Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted said: > I've tried to use this technique with a couple Canadian TV networks, > unfortunately they're not bright enough to understand the attention holding > value of still photographs. ;-) BD said: >Damn, Ted, how stupid can they be? Of course still photos hold attention >- - they're 'still' for Godsake!;-). There's always been this stigma about cutting stills in with moving images that just won't go away. The fact is that it gives still images a greater impact if they're cut with the moving, but it can be disconcerting and alienate audiences. I think it's this that makes TV network execs nervous. I like Rudolph Arnheim's quote about this (his Film as Art book is old, but well worth a read) "But a still photograph cut into a film acts like the curse on Lot's wife." Cheers and all the best to all, Gary "People have never been more poor and still we keep hearing about how the economy, this abstract entity, is doing better than ever, and while the rich are building summer houses they are also building ghettos for the rest of us." - --Anonymous OO [_]<| /|\ Gary Elshaw Film and Media Studies Tutor Victoria University New Zealand http://elshaw.tripod.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html