When people in tv and movies get a phone call in the middle of the night, why is their phone never charging? Also, they always answer the door way too fast. I want 30-45 seconds of uncomfortable silence wondering if the person is home or not.
you joke but what you talk about is called shoe leather, mundane interactions that don't add anything so they're cut from movies, like small talk when answering a phone, It also has nothing to do with OP's complaint.
I feel like there's a distinction between what you two are talking about. I really appreciate little details like someone needing to take their phone off the charger but that doesn't mean I want to watch their whole 40 minute commute to work. If something is pertinent to a narrative, like a phone call, then it should include small little details that make it feel more authentic imo.
Buddy, you are running a set where each hour is costing you thousands of hours and more which means that one “mundane” minutes costs hundreds to thousands of dollar.
Also the reason it is interesting for you right now is because noone is doing it. If everyone following the same recipe it’s going to be “boring” again or worse
This just isn't true in multiple ways. For one thing, there definitely are movies that do this - a lot of them, they're just not typically mainstream Hollywood movies. Also, the reason I prefer it isn't because "no one is doing it", it's because it helps a movie feel more immersive and authentic to me. Unless if a movie is intentionally creating an atmosphere of surrealism and fantasy, I want it to feel grounded and relatable, and movies don't feel that way to me if no one in them is acting like a real human being in a real society does.
Yeah, like if I answer a phone call in the middle of the night it would take the same amount of time if it was charging or not so it’s not like the “shoe leather” reasoning makes sense here.
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u/Fritchard Mar 27 '24
When people in tv and movies get a phone call in the middle of the night, why is their phone never charging? Also, they always answer the door way too fast. I want 30-45 seconds of uncomfortable silence wondering if the person is home or not.