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Hey, I never noticed that before....

In “The Changeling”, Spock is about to mind meld with Nomad, and he and Kirk are talking. There is a hole in the wall, about Kirk’s head high, right at a separator. You can see light coming through a small hole, about three inches long. :wtf:
 
There is a hole in the wall, about Kirk’s head high, right at a separator. You can see light coming through a small hole, about three inches long. :wtf:
I think more likely to be a reflection off the chrome/silver strip they put in the spacer between wall panels. At first I thought it was reflection off a hinge, but if you look at later frames, the silver strip is obvious.
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I think more likely to be a reflection off the chrome/silver strip they put in the spacer between wall panels. At first I thought it was reflection off a hinge, but if you look at later frames, the silver strip is obvious.
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Oh, ok...poor lighting.
 
I would think you would need one before the other. :borg:
My point is that still photography is different that cinematography. Things MOVE in a film shoot. The actors move, the shadows move, and the camera itself often moves (dollies, trucks, etc.) during the shots, which means you have to light for the entire setup, not a specific angle. Honestly, there's nothing wrong with a highlight glancing off something metal. That's what metal does. If they were worried about that highlights they'd have used something matte finish on the sets. That highlight is not egregious is any way. The lighting in the shot is fine; Finnerman knew what he was doing. I've never before heard anyone comment on that shot, or any of 100 other shots on Star Trek where we see similar glints off the metal trim.
 
Oh, ok...poor lighting.
No, it's not poor lighting as remember - the DP also knew what the end result would be broadcast on. They could never haver expected that 50 years later they'd be digitally remastering the filmed scenes at a resolution 5 times better than the broadcast resolution of the 1960ies. And as other more versed in motion picture photography have told you, you light the WHOLE SCENE that will be shot, and don't obsess over minor things that the majority of your audience won't notice.
 
I think you didn't GET my previous caution. You have an official warning. If you keep getting personal and you keep ignoring the board manager, your tenure will be shorter than my temper.
I did not receive the first warning. My lips are sealed. Sorry.
 
We're generally a friendly bunch in here, but as the rules say, arguments are "post not poster", so by all means free to argue—we all do. We just try to make it about the argument proper and not the persons making them.
 
In "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield":

Just noticed that when Lokai gives his creatively-filmed speech in Act 3 (with Spock eavesdropping) -- we hear Chekov's voice, with dialogue spoken by him, as if Chekov is one of the four people at the table. But he isn't.
 
In "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield":

Just noticed that when Lokai gives his creatively-filmed speech in Act 3 (with Spock eavesdropping) -- we hear Chekov's voice, with dialogue spoken by him, as if Chekov is one of the four people at the table. But he isn't.

Hey, great catch! And you're right! It's Sulu, Hadley, Brent and some redshirt (who I think is the orderly who attacks McCoy in The Tholian Web).

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  1. There could have been more than one table with more crew (i.e. Chekov) listening to Lokai in the Recreation Room.
  2. He may have given the same speech to new groups as they (i.e. Chekov) later arrived in the Recreation Room.
  3. His good friends Sulu, Hadley and Brent may have filled him in later when they saw each other.
 
  1. There could have been more than one table with more crew (i.e. Chekov) listening to Lokai in the Recreation Room.
  2. He may have given the same speech to new groups as they (i.e. Chekov) later arrived in the Recreation Room.
  3. His good friends Sulu, Hadley and Brent may have filled him in later when they saw each other.

Yeah, Chekov might have been off-camera. Heck, I think Lokai was. But Chekov is heard speaking, so I don't see how #3 works.
 
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