Ya habíamos visto anteriormente las capacidades macrofotográficas del NokiaN8, un terminal que presume de tener una cámara de 8 12 megapíxeles que ofrece resultados espectaculares, pero lo que no nos podíamos imaginar nunca es que llegara a sustituir a una cámara réflex en plena sesión fotográfica. Ha ocurrido con la revista PiX, un magazine que en sus ediciones de diciembre y enero ofrecerá unas portadas capturadas por el terminal finlandés. Según sus creadores, con esta idea se demuestra que no por tener el equipo más caro del mercado se consigue ser mejor fotógrafo. Más claro imposible. Te dejamos tras el salto con el resultado final y un vídeo del cómo se hizo.
¿Querés aprender a tocar la batería como un profesional? Qué mejor manera que hacerlo de la mano de Neil Peart, el baterista de Rush y uno de lo mejores de toda la historia del rock. El sitio web The Drum Channel subió gratis a internet una de las 10 clases que Peart grabó para su Master Class Series, un programa intensivo en el que el baterista enseña todos sus secretos. Si bien para poder acceder al curso entero hay que suscribirse a la página, y por supuesto abonar unos cuantos dólares. Pero si sos fanático de los tambores y querés tener a los mejores profesores, The Drum Channel es la mejor opción. Te dejamos el video con la clase gratis de Neil Peart.
Un clásico que siempre se renueva, ésta vez, con un intento de “Top Ten Histórico”…
No matter how many millions of dollars the studios spend on a movie, mistakes or bloopers are inevitable. Most of these mistakes are continuity errors or something may be visible that shouldn’t be visible. Some pedantic moviegoers watch out for them like hawks and pounce. To be honest, most of us don’t even notice until it’s pointed out to us. Here are some of the more, shall we say…obvious ones…that slipped through the net.
10. Reservoir Dogs
Directed by Quentin Tarantino Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn, Steve Buscemi
The cult movie about a heist gone wrong produced an unforgettable scene in which a police officer named Marvin Nash is tortured by three of the gang to the sound of the Stealer’s Wheel song, ‘Stuck In The Middle With You’. Nash’s hands are handcuffed and they keep switching from being cuffed in front of him and being cuffed behind his back throughout the scene.
9. Full Metal Jacket
Directed by Stanley Kubrick Matthew Modine, Vincent D’Onofrio
Kubrick filmed his anti-war movie in England, skillfully using locations to create the story. The attention to detail slipped up however, in the scene where the Marines are jogging in the ‘training camp’. The road they are jogging on shows British road markings, which would not be seen in the US.
8. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Directed by Peter Jackson Sean Astin, Orlando Bloom, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Elijah Wood
Fake wounds are common in action scenes and it’s good to remember where they are on the body, so continuity between takes is maintained. Frodo has a scar on his face for part of the film. It keeps changing position and size. It must be the work of wizards (or the make up department).
7. Jurassic Park
Directed by Steven Spielberg Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum
In the youtube movie clip you can see the “live” movie feed (2:38 mark) which is actually a Quicktime movie being played. Maybe the movie makers thought since this was an Apple Macintosh application most people wouldn’t recognize that it was obviously a pre-recorded movie. The storm effects are pretty good, though.
6. Gladiator
Directed by Ridley Scott Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix Gladiator brought back the Roman epic, aided by modern CGI special effects and impressive fight scenes. During the Battle of Carthage, a chariot is knocked on to its side and hits a wall, whereupon a blanket lifts up to reveal a gas cylinder in the back. What did the Romans ever do for us? They didn’t introduce a gas supply, that’s for sure.
5. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Directed by Gore Verbinsky Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Geoffrey Rush, Keira Knightly
The Pirates of the Caribbean franchise revived swashbuckling for a modern audience. In the scene when Captain Jack Sparrow says, ‘on deck, you scabrous dogs’, a crew member is clearly visible looking out to sea, dressed in a tee shirt and cowboy hat, and sporting a pair of sunglasses.
4. Teen Wolf
Starring Michael J. Fox, James Hampton, Susan Ursitti
Everyone is aware of Janet Jackson’s Super Bowl wardrobe malfunction, but the first wardrobe mishap actually occurred during another Championship Game – between the Beavers and the Dragons. In the final victory scene you see Scott’s dad coming out of the crowd to congratulate him. There is a fan behind him who exposes himself to the camera. While Janet’s exposure made the headlines, this exposure may be what started it all.
3. Commando
Directed by Mark Lester Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rae Dawn Chong
After chasing down the unscrupulous Sully, the yellow Porsche is wrecked on the left side. When Arnold commandeers the Porsche and drives it away, and it’s fine. Of course this may have been the first Transformers movie and we didn’t know it.
2. Star Wars
Directed by George Lucas Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher
Someone should have widened the doorways on the Death Star. As stormtroopers burst into the room, one of them hits his head on the door frame. Ouch! At least he had his helmet on. The re-mastered version of the film is in on the joke and has incorporated a ‘thud’ sound effect. Noel Coward famously said, ‘learn the lines and don’t bump into the furniture’.
1. North by Northwest
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint
Instructing extras on how to behave in a scene is all-important. In a scene in a café at the Mount Rushmore memorial, a young boy in the background puts his fingers in his ears before the sound of gunfire is heard. He’d read the script and knew what was coming!
Thanks to Movie Mistakes, they were instrumental in making this list.