tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4601090335485436846.post6965945645103099734..comments2024-03-03T20:15:57.737+08:00Comments on model ships in the cinema: Titanic 1953, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953, Dangerous Crossing 1953, Blueprint for Murder 1953.munghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11833483639783575804noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4601090335485436846.post-43944225457083121092015-12-02T17:28:11.000+08:002015-12-02T17:28:11.000+08:00This is a very fun website. I brings back many me...This is a very fun website. I brings back many memories of childhood movie watching. I had never heard of "Storm Over the Pacific". One observation, and this is a common problem in the era of wide-screen TV and digital picture editing: the images from "Storm Over the Pacific" are horizontally compressed by about 10 to 15%. You can see it in the ships (they look too short and too tall) and aircraft (which look too tubby). In other words, a perfect square 2 units on a side would be displayed as a rectangle perhaps 2 units high and 1.8 units wide. My experience with this phenomenon has been the rule of thirds: about one third of the public cannot not see or discern aspect ratio distortion, one third can see it but don't care, and one third sees it and can't stand it. But thanks again for the website.John Boyernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4601090335485436846.post-9038510011300743092015-12-08T15:42:45.000+08:002015-12-08T15:42:45.000+08:00Thanks for pointing out the error. You will be rel...Thanks for pointing out the error. You will be relieved to note that the aspect ratio of the images has now been corrected.number1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4601090335485436846.post-56392373734318014252015-12-10T05:18:39.000+08:002015-12-10T05:18:39.000+08:00Excellent stuff as always! The part that always am...Excellent stuff as always! The part that always amuses me during the sinking is when the boilers explode, it's more like the Titanic has been torpedoed or struck a mine!<br><br>The only reason I can think of that might explain the odd switch from showing the iceberg passing to starboard above water and the iceberg gashing the port side of the hull underwater is that it allows the ship to still be shown travelling in the same direction, i.e. from right to left of the screen. Otherwise, to show the 'berg gashing the starboard side of the hull would have necessitated showing the vessel travelling from left to right. I think it's generally a convention in movies to always show a ship (or any other vehicle) travelling in the same direction as the initial establishing shot, at least if it's part of the same sequence.Roger Toddnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4601090335485436846.post-38579356662125595082017-06-17T04:53:00.000+08:002017-06-17T04:53:00.000+08:00HelloBefore being converted back to the 'Titan...Hello<br><br>Before being converted back to the 'Titanic' it was dirtied down for the movie "Goliath Awaits" (1981) according to:<br><br>http://www.titanic-model.com/dc/dcboard.php?az=set_linear_mode&forum=100&page=&topic_id=32614&prev_page=show_mesgHenry Geenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4601090335485436846.post-28049790228180006902017-12-27T05:08:40.000+08:002017-12-27T05:08:40.000+08:00It seems that this web site no longer exists but t...It seems that this web site no longer exists but this information (including the "Goliath" image) plus a lot more can now be found at:<br><br>http://filmdope.com/forums/99830-titanic-film-models.htmlHenry Geenoreply@blogger.com