Sentences with phrase «scenes of talking heads»

Surrogates is a good science fiction idea that is either too shallow and underdeveloped to provide the depth necessary to make a lasting impression, or it's a case of a rich and deep story that had been stripped away of all of its high concepts due to lack of budget, studio meddling, and a director who prefers big action sequences over scenes of talking heads.

Not exact matches

Why It Took Off Fandeavor's first offering was two $ 400 behind - the - scenes immersion «experiences» at the Las Vegas Invitational college basketball tournament; each package included a «chalk - talk» with an assistant coach from UNLV, two seats in a luxury suite and a basketball autographed by the head coaches of all the teams in the tourney.

According to Dan Patrick of «The Dan Patrick Show,» two sources «behind the scenes» at USC told him Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll was on the program's «short list» of coaching candidates and they thought he could be talked into returning to USC, where he coached for nine seasons and won two national championships.

Even when the scene switches, say, from one talking head to the other as they alternate in conversation, you do not see a head transforming or morphing from one to the other as your mind alternates between each of the two speakers.

Some of the dialogue scenes, in fact, can be hard to track, precisely because Favreau apparently coached Downey to say whatever came into his head, no matter who was speaking or what was being talked about.

This in - depth piece is composed primarily of behind - the - scenes footage and talking - head interviews with many participants: * Robert Zemeckis (Director) * Frank Marshall (Producer) * Steven Spielberg (Executive Producer) * Steve Starkey (Associate Producer) * Don Hahn (Associate Producer) * Peter Seaman (Screenwriter) * Dean Cundey (Director of Photography) * Arthur Schmidt (Editor) * Richard Williams (Director of Animation) * Dale Baer (Chief Executive and Supervising Animator) * Simon Wells (Supervising Animator) * Andreas Deja (Supervising Animator) * Phil Nibbelink (Supervising Animator) * Dave Spafford (Animator) * Nik Ranieri (Animator) * Ken Ralston (Visual Effects Supervisor) * Michael Lantieri (Special Effects Supervisor) * David Alan Barclay (Chief Puppeteer) * Jon Alexander (Optical Camera Operator, ILM) * Ed Jones (Optical Photography Supervisor) * Alan Silvestri (Composer) * Bob Hoskins (Eddie Valiant) * Charles Fleischer (Voice of Roger Rabbit) * Lou Hirsch (Voice of Baby Herman) You can imagine, therefore, how thorough this documentary is about touching every aspect of the production.

Mendes also includes a set of unique, memorable scenes, great one - liners and dialogue, and cool soundtrack but the use of talking head video segments and a duel with a sniper seem recycled and lazy.

There is a behind - the - scenes documentary for The Wave that talks about all aspects of the feature, but only at a surface level, it is more of a bird's eye view featurette than a talking head documentary.

is one of those behind - the - scenes featurettes that combines morsels of making - of info with lots of talking - heads hagiography, as various actors and producers gab about how great everyone involved in the picture was and hold forth on how inspirational the story is.

Oh well, it was great while it lasted, and «CBGB» is meant partly as a salute to that «70s scene, and partly a biography of Kristal, who went from a chicken farm in Hightstown to showcasing Patti Smith, the Talking Heads, Blondie and literally thousands of other bands.

Riffing on the narration - plus - archival - footage technique in «The Price of Gold,» director Craig Gillespie (Lars and the Real Girl) weaves talking - head voiceovers into flashback scenes.

Four Scene Investigations (17:25) give us more making - ofs for some of the same set pieces, these shorts employing more traditional talking heads and behind - the - scenes clips.

And the more I talked about that, the more I felt like I have this movie more or less in my head and I know how I would shoot these scenes and how the camera should move or if I were to direct it this is what I would do... Saying that enough times sort of gave me the confidence where I felt like maybe, just maybe, given the right chance, I could take a crack at it.»

The commentary is so dense and scene - specific that it seems scripted — though amazingly, I do believe Scott's talking off the top of his head.

Running 25 minutes, Feasible Films» made - in - Britain «Johnny English: Behind the Scenes - Classified Information» spends an inordinate amount of time deconstructing the visual effects for a film that won't be remembered for its trick photography if it's remembered for anything; Malkovich is typically intense during his talking - head.

The former is a standard - issue behind - the - scenes featurette with brief talking - head interviews with the majority of cast and crew members, while the latter serves as a too - short but intriguing look at the film's costume and production design.

In one scene, a character wears the classic Talking Heads: 77 T - shirt, and it's this combination of a band T - shirt and the film's motif of female strength that, in early 2017, inspired Maycock to consider her own venture.

«The Making of Heist» (15:11) is a standard featurette serving up the usual blend of clips, behind - the - scenes footage, and talking heads.

Moving to the video side (encoded in HD on Blu - ray, naturally), we get «Emotional Lives: Making Manchester by the Sea» (16:00), a solid making - of featurette that complements the expected talking head comments with behind - the - scenes footage and film clips.

(8:28) is a making - of featurette on the film, which serves up the usual talking heads and behind - the - scenes footage.

Under Watcher, we find 17 short «character pods» profiling the film's players and stunts with a mix of talking heads, behind - the - scenes footage, and clips.

Williams does deliver on energy, but he has never really possessed a true talent for broadly physical comedy, and as scene after scene roll by, you'll probably find it impossible not to scratch your head and wonder why the man that can ad - lib classic comedic moments on stage and on late night talk shows can't seem to inject even one laugh in nearly two hours of pure comedy that he has worked on for weeks.

Thankfully, the only extra tacked onto the three Blu - rays that house nine episodes (the season was cut short by the writer's strike) is a «Pie Time: Time for Pie» sub-menu that offers up a different «slice» for each of the episodes covering making - of errata — a deleted scene here, a talking - head there, nothing fancy, all irritating.

«The Making of The Zookeeper's Wife» (7:06) is pretty much exactly what you'd expect of a 7 - minute making - of featurette, unfolding with behind - the - scenes clips and some cast and crew talking heads.

Those paltry bonuses are twofold: «Beyond the Eight: A Behind the Scenes Look» (4:58, HD), a promotional EPK with some talking heads and film clips amounting to less than five minutes of behind - the - scenes «insight,» and «Sam Jackson's Guide to Glorious 70 mm» (7:49, HD), which allows the star to explain the Ultra Panavision process and the work of cinematographer Robert RichaScenes Look» (4:58, HD), a promotional EPK with some talking heads and film clips amounting to less than five minutes of behind - the - scenes «insight,» and «Sam Jackson's Guide to Glorious 70 mm» (7:49, HD), which allows the star to explain the Ultra Panavision process and the work of cinematographer Robert Richascenes «insight,» and «Sam Jackson's Guide to Glorious 70 mm» (7:49, HD), which allows the star to explain the Ultra Panavision process and the work of cinematographer Robert Richardson.

The disc also includes a rather rote EPK featurette, «Behind the Scenes of Breakfast on Pluto» (8:57), with talking - head interviews of Jordan, Murphy, producer Alan Moloney, Stephen Rea, Brendan Gleeson, Gavin Friday, and costume designer Eimer Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh.

The content is a fairly typical mix of talking heads, candid B - roll, hosted behind - the - scenes, and film clips.

The Blu - ray's all - HD extras begin with «The Making of Begin Again» (20:53), a thorough featurette that serves up a standard yet satisfying supply of talking heads and behind - the - scenes footage.

Oddly devoid of behind - the - scenes footage, the piece unfolds primarily with talking heads.

McGuigan rarely makes a misstep until he allows these final scenes to become bogged down by talking heads and constant flashbacks, where a stylish montage, a la The Usual Suspects, would have capped it all off quite nicely in only a fraction of the time.

«Making of an Ant - Sized Heist: A How - To Guide» (14:34) is a brisk, general purposes making - of piece that serves up the talking heads and behind - the - scenes footage you crave and expect.

, a mélange of extended scenes, fresh slides, and cutting - edge research conveyed via solemn talking - heads that brings us up to speed on a few new eco-horrors, such as the terrifying giant jellyfish (right), glacial earthquakes, and CO2 emissions courtesy our own thawing permafrost.

The man has certainly earned his hosannas; whether they required a feature - length showcase, complete with scenes of Gore taking phone calls or shaking his head at some dopey skeptic talking nonsense on TV, is debatable.

The scene where Heath Ledger corners Julia Stiles in a library, stealing conversation through the gaps in the bookcase, is such a simple scene, but Junger directs it with such charming energy that it finds a way of coming across as so much more than just another talking head conversation scene.

DVD Extras: Cultural critic commentary, «Theo & Julian» featurette, «Futuristic Design» featurette, «Visual Effects: Creating The Baby» featurette, «The Possibility Of Hope» talking heads commentary directed by Alfonso Cuaron, deleted scenes.

Throughout the promo rounds for «Drive,» Refn talked about how he rang up the French director to ask him for tips on how to shoot the head bashing elevator scene for the film: «I actually called up Gaspar Noé and asked him how he did the head smashing, because he's the king of head smashing.

«The Making of The Brothers Grimsby» (11:50) is a sincere and fairly standard featurette serving up lots of behind - the - scenes footage and talking heads.

Not to mention that these are, in essence, merely rudimentary scenes of two heads talking.

«Beyond the Eight: A Behind - the - Scenes Look» (4:58) is a brisk, general featurette which mixes trailer clips with talking heads, as the cast speaks highly of Tarantino and of each other.

The other bonus features are all quite similar: a mix of in - character narration by some of the newsies, combined with behind - the - scenes footage, talking heads interviews with cast, crew, and historians, and in some cases vintage photos and one vintage newsreel that was quite cool, actually.

The behind - the - scenes documentary is, as with all making - of specials on theatrical releases that air on HBO, a 20 - minute exercise in promotional hype, but the talking head interview segments make this this one is more amusing than most.

«Inside The 5th Wave» (14:26) is an all - purpose making - of featurette which presents a standard blend of behind - the - scenes footage, talking heads, and clips.

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CBGB: Decades of Graffiti by Richard Hell and Christopher Salyers: CBGB, the music club that helped define New York City's punk scene by introducing the world to such bands as Television, the Talking Heads, and the Ramones, shut down in 2006.

In an interview with Gamasutra, the current head of Nintendo's indie scene — Damon Baker — sat down to talk about a whole manner of things related to Nindies.