J.J. Abrams: The mystery box
J.J. Abrams talked about his grandfather, and how it was a simpler time in his day. His box that he did not want to open during his talk was in honor of his grandfather’s era of mystery, when you may not have known exactly how something was done, but the end result would have you to think it was magic!!!
A great example J.J. Abrams used was the clip he played to the audience from the “Mission Impossible” movie series, where the actor that portrays the villain in the scene is shoving a gun up the nose of Tom Cruise’s character.
After repeated takes, the actor portraying the villain was making Tom Cruise’s nose hurt. After J.J. Abrams tells the audience the story of how Tom Cruise’s hand was tinted to look like the hand of the villain, and that it is Tom Cruise shoving a gun up his own nose, you watch the clip again with different eyes. It is a simple example of some early Hollywood “Movie Magic”. In J.J. Abram’s grandfather’s time, it was simple things like this that would get the job done, something simple done behind the scenes that would be “movie magic” in front of the camera.
This TED speaker inspires me because like myself, he comes from humble beginnings, did not have much to work with, but had vision and imagination. He also has a good sense of humor, which is needed in the face of adversity sometimes. He spoke about the tight schedule during the filming of the hit TV series “Lost”. There was no time to do anything a second or third time, decisions had to be made on the spot, on location, and it gave an edge to the overall look of the final product.
J.J. Abrams: The mystery box
J.J. Abrams talked about his grandfather, and how it was a simpler time in his day. His box that he did not want to open during his talk was in honor of his grandfather’s era of mystery, when you may not have known exactly how something was done, but the end result would have you to think it was magic!!!
A great example J.J. Abrams used was the clip he played to the audience from the “Mission Impossible” movie series, where the actor that portrays the villain in the scene is shoving a gun up the nose of Tom Cruise’s character.
After repeated takes, the actor portraying the villain was making Tom Cruise’s nose hurt. After J.J. Abrams tells the audience the story of how Tom Cruise’s hand was tinted to look like the hand of the villain, and that it is Tom Cruise shoving a gun up his own nose, you watch the clip again with different eyes. It is a simple example of some early Hollywood “Movie Magic”. In J.J. Abram’s grandfather’s time, it was simple things like this that would get the job done, something simple done behind the scenes that would be “movie magic” in front of the camera.
This TED speaker inspires me because like myself, he comes from humble beginnings, did not have much to work with, but had vision and imagination. He also has a good sense of humor, which is needed in the face of adversity sometimes. He spoke about the tight schedule during the filming of the hit TV series “Lost”. There was no time to do anything a second or third time, decisions had to be made on the spot, on location, and it gave an edge to the overall look of the final product.
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