NIB+FREUDE

It’s particularly embarrassing in comparison to the original material, as with digital/modern technology, you can literally see how the shot looks while you’re shooting.

This should’ve also been sorted in comp and fixed well before distribution.

As already pointed out, the lighting values have no depth to them, thus creating a very flat scene (this is one of the first design principles we are taught in design for animation/film- if I had handed in a lighting shot or concept anything like this, I would’ve failed the module).

If you take the shots and put them into greyscale, you can see this a lot clearer.

In the original Halloween shot, we can see a high range of value (how bright or dark something is)- the lighting is brightest on Jamie Lee Curtis, the viewer’s eye is drawn to her first- we can see her emotions clearly and gain sympathy for her character. Then we are drawn into the darkest value, creating dread, and this is fulfilled and heightened with the contrasting (and next highest) value of Michael’s mask.

In the modern shot, all the values are within a similar range (mid-greys), and there is no proper depth in value- making the tension within the shot fall flat (not ideal for horror).

In fact, the highest value in this shot is the fire in the background- which is where the eye is drawn to first. The background. Not the action. So instead of feeling empathy or dread, we are focusing on the wrong details.

And yes, while it could be said from a film analysis POV that the flatness of the shot ‘puts the characters on the same fighting ground/level of power in the shot,’ I’m not going to give them the benefit.

To top it off, the use of colour in the modern shot highlights the errors in lighting. Whilst sharing the blue/orange colour scheme of the original shot, everything is blue except the one area of contrast, the orange fire. So once again, we are drawn to none of the action and instead the background.

With a very small edit in compositing and lighting to match the original Halloween, the feeling (and focus) of the shot is completely changed. The shot has higher contrast and range of values- the focus is on Curtis, while Michael feels more foreboding in the darkness. The contrast puts the characters on opposite sides- good vs evil, telling a narrative in contrast to the unedited shot.

These effects could’ve easily been achieved by adding a key light on Curtis and rim lighting on Michael in production, and if necessary, editing value depth in comp to enhance the raw footage.

And the update

I’ve been collecting the best Jorts tweets and waiting until the moment he showed up on my dash to post them. So here you are, the curated best of the past, oh, day or so:

Meanwhile, OP has continued tracking trash can mishaps on twitter:

And a quality photo of this sweet potato:

Link to the lovely video

There once was a ship that put to sea The name of the ship was the Jorts and Jean The ship she rolled and her closet doors closed Oh no, where’s Jorts? Oh no!

Soon may the smarter cat come To save poor Jorts so orange and dumb One day when the butterin’s done We’ll take our leave and go

When Pam came on, she had a plan To teach our Jorts about garbage cans Pam meant well but her plans fell flat When HR said, “don’t butter the cat”

Soon may the smarter cat come To save poor Jorts so orange and dumb One day when the butterin’s done We’ll take our leave and go

Now Jean the smart cat comes She saves poor Jorts so orange and dumb Now that the butterin’s done We’ll take our leave and go

We’ll take our leave and go

We’ll take our leave and go

Additional quality memes:

A recipe for Buttered Jorts:

Recent Jorts activities:

And some very wise words from the cat himself:

Dende no La Croix

(+ Bonus!)

so theres this bulgarian guy right? loves trains, has loved trains since he was a kid. one day, the bulgarian railroad association hires him to be the driver of one of their trains.

he is ECSTATIC! our train boy is so excited, in fact, that on his first day driving, he... derails the train and kills one person.

this, of course, gets him the death penalty. (bulgarian law is weird.) as he's sitting in the electric chair, the executor asks him what he wants for his last meal.

"One banana."

the executor finds this odd, but gives him his banana, and when he finishes, the executor straps him in.

she pulls the switch, and....

nothing. the guy lives, and is let free. bulgarian law is, as stated previously, pretty weird, and if someone survives the electric chair it is deemed and Act of God and the criminal is set free.

considering the bulgarian railroad association is desperate for employees, our guy is hired once again, and is driving the next day. as you can probably assume, he is exceedingly nervous, and due to this.... he crashes the train again. this time, two people die.

hes sent back to the execution chamber, as obviously, killing two people requires the death penalty as well. the executor scratches her head, scoffs, and says, "Well, uh... welcome back? What do you want for your actual last meal?"

"Two bananas."

she sighs, and gives him his bananas. he eats them, is strapped in, and the executor pulls the switch to-

-nothing. the chair buzzes, but the man is fine.

once again, he is let free, and once again, hes back on the train the next day.

now he is REALLY careful. like, incredibly careful. whenever the train is stopped, he reads the handbook. never gets distracted, takes extra coffee... hes really doing his best.

well, that is until he sneezes, knocks over his scalding hot coffee onto his foot, and crashes the train again, kilking THREE people this time.

off he goes to the executioner, and she is a little more than peeved. she sits him down, and says sternly, "I swear to God, if you ask for three bananas, I will strap you in without your meal."

without hesitation- "Three bananas."

the executioner roars in anger, straps the man in, and slams the switch down, finally ready to finish this weirdo off.

...nothing. once again, the chair activates, but the man is fine.

this, of course, just confuses her. she fumbkes over her words, asking the man why he didnt die if he didn't have his bananas. it just didnt make sense!