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I'm watching a 60's TV show right now and have caught a continuity error between long and close up shots. The color of a certain item changes in those shots.
Now, the production crew might have thought about because it looks like the the series was shot in color but a thing or two to keep in mind. First of all, back then, how many people had color TVs or for that matter, what were the percentage of the stations that broadcast in color? Secondly, of course, when did the word "repeat" come in to common language?
Now this is not to say that they are excused but rather, keep in mind of how back then could be more motivated by make it and show it as oppose to wondering if people would catch one's mistakes.
I do enjoy National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation but the scene where the Griswolds are driving
to find that perfect Christmas Tree (from Chicago or a suburb of Chicago) there are no
mountains anywhere near there.
I was watching an episode of "Wagon Train" this past weekend. At the end of the episode the scene has the lead character looking out along the Pacific coast. As the camera pans you can see a white truck driving on a road in the background. You would think they would shoot the scene after it had passed.
I do enjoy National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation but the scene where the Griswolds are driving
to find that perfect Christmas Tree (from Chicago or a suburb of Chicago) there are no
mountains anywhere near there.
Wow it seems like EVERY MOVIE MADE has @ least 1 mistake.... ARE PPL THAT STUPID??
It just doesnt make any sense...... Does anyone know of ANY MOVIES with no GOOFS at all??
Uh huh... if only they were as smart as you...
First, most of the 'goofs' on IMDB are artistically irrelevant. Yes, there are occasionally contrails in the sky in the distance in a western that you might be able to identify if you look closely. So, you think John Ford should have told John Wayne and the rest of the cast and crew to cool their heels for however long - half an hour, maybe an hour - for the contrails to disappear?
Or maybe you have a case where a film is cut, the time on the clock on the wall is inconsistent. But since there's no way to know just how cutting a film will work - which shots will be tossed, which order they'll be in, how long the scene will go, over when when the scene will be set amid the story - this can't be accounted for. Does it really matter? If it does, then you're far too obsessed with pedantically point things like that out than you are with actually understanding the point of a film.
Here's an example of how pointless IMDB goofs are - here's a selection from the list for Apocalypse Now.
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While reading info about Kurtz, Willard eats a Hershey bar that clearly has UPC bar code on the wrapper. These were not included on Hershey bar packaging until 1976.
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When the photojournalist welcomes Willard, his bandana is clearly rolled. A few shots later it appears flat on his forehead, and in the next shot it is back rolled again.
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There are no waterways linking the Central Coast (where the only surfable beaches in South Vietnam are situated) with Cambodia.
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The Viet Cong's tracer bullets, seen quite often throughout the film, notably when the PT boat is "sprayed" with enemy fire, appear to be red in color. In reality, the Viet Cong used green tracer ammunition while the American's used red tracer ammunition.
Sorry, my eyes are glazing over at the idea that anyone cares about this so-called 'goofs'.
I guess people must hate Gladiator and Braveheart because the characters are speaking modern English in them...
I'm watching a 60's TV show right now and have caught a continuity error between long and close up shots. The color of a certain item changes in those shots.
Now, the production crew might have thought about because it looks like the the series was shot in color but a thing or two to keep in mind. First of all, back then, how many people had color TVs or for that matter, what were the percentage of the stations that broadcast in color? Secondly, of course, when did the word "repeat" come in to common language?
Now this is not to say that they are excused but rather, keep in mind of how back then could be more motivated by make it and show it as oppose to wondering if people would catch one's mistakes.
Continuity errors are everywhere. It's hard, for example, to keep objects being used in the exact right spot from take to take, especially on TV where they don't have that kind of time to worry about it. Eating scenes are particularly horrible. Liquid in glasses changes levels from cut to cut, food may have just a bite out of it from one angle but be half gone in another angle. A plate may move around from cut to cut. I don't really worry much about continuity errors when I see them. I like things where a camera crew is reflected, or a boom mic drops into frame or when it's obvious someone is about to break just as the scene cuts. Continuity errors exist in every movie and tv show. I like the ones that are much less common. The exception to this is cars that miraculously repair themselves. Such as in Twister, the truck's windshield is shattered with a big hole in it from a combine as they outrun a tornado, the next scene, the windshield is completely in tact with not a scratch on it.
But things like this:
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The type of school lockers shown in 1964 were not available until at least the late-1960s.
Who the heck knows that?? Or cares? This is a serious one from Mr. Holland's Opus on IMDB.
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