In Reply to: My biggest problem with CGI, besides the visual unbelievability, is... posted by clarkjohnsen on December 14, 2005 at 08:46:22:
>...that the whole process, however well done, means that actors are never in the same room with one another, as it were.It's been done since the first days of film, when actors didn't like each other or were unavailable for some reason, some basic editing trickery or stand-ins were often substitutes. Any time an actor's back is to the camera and they're facing away, there's no guarantee it's who you think it is.
Any decent actor should be good enough to hold a convincing conversation with a lamp post.
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- Actors phoning in is old school - jbmcb 09:57:06 12/14/05 (8)
- Well put. Most actors I know would say the same; Clark should know better. (nt) - Audiophilander 10:29:15 12/14/05 (5)
- Most actors I know are theatre actors and they spit on you! - clarkjohnsen 11:07:54 12/14/05 (4)
- The actors you'd know probably work for a Barnum & Bailey's side show, but I guess that would qualify as theater. - Audiophilander 22:18:57 12/14/05 (3)
- [Auphy misses the joke again.] nt - clarkjohnsen 09:39:10 12/15/05 (2)
- That's because some folks know how to tell jokes, ...and other's don't. - Audiophilander 11:47:31 12/15/05 (1)
- In deference to those who have been to the theatre and know that... - clarkjohnsen 11:57:32 12/15/05 (0)
- "Any decent actor should be good enough to hold a convincing conversation with a lamp post." LOL! - clarkjohnsen 10:28:32 12/14/05 (1)
- Prod sound - jbmcb 10:54:37 12/14/05 (0)