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12. The OP was not talking about mechanical effects

Thu Mar 7, 2013, 11:30 AM

Mar 2013

He was talking about the mixing of various time eras that are used to create a film. This is not via F/X, but through the use of items, stories, styles and music from mixed eras. Forrest Gump mixed eras through special F/X using old footage combined with current time. ND used various hairstyles, technology, etc. to create what the director wanted to use to impart his semi-biography of his Morman upbringing.

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Looking for a term for a certain filmmaking "device" [View all] Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2013 OP

Anachronism MrScorpio Mar 2013 #1

Perhaps. Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2013 #2

Then unspecified, ambiguous or unspecified time frame seems fair enough then MrScorpio Mar 2013 #4

Parachronism ksoze Mar 2013 #3

That sounds about right. nt Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2013 #10

I think the term you are looking for is "Chroma Key", also known as "green screen", formerly "blue" talkingmime Mar 2013 #5

That's somethinjg totally different - this is not F/X related ksoze Mar 2013 #7

I'm missing something here. talkingmime Mar 2013 #8

The OP was not talking about mechanical effects ksoze Mar 2013 #12

I don't know the term... Ron Obvious Mar 2013 #6

David Lynch films require a lifetime to interpret ksoze Mar 2013 #9

That's what I love about them. Ron Obvious Mar 2013 #11

Watch this scene from Lynch's "Lost Highway" ksoze Mar 2013 #13

Sounds fascinating! Ron Obvious Mar 2013 #16

Anachronism? edbermac Mar 2013 #14

West Side Story tg Mar 2013 #15