Response to Cinematic (Response #24)

Uploaded 1039 Days Ago by Lange - 14 comments

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Beamer said 1039 days ago:

Crazy scene!!! LOVE IT!!! maybe a bit thin, the glow seems to diffuse the central part of the image quite a bit.

Lemmingstone said 1039 days ago:

It is Friday morning, a beautiful day outside, feeling sad because I would love to be anywhere but at work....
Then I saw this. Funny, funny stuff. Whoever this is, you have made me laugh so much I have spilled my coffee all over the clients files! Outstanding.

Lange said 1039 days ago:

Hehe! I consider this my homage to your photograph, Beamer... I tried to replicate it with the materials I had.

Actually, with my work schedule really hectic this week (I have to present some research at a conference.), I knew that after today, it would be quite unlikely that I would get a chance to even look at my camera. What you see is how I was inspired to try to show a similar "action" seen from a film (see Beamer's beautiful image that has been featured).

I was hoping for a funny rendition of it. But I only had about 15 minutes total to work to get the picture. I ran to my two kid's room, grabbed various of their toys (a police car, a fire truck, a male action figure (Woody) and a female action figure (some fairy princess), a big truck of my son's and then decided to add "drama" with his big Transformer Monster. The fire is an old cardboard cut-out campfire we used in a cowboy themed party last year.

I gathered all those things and then using a piece of plywood on an outdoor table, constructed the scene (throwing in rocks). Unfortunately.... the "glow" in the center is a result of the weather... my equipment was in the air conditioned house and we had just gone through a major thunderstorm (close to 100% humidity) and it was near 90 degrees outside. The glow was my clear glass filter starting to fog up from the humidity.

So, even though it is not perfect, I am pleased generally in making something that made me smile and I do think is a reasonably funny version of Beamer's serious and dramatic cinematic effort.

daevans said 1039 days ago:

I like the concept. Seems a bit hazy to me

Beamer said 1039 days ago:

Lange, I am honored and you did a GREAT job with the time you had!!

Lemmingstone said 1039 days ago:

.... the "glow" in the center is a result of the weather... my equipment was in the air conditioned house and we had just gone through a major thunderstorm (close to 100% humidity) and it was near 90 degrees outside. The glow was my clear glass filter starting to fog up from the humidity.

Incorrect. The way I see it is that the glow in the center is the result of that raging fire! I'm still laughing at it.

Ana said 1039 days ago:

this is great, can't wait to hear if you did this just for WS, or what the story is!

phototext said 1039 days ago:

LOL.

Anything with Woody is a hit in my books. Looking forward to seeing this at the cinema.

SandyP said 1039 days ago:

Hmmm. I guess. An animated disaster movie.

panhandlin said 1039 days ago:

Now that's funny.

TimCorbeel said 1038 days ago:

Very creative work! :D

RichardFord said 1038 days ago:

The glow in the middle... is that added? A better image without it IMHO. Nice setup and a clever idea for the theme as well!

kadenajack said 1038 days ago:

I love that you've copied Beamer's excellent shot. Very funny.

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