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I bet you didn't know that this thread would have a part 2

IamMetaldave

BaZmO* wrote: »

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johndaman66 wrote: »

I feel I have to correct you on that one, he's 64

Thanks, I misread when I looked it up.

Emmersonn

Dale Doback wrote: »

David Jason has an 18 year old daughter.

He was 61 when she was born...dirty old git![/QUOTE
Either that or he has a very good neighbour :rolleyes:

MuffinTop86

The “Fed-Ex Girl” in Horrible Bosses who appears for about 30 seconds near the beginning of the movie is an uncredited role played by Meghan Markle.

Grayson

StupidLikeAFox wrote: »

65.76 million years ago today? I must light a candle for them

Now 65,760,000 years and two days ago.

Grayson

Nixonbot wrote: »

Ecuador is not Mexico :pac:

The main reason for this is that the Earth bulges at the equator, giving it an extra 20km or so of distance to the centre compared to the poles.

Is Ecuador a mexican country?

Sephiroth_dude

In java you can't instantiate an Abstract class but you inherit from it.

ohnonotgmail

I always thought that the phrase money laundering because you put dirty money in one end and received clean money at the other end. Apparently this is not the case. It originated with gangsters like Al Capone who businesses like laundromats that were cash only. they would add their ill-gotten gains to the takings of the laundromat and the extra profit this generated was now legitimate money. They even paid tax on the profits.

Chancer3001

In breaking bad he buys a car wash to legitimise the money.

Put anyone down who buys a €7 regular wash as a €35 deluxe wash .

branie2

Quentin Tarantino appeared in The Golden Girls as an Elvis impersonator

Buford T. Justice XIX

https://twitter.com/duchas_ie/status/1112976965831745536?s=19

blastman

The middle name of the father of the man who wrote Waltzing Matilda is the same as the surname of the man who wrote the anti-war song The Band played Waltzing Matilda, which fades out with an extract from the original. Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson was the son of Andrew Bogle Paterson, a Scot who emigrated to Australia in the mid-nineteenth century. Almost a century later, Eric Bogle, another Scot who had emigrated to Australia, wrote The Band Played Waltzing Matilda and entered in the Brisbane National Folk Festival songwriting contest in 1974. It finished third.

Ipso

The latter one also wrote the not rebel ballad, The Green fields of France.

Professor Moriarty

Ipso wrote: »

The latter one also wrote the rebel ballad, The Green fields of France.

Sorry to nitpick, but that isn't a rebel song.

ohnonotgmail

Professor Moriarty wrote: »

Sorry to nitpick, but that isn't a rebel song.

I would have thought it was quite the opposite to a rebel song.

Professor Moriarty

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

I would have thought it was quite the opposite to a rebel song.

It is, but I suppose the line about 1916 might mislead people.

Ipso

Professor Moriarty wrote: »

Sorry to nitpick, but that isn't a rebel song.

Yes, sorry I was being sarcastic.

Capt'n Midnight

Professor Moriarty wrote: »

Sorry to nitpick, but that isn't a rebel song.

Neither is Sunday Bloody Sunday.

StupidLikeAFox

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Neither is Sunday Bloody Sunday.

It just really encapsulates the frustration of a Sunday,

Sunday, bloody Sunday!

mzungu

The call of a Kookaburra is the go-to sound effect used for films and TV shows set in the jungles of South America and Africa. One small problem, they are native only to Australia and New Guinea.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXA0-YAoo9Q

Capt'n Midnight

mzungu wrote: »

The call of a Kookaburra is the go-to sound effect used for films and TV shows set in the jungles of South America and Africa. One small problem, they are native only to Australia and New Guinea.

Kookaburra is a simple, four-bar tune. Men at Work were found liable for copying two of these bars. Almost 30 years later they were sued. By people who didn't own the copyright when their hit was release. :mad:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfR9iY5y94s

mzungu

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Kookaburra is a simple, four-bar tune. Men at Work were found liable for copying two of these bars. Almost 30 years later they were sued. By people who didn't own the copyright when their hit was release. :mad:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfR9iY5y94s

When Colin Hay plays it live these days, he omits that part. When you think about it, that copyright case was bizarre. Dragged on for years too. Hay blames the stress of it for the untimely death of his father and MAW flautist Greg Ham.

When you think about it, "Land Down Under" is a classic. Poking fun at Americanization, warnings about overdevelopment and the western fascination with "enlightenment" on the hippy backpacking trail of the 70s and 80s.

Great song.

johndaman66

mzungu wrote: »

The call of a Kookaburra is the go-to sound effect used for films and TV shows set in the jungles of South America and Africa. One small problem, they are native only to Australia and New Guinea.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXA0-YAoo9Q

Sounds very much like a Opel Insignia CDTI refusing to start with a fuelling problem a lot of the time

runawaybishop

mzungu wrote: »

The call of a Kookaburra is the go-to sound effect used for films and TV shows set in the jungles of South America and Africa. One small problem, they are native only to Australia and New Guinea.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXA0-YAoo9Q

Similarly the frogs found outside Hollywood studios make the famous 'ribit' sound. They are only found on the Pacific coast but movies use them for frog noises everywhere. Most frogs do not make that sound but because of Hollywood's use of the same sound file people think it's a common call.

BaZmO*

The person that creates every day sounds to be added to a film in post production is called a Foley Artist.

Squall Leonhart

BaZmO* wrote: »

The person that creates every day sounds to be added to a film in post production is called a Foley Artist.

Can anybody explain some of the other odd job titles I see on film credits..?

Key grip
Best boy
Gaffer
Dolly grip..

And so on!

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Squall Leonhart wrote: »

Can anybody explain some of the other odd job titles I see on film credits..?

Key grip Supervises lighting and rigging
Best boy Usually electrics assistant
Gaffer Electric boss
Dolly grip.. Operates the camera dolly, or tracked camera

And so on!

I must look up the etymology so some of the terms.

ohnonotgmail

Squall Leonhart wrote: »

Can anybody explain some of the other odd job titles I see on film credits..?

Key grip
Best boy
Gaffer
Dolly grip..

And so on!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Below-the-line_(filmmaking)
the wiki article is really good but quickly:

Gaffer : head eletrician
Best Boy : Gaffers assistant
Dolly Grip : Operates the camera dolly, the little cart the camera is mounted on
Key Grip: supervises all the lighting and rigging crews (including the dolly grip)

Speedsie

BaZmO* wrote: »

The person that creates every day sounds to be added to a film in post production is called a Foley Artist.

Called after Jack Foley* who developed sounds techniques in the early days of movie making. I think he had an Irish connection somewhere, but doesn't everyone!

*No relation to Axl.

Realt Dearg Sec

I've a mate works in film and it's amazing to hear about just how complex a set is. He's a video assist, which involves recording alongside the actual camera work on video, so that the director can view takes while on set in real time. My favourite is the focus puller, whose sole job is keeping the camera in focus for the camera operator. It was mind boggling to me that that exists as a job. And unsurprisingly, as straightforward as that sounds it's a very difficult and respected job.

Also sets are highly unionised, with the result that nobody is allowed do anything that isn't specifically in their job description. If you pick up and plug in a loose cable and you're not a spark, expect serious trouble.

I worked as an extra on Becoming Jane and it was an eye opener about how intricate the whole process can be. And how tedious a person James McAvoy is (great actor but still...)

MuffinTop86

Realt Dearg Sec wrote: »

I worked as an extra on Becoming Jane and it was an eye opener about how intricate the whole process can be. And how tedious a person James McAvoy is (great actor but still...)

Ooh interesting! He seems so affable and easy going. Tell us the sordid details! :-P