of quarterback John Brantley. There were more silly penalties, one on Matt Elam that set up Furman at the Florida 49 on the opening kickoff of the second half. There was the requisite 1-yard loss on a completed pass on third-and-7.And the offensive line continued to shuffle because of injuries, one of the reasons it was unable to open running lanes against a 6-5 FCS team.For much of the season, Gator fans have lamented that their team was just a few plays away from having a respectable record. This game made you wonder how they were competitive with Auburn, Georgia and South Carolina.Saturday was important for these Gators to become bowl eligible. But I'm not sure it showed that these Gators


DavidByrne.com - The New Sins - Eye Magazine Review
The New Sins
"Unclassifiable Book"
By Rick Poynor, Eye Magazine no. 43 vol. 11
Sin is one of those words that has all but disappeared from our everyday vocabulary. To have a concept of sin, you need to believe in an old-fashioned, fire-and-brimstone God, keeping a tally on our moral progress in this world. Yet sin, when we pause to think about it, remains a powerful idea, if only because it suggests a set of external limits and a personal accountability that we often boast of leaving behind.
So a book titled The New Sins is bound to be provocative, and this one, printed by an Icelandic maker of Bibles, comes clad in the foil-blocked,mock leather trappings of an authentic religious tract. The cover records that it has been ‘Translated out of the original tongues with the former translations diligently compared and revised’ – words taken from the King James version of the Bible. The title page attributes its wisdom to ‘The Better-Emancipated Strivers for Heaven’. Anyone encountering The New Sins stripped of the publisher’s bellyband will have to look hard to discover that its actual author is former Talking Head, photographer, film-maker, and Luaka Bop record label founder David Byrne, who created it for an art biennial in Valencia, Spain.
From his earliest songs, Byrne combined a heart-on-sleeve sincerity with postmodern irony, playfulness and ambiguity. People assumed he was poking fun at eccentric Texans in his film True Stories, but he insisted that he regarded its cast of kooks with affection. He used the strange hand gestures of evangelical preachers as the basis for a memorably weird dance routine, and his ‘new sins’ mix humour with semi-serious intent in much the same way. According to Byrne’s oddball reasoning, some of it modified from real religious texts, everything we mistakenly believe to be virtuous – charity, sense of humour, beauty, thrift, ambition, hope, intelligence/knowledge, contentment, sweetness, honesty and cleanliness – is a sin of the most insidious kind.
Byrne’s tone of religiose exhortation is impressively sustained, but it’s the nicely judged visual treatment of his questionable arguments that ultimately makes the book. The text, in English and Spanish, is illustrated by 80 of his photographs, deadpan depictions of objects, surfaces, quirky details – contentment is a plant trimmed into the shape of rabbit, ambition a swarm of ants, hell the empty corner of an office. Byrne calls the pictures ‘software programs for the eye’ and observes that the text is merely a distraction, a device to make you spend longer looking at the images.
Byrne asked Dave Eggers, editor and designer of the cult literary magazine McSweeney's, (see Eye no. 35 vol. 9) to design The New Sins. Eggers showed him examples of Bibles in his own collection, and his page designs, each one framed by red and black box rules, have a kind of artless elegance. Headings in italic capitals and various arbitrary key words – ‘better fiction’, ‘invisible to the giver’, ‘hydraulic pipes’ – are picked out in red. Some passages have marginal notes in smaller type similar to those in early Bibles.
Where Byrne’s previous book, Your Action World, designed by Stefan Sagmeister, laboured its plasticky ironies in a way that some found too obvious, The New Sins infiltrates the mind with a subtler touch. As an object, it is small enough to carry in the pocket and dip into and to try out, as Byrne himself has done, on people who don’t know he wrote it. From his early collaborations with M&Co, Byrne has made astute use of graphic design, but that doesn’t stop him consigning designers, along with website managers and relief workers, to the upper levels of hell. ‘Their crime? Hubris. Their punishment? Equality. Everyone looks cool, fashionable and absolutely identical – well-dressed, handsome and completely boring. Everything is perfect and unbearable.’
The most appealing thing about The New Sins is the way that it resists definition. Coming from pop music, Byrne has a light touch and few have proved smarter, over the years, in using the medium as a vehicle for diverse artistic ends. You could see The New Sins as an artist’s book but, despite its weighty themes, it has none of the portentousness of the genre and it is easy to buy. It has a real subject, and many self-authored design projects look unfocused and aimless by comparison. During the Valencia biennial, it was placed in hotel rooms, like a Gideon Bible, for new sinners to discover. ‘You are floating and will seek safe harbor,’ writes Byrne


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By Randy Alcorn
Elijah was taken up to heaven in a chariot pulled by horses (2 Kings 2:11). We’re told there are horses in heaven (Revelation 6:2-8; 19:11). In fact, there are lots of horses, enough for the vast armies of heaven to ride (Revelation 19:11; 2 Kings 6:17).
Other animals aren’t mentioned in the Revelation passages, presumably because they don’t play a role in Christ’s second coming (an army bringing deliverance rides horses, not Dalmatians or hedgehogs). But isn’t it likely that since there are innumerable horses in heaven there are all kinds of other animals too? Why wouldn’t there be? Why would we expect horses to be the only animals? If there were no other animals, there wouldn’t be horses.
In Isaiah 65:17 God refers to creating a New Heavens and a New Earth. In subsequent verses the text seems to move back and forth from the millennial kingdom to the New Earth. God makes clear he will have animals living there–either in the millennium or the New Earth or both (Isaiah 65:25).
Some also argue for animals being in heaven based on Ecclesiastes 3:19-21, which says “Man’s fate is like that of the animals...all go to the same place.” However, in the larger context of Ecclesiastes Solomon is simply talking about the outward appearance of death. Men and animals both die and we can’t see where they go. Scripture tells us elsewhere, however, that man has an eternal soul. It tells us he goes one of two places at death. Animals are not said to have eternal souls. They are not said to relocate when they die. The presumption would be that at death they cease to exist.
However, this doesn’t mean beloved animals won’t be in heaven. I once read Billy Graham’s response to a little girl’s question, “Will my dog who died this week be in heaven?” Graham replied, “If it would make you any happier, then yes, he will be.” Animals aren’t nearly as valuable as people, but God is their maker and has touched many people’s lives through them. It would be simple for Him to recreate a pet in heaven. I see no reason to believe he wouldn’t if it would bring his children pleasure.
Romans 8:18-22 says that the whole creation was subject to suffering and futility because of human sin. The creation groans in longing for the liberation that will come to humans, and thereby to all creation itself. Creation is under man’s dominion and will share the rewards of his redemption just as it shared the punishment for his sin. Animals are a central part of that creation, next to man himself the most significant part. After all, besides his wife, Adam was called upon to give names only to one other part of the creation–the animals (Genesis 2:19-20). He worked the garden, but he wasn’t invited to name the vegetation. Clearly, the animals had certain qualities that set them above other creation. They were to be special to man, and his naming them makes his connection with them personal.
If the New Earth is all the best of the old earth and more, then we should expect it to contain animals. If animals weren’t part of the New Earth, this would seem an obvious oversight. Eden was ruined through sin and will be restored through Christ’s reign of righteousness. All that was part of Eden, and then made wrong through the sin of the first Adam, we would expect to be part of the New Earth, made right through the virtue of the Second Adam.
Would God take away from us in heaven what he gave, for delight and companionship and help, to Adam and Eve in Eden? Would he revoke his earlier decision to put animals with man, and under man’s care? If he remakes the New Earth with new men (who look very much like the old men, only perfect), wouldn’t we expect him also to make new animals (who will presumably look like the old animals, only perfect)?
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Microfilmmaker Magazine - Film Critiques - Final Film Critique: Absentia
Final Film Critique:
Absentia
Director: Mike Flanagan
Expected
Rating: R for language/violence
Distribution: None Yet
Budget: $30000
Genre: Horror/Drama
Running
Time: 91 minutes
Release
Dates: 2011
Website: http://www.mikeflanaganfilm.com
Trailer: Click Here
Review Date: December 1, 2010
Reviewed
By: Joel G. Robertson
Final
Score:
10.0
How
do we critique films? Click
Here To See.
Absentia’s story
is simple enough. Callie (Katie Parker) is a recovering drug addict who visits
her pregnant sister Tricia (Courtney Bell). It’s been seven years since
Tricia’s husband Daniel (Morgan Peter Brown) disappeared and Tricia is battling
her conscience as she prepares to sign his “Death in Absentia” certificate.
Meanwhile, Callie begins to suspect that an ominous narrow tunnel located near
Tricia’s house is connected to Daniel’s disappearance. Strange things begin to
happen as the sisters deal with issues of grief, faith, and the struggle to
make sense out of senseless tragedy.
Callie visits
her sister
Tricia...
...Seven years after Tricia's
husband disappeared.
Content
Let me start by saying that most micro-budget movies usually
suffer from one or more of the following maladies:
Bad
acting
Bad
direction
Bad
lighting/camerawork
Bad
sound
Bad
editing
The one area, however, where every movie, no matter how low
the budget, has the potential to excel is in the writing. Unfortunately, far
too many filmmakers give their scripts short shrift. This is especially true in
a genre I hold near and dear to my heart, horror. You see, far too many
filmmakers think that horror is about shocking an audience, disturbing them,
“rattling their cages”. But what they ‘re missing is that horror is about
ideas, challenging perceptions, showing us a mirror image of our world that has
a jagged crack running right through the center of it.
And it’s through that crack that the nightmares come...
So, how would I describe Absentia?
I think the following adjectives sum it up quite nicely: confident, creepy,
intelligent, mature, and mesmerizing. And despite a couple lighting issues (see
the Visual Look section below), this movie is an example to all
micro-filmmakers of what is possible if you have the talent and drive to tell
an intelligent story using the resources available to you.
I don’t want to give away too much about the story, but I
believe everyone (especially horror fans) owes it to themselves to check it
out. It’s enough to say that the greatness of the script isn’t what’s
explicitly stated or shown, but rather what’s implied. It’s the suggestion of
character relationships and dynamics, allowing the audience to fill in the
gaps. I was reminded of the Swedish vampire film Let the Right One In, which has a similar character-driven tone to Absentia.
Minor Spoilers Ahoy
Take for instance Tricia’s pregnancy. When we first meet her
and learn that her husband went missing seven years ago, the question arises,
“Okay. So, who’s the baby daddy?” Well, through gradual reveals we come to
learn that Detective Ryan Mallory (Dave Levine) is the father. Of course, it’s
assumed pretty early on that he and Tricia are more than just professionally
connected, but Flanagan’s script never spells this out. There are very few
expository scenes where characters prattle on and on about what has happened,
explaining plot points or motivations through dialogue. No, everything is shown
through actions!
The first rule of great directing is great casting. Of
course, many micro-budget filmmakers don’t have access to the talent pool
director Flanagan has (he lives and works in LA). But that’s really just an
excuse. Great talent exists everywhere. You just have to be willing to put the
work into finding it.
Great acting is in the eyes. It’s about an actor
disappearing and becoming consumed by the character. Like editing, sound, and
other elements, acting should be seamless, never distracting, or drawing
attention to itself. It should draw us into the story, not remind us that we’re
watching a movie. If the character is “real,” living the experiences on screen,
then the actor has done his or her job. This describes the acting across the
board in Absentia.
But after a chance encounter
in a tunnel near Tricia's home...
...Something unexpected
rocks
the sisters' world
.
Lead Katie Parker is going to be a star someday. Mark my
words. She has that spark, a rare mix of charm, likeability, and sincerity.
She’s beautiful, but not in an inaccessible way. Her performance was real,
combining toughness and fragility. People are dying for authenticity, and she
has it. I sincerely hope she never loses that quality. Likewise, her co-star
Courtney Bell is a wonderfully talented actress who delivers a fresh,
believable performance as Tricia. She was actually pregnant during the
production, which must have made what was an emotionally demanding role all the
more difficult. The chemistry between the two leads gave credibility to their
relationship; I really believed these two were sisters who had a history
together.
Other honorable mentions are Morgan Peter Brown as Tricia’s
missing husband, Daniel. Despite his limited screen time, his presence is felt
throughout the movie. His character provides the emotional core of Absentia and makes the threat of “the
thing in the walls” seem very real. Dave Levine (Detective Mallory) and Justin Gordon (Detective Lonergan) play what could have been cop clichés, but instead,
created small, real moments that give their characters depth and substance.
And, of course, a real coup for the film (and one of the definite advantages to
being in the City of Angels) was getting notable character actor Doug Jones for
the role of Walter Lambert, a man who disappeared from the neighborhood years
earlier. Jones is probably best known for his roles as Abe Sapien in Hellboy 1 and 2 and as the terrifying
Fauno and Pale Man in Pan's Labyrinth.
He was also in one of the best hours of horror television ever produced, playing
one of the Gentlemen in the “Hush” episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. And while Jones is amazing in these
creature roles, his brief, but startling appearance in Absentia proves he needs more roles sans makeup.
I could go on and on about the actors in this movie. Even
actors who appeared in only one or two scenes were memorable and only added to
the richness of the story (I’m specifically thinking of James Flanagan as
Walter’s son Jamie, Scott Graham as Dr. Elliot, and Ian Gregory and Connie
Ventress as Daniel’s parents).
Visual Look
From a technical perspective, Absentia is nearly flawless.
Absentia is
directed with a confident, sure hand and credit has to go to the Director of
Photography (Rustin Cerveny) as well as director, Flanagan. The shot selection
was solid. Unique angles and differing perspectives created a feeling of unease
throughout the film; however, these choices never felt awkward or forced. Solid
camera direction is essential to telling an effective visual story. A
poorly-composed shot or violation of the 180-degree-rule can pull an audience
right out of the story, leaving them feeling disengaged and unsatisfied with
the experience. Absentia, thankfully,
never suffers from this avoidable misstep.
There were, however, a few technical issues (I did say nearly flawless after all). In a few
shots, characters were backlit in a doorway or in front of a large, living room
window, their faces cast in silhouette. This wasn’t horribly distracting; it
just felt like it was more the result of limited lighting (i.e. budgetary
restraints) rather than specific artistic choices. An example of where
violating this backlighting “rule” worked to Absentia’s advantage was when Callie is jogging through that
ominous tunnel. Several shots show her at the far end of the tunnel,
out-of-focus in the background, silhouetted against a blinding white blaze of
daylight. This created an ethereal, otherworldly feel and was perfect for
evoking a sense of the disjointed and alien nature of the tunnel itself.
After a
night of terror...
..Callie must convince
her sister
about the tunnel.
Speaking of the tunnel, it made for a perfect location and
is a great example of writing your script around what you have access to. As I
understand it, director Flanagan came up with the story of Absentia as a way to feature this creepy tunnel, which is located
near his home. Too often, and I’m guilty of this myself, micro-filmmakers don’t
consider what they have access to and can use for free. This is essential if
your film is going to get made.
The only other problem, from a technical perspective that I
noticed was some vignetting around the edges of the frame in a few shots. This
was especially evident in one scene that occurs late into the film. It involved
two characters in Tricia’s house being stalked by the creature (I don’t want to
go into too many specifics for risk of spoiling the film). The scene in
questions was so taut with suspense, well-acted, and perfectly cut together
that, to be perfectly honest, I didn’t even notice the vignetting until my
second viewing.
The special effects in Absentia are understated and never distract from the story. At the end of the day, this
is a monster movie. It reminded me of Guillermo Del Toro’s Mimic in regards to the central creature (although the thing is
never fully revealed). Of course, tonally, the movie has more in common with
Del Toro’s Cronos. Truth is, if
you’re a gorehound, you’re going to be left wanting. But I hope most who read
this, while maybe aficionados of splatter can appreciate a great story, well
told, despite the lack of the red stuff.
Use of Audio
The audio levels were clear and consistent throughout Absentia. Dialogue was never muddy and
all Foley and sound effects were so well integrated into the overall sound
design as to pass unnoticed (as it should be). The musical score by Ryan David
Leack was subtle
and effective at setting the tone; however, it was a little overused for my
tastes. There were several scenes where the music was meant to heighten the
tension, but the actors are so good, I think they could have carried the scene
without assistance.
For example, take the scene between Tricia and Detective
Mallory in the car. He’s trying to convince her of his commitment and the music
felt heavy handed, trying too hard to drive home the emotional importance of
the scene. That being said, I can definitely see how the music was used to
bridge the scene in the car with the suspenseful scene it was juxtaposed with,
so file this criticism under “personal preferences”.
And when the police
search for answers...
...Callie realizes she's
the
only one who can find them.
Use of Budget
The budget for Absentia was raised through crowd funding on Kickstarter.com, a fantastic site for no-
and low-budget filmmakers to raise the funds needed for their projects. The
original budget for Absentia, as
listed on Kickstarter, was $15,000, but after the 30 day funding drive, the
filmmakers had exceeded that amount, raising over $25,000! I highly recommend
going to their Kickstarter page (http://thefivedrive.blogspot.com), reading
their pitch to potential donors, and watching all the promo videos they put
together. The videos are hilarious (nothing is more appealing than truly
talented people who can make fun of themselves) and show what’s possible with a
little imagination and clever selling techniques.
As to how the money was used, I think all the movie’s donors
got their money’s worth. Using a Canon 5D Mark II, Flanagan and his DP,
Cerveny, were able to create a cinematic look using primarily available light.
And while the Canon is able to capture a nice depth of field for that extra
“movie look”, this technique wasn’t overused. Along with the Canon, money was
spent on a camera package that included a 35mm Lens adapter, Steadicam,
Glidecam, and a homemade DSLR rig.
Additionally, a third of the budget went to that most
important of areas—sound. The money was spent on both production and
post-production sound, and it goes without saying (although I’m about to) that
a film can only benefit from great sound. A movie with subpar images (see Paranormal Activity or The Blair Witch Project), but excellent
sound can win over an audience. However, if the reverse is true, and the movie
has great images but crappy sound, you’ll lose your audience every time.
Besides camera and sound, the budget also included location
permits and another important category craft services.
I know, I know. We seem
to drive this point home a lot here at MicroFilmmaker, but that’s because many
of us have either worked on a set where the only available grub included stale
bagels and questionable cream cheese, or made the near-tragic mistake of not
feeding those good folks who so generously gave of their free time to help us
on our projects.
Lasting Appeal
So, will Absentia stand the test of time? Will others want to view it again and again? While
those who really like their horror dripping with goo and spew will be
disappointed, I think anyone who appreciates subtle, creeping, quiet,
character-driven horror will be very satisfied. This movie isn’t just for
horror fans, mind you. No, anyone who appreciates great storytelling, acting,
and that good ‘ol indie-filmmaking spirit will most certainly enjoy it too.
Overall Comment
Absentia is a
creepy, subtle, old-school horror movie, and personally, I loved it. I still
can’t get over how good all the actors were. I was completely drawn into the
story; not just the first time I watched it, but the second time as well. It’s
a slow burn, for sure, but it was refreshing to see a filmmaker show the
maturity, confidence, and restraint that’s on display here. I realize much of
the “restraint” was due to budgetary limitations, but all the choices felt like artistic ones.
While I have yet to watch Flanagan’s earlier works (at least
at the time of this writing), Absentia makes me eager to check them out. All involved deserve high praise for their
contributions to such a fine example of micro-filmmaking excellence!
FULL DISCLOSURE:
Mike Flanagan has written for MicroFilmmaker Magazine in the past. As recently
as last issue as a matter of fact. You can read his “behind-the-scenes” article
on the production of Absentia here.
However, he only began writing for MFM after two of his films were given Best
of Show awards. I was chosen to critique Mike’s latest effort because I had no
previous relationship with him. He paid for a full, impartial critique and
that’s exactly what he received.
Content
10.0
Visual
Look
9.8
Use
of Audio
10.0
Use
of Budget
10.0
Lasting
Appeal
10.0
Overall Score
10.0
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-10-06-2006
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The Nuclear Option
The place was the Edward Jones Dome.
It was September 10th, 2006....12:02 pm CST.
This moment in time was better known as the 2006 Opening Kickoff.
And on the field for the Rams were....
WR 81 T.Holt
LT 76 O.Pace
LG 68 R.Incognito
C 67 A.McCollum
RG 62 A.Timmerman
RT 70 A.Barron
TE 82 J.Klopfenstein
WR 80 I.Bruce
QB 10 M.Bulger
FB 31 P.Smith
RB 39 S.Jackson
Defense
LE 91 L.Little
UT 97 L.Glover
NT 73 J.Kennedy
RE 95 T.Hargrove
SLB 54 B.Chillar
MLB 51 W.Witherspoon
WLB 50 P.Tinoisamoa
LCB 22 Tr.Fisher
RCB 34 F.Brown
FS 21 O.Atogwe
SS 25 C.Chavous
In a perfect world, those same individuals would be on the field 16 weeks later as well.
However, we all know injuries are as much a part of football as the football itself.
It's going to happen.
Even now, some of these names are not on the field, nor will they be until 2007.
So, let's extrapolate the injury issue into a full blown Greek tragedy.
What happens if we lose EVERY starter?
What does the team look like?
Join me in this walk through hell, will you?
Skill Positions
QB - Ferrotte - Is he a starter?
Absolutely not.
However, Linehan has enough faith in him to keep him in his pocket in Minny and Miami.
Can he handle a game or two yea, but an extended stay in the pocket could get ugly.
RB - Committee - If S. Jack goes down, there is no feature back left on the roster.
Davis used to be, but no longer.
Fisher never was, never will be.
I'm not fond of committees, but used properly these two together may move the ball better than expected
FB - Hedgecock - With Smith out, this is where we stand now.
The kid is still young, and learning his 2nd NFL offense in as many years.
But once he's comfortable, this kid will be a wrecking ball.
He won't carry the ball, nor do we want him to.
He does one thing and does it well.....lead block.
Receivers
WR - Curtis & McDonald - It's just not fair in this case.
Both these guys are quality wideouts and would start on a lot of other teams.
So I have no problem with them as starting wideouts.
The problem I have is the dropoff from Holt/Bruce to Curtis/McDonald.
C & D are more than servicable.....but when is the last time "servicable" ever passed muster when referring to a Rams wideout?
TE - Walker - He was impressive in his limited time.
I don't think he's the pass catching threat of Klop, but I love his blocking skills.
He would do a fine job, assuming Linehan adapts to the differences between Klop and Walker
O-Line
OT - Steussie/Strojny - Here's where it turns ugly.
Other than Pace and Barron, there's only one other OT on the roster, Steussie.
So now we have to dip into the practice squad with Strojny.
The only thing that keeps me from sweating bullets on this one is because in this scenario Bulger is already hurt.
They can't hurt him twice.
OG - Goldberg/Setterstom - This spot has already seen plenty of flux this year, but assuming day 1 starters (RI & AT) are out, I don't have a huge problem with Goldberg and Setterstrom.
Goldberg is proving himself now, and I think Setterstrom is better than a typical 7th round rookie.
Wouldn't want to leave with them forever, but I like the OG position better than the OT position in this one.
OC - Incognito - Again assuming day 1 starter (McCollum)....oh wait, no need to assume.
This one is reality and will be the rest of the year.
Personally, I'm all for it.
I think RI is doing a great job adapting to the spot, and I'd like to see him stay there.
D-Line
DE - Adeyanju/Green - Vic is already getting his time and proving to be solid in the run game.
His pass rush hasn't shown itself yet, but maybe that's around the corner.
Green is green....high motor, all-effort...but nothing spectacular.
DT - Fisk/Wroten - After preseason, I was very excited to see what Wroten was going to bring.
Apparently, the coaching staff has yet to share my thoughts.
For now, Wroten still has that "potential" albatross around his neck.
As for Fisk, solid veteran who is doing a decent job of sucking up linemen to open holes for blitzers.
Linebackers
SLB - Smith - I'm not going to lose much sleep over this one.
Chillar has not been everything I hoped for, and Smith could do just as well in my opinion.
MLB - Brooks - The preseason phenom.
Can he translate that to the regular season?
I'm guessing no, but as with the WR spot, he's backing up today's icon, so Brooks won't get a fair shake if he has to take over.
WLB - Coakley - From what we've seen so far, DC has returned to a younger form.
He's playing both the run and especially the pass pretty well, when he's in.
If he had to take over for Pisa, I'd certainly miss Pisa, but DC would be effective
Defensive Backs
Corner - Hill/Butler - Hill will still make rookie mistakes, but his time to start is right around the corner.
Butler on the other hand must not be right, either physically or mentally.
Can Butler come back to form?
If so, I don't have a problem with him and Hill at the corners
FS - Bartell - A huge question mark.
I'm pretty certain Bartell will not be as comfortable as Atogwe is at this point, simply from lack of experience, but Bartell has all the physical and mental tools to be a decent centerfielder, at least comparable to Atogwe.
SS - Carter - I can't get excited about Carter, especially following Chavous.
There's no doubting his work ethic or how much effort he displays, but his coverage skills make him look more and more like a small LB rather than an effective SS.
However, he has more experience than most on this list, so who's to say?
So, would this team make it happen?
Probably not, but then again I'm not convinced the 1st string will take us to the promised land either.
I'd feel okay about our offense with the exception of OT, and that's a bad spot to be uncomfortable about when talking about moving the ball.
On the defense, the pass rush would be non-existent, so I'm afraid opposing QBs would pick us apart like fish in a barrel.
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WE NOW RETURN YOU TO YOUR REGULARLLY SCHEDULED SEASON.
"Before the gates of excellence the high gods have placed sweat; long is the road thereto and rough and steep at first; but when the heights are reached, then there is ease, though grievously hard in the winning." --- Hesiod
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Re: The Nuclear Option
It's not all that bad, we actually have decent depth this year I think. Even with that worst case lineup we'd still be able to beat a team or two (Oakland, Tennessee


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Gigabit S-RING Solution    13 Similar from this Member
S-Ring : A Redundant Ethernet Network Technology
Providing multiple paths for the switch will increase the amount of packet transmission. When a user sets up a network, it can send twice or more ...
Manufacturer : Soltech Co., Ltd. [Korea]
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Multiplexer    3 Similar from this Member
Features
Real Time Display
Full/Quad/PIP/Multi-Screen Display Mode Selectable
Programming the MENU in OSD(On Screen Display)
Built-in Time/Date/Title Generator
Programmable Dwell Time(1~99sec)
8 ...
Manufacturer : Gana I&C; Co., Ltd. [Korea]
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Cat 5 Cable ET2525,Cat 5e,RG59,RG6
Ultra-fast Ethernet Cat 5 & Cat 6 Cable! Connect Mac or PC for speedy, broadband surfing. Our Ethernet Cables are great for your XBox & Playstation!
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Manufacturer : Top East China Industry Limited [China]
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Audioquest OPTILINK-5 Optical Fiber Cable Coaxial Cable
Audioquest OPTILINK-5 Optical Fiber Cable Coaxial Cable Audiocale 100% original from Audioquest factory
When using a Toslink (EIA-J) fiber optic cable, it is the "one" most important audio cable ...
Supplier : Cable
Technology Co., Ltd [China]
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Fiber Optic Coupler    3 Similar from this Member
Products
Product Style: Fused Biconic Coupler/Tap (FBC)
Key Features
Low excess loss and PDL
High reliability
High directivity
Wide operating temperature up to 80 degree
Broad ...
Manufacturer : Hnk Optics Co.,Ltd [China]
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SC
Fiber Optic Patch Cord    8 Similar from this Member
Product Details:
Place of Origin
Guangdong, China (Mainland)
Brand Name
CY
Model Number
LC/FC/SC/ST/MTRJ
Number of Conductors
1
Singlemode: Blue housing
Multimode:Beige housing
APC: ...
Manufacturer : Shenzhen CY Com
Product
Co.,LTD [China]
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Pneumatic Crimper Fiber Opitc Connector Producing Equipmen    11 Similar from this Member
Properties:
1.
By replacing the crimp tooling, can be adapted to different parts assembly and crimping
2.
Adjustable pressure can adapt to different ...
Manufacturer : Shenzhen Raypoo Technology Co.,Ltd [China]
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Duplex ST-ST Patch Cord    15 Similar from this Member
The fiber optic patch cords are mainly used on patch panel or for the connection between outlets and terminal equipments. The quality of connectors and fibers are mainly determined by the insertion ...
Manufacturer : Stable Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd [China]
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Fiber Optic Plate,
Fiber Optic Taper,
we offer various specifications of the fiber optic plate竊�OP)��iber optic taper竊�OT)��iber optic inverter竊�OI)��iber optic
coupler��icrochannel plate竊�CP竊� and we wish to ...
Manufacturer : Aurora International Trading Inc [China]
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Alcatel-Lucent 3HE00070AC SFP    15 Similar from this Member
Product Number: 3HE00070AC
Product Name: Alcatel-Lucent 1000Base-CWDM 1510nm SFP
Manufacturer: SFPlus Transceiver
Form Factor: Plug-in module
Device Type: Transceiver module
Technical ...
Supplier : Shenzhen Sfpex Technology Co.,Ltd [China]
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4x4 Industrial Bypass Module    15 Similar from this Member
Lightwave Link Inc. 4x4 Optical Bypass Box utilizes fiber-to-fiber technology over an angled surface to achieve ultra low losses and crosstalk. It is suitable for all bi-directional protection ...
Manufacturer : Lightwave Link Inc [Taiwan]
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Ceramic Ferrule
Speciation: Ceramic ferrules as SC, ST, LC, MU, and fiber stubs, receptacles for TOSA and customized types are available. Annual capacity has reached to 50, 000, 000 PCs. Sleeve as SC, ST, LC, MU, ...
Manufacturer : Actech Precision Ceramic (HK) Ltd [China]
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Fiber Bragg Grating
We can offer standard fiber gratings in a wide range from 1510nm to 1600nm.
These standard fiber gratings can be used for fiber sensor and telecommunication applications.
Any wavelength fiber ...
Manufacturer : Beijing Naijiu Weiye Technology Co.,Ltd [China]
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