• When the original doesn’t quite make it •
[1½ MIN READ]
While weekly attendance photos have become de rigueur, a photo theme isn’t necessarily as typical. This last week’s photo was exceptional. The panoramic shot felt in order, with the understanding that no one would move. Here’s what happened the last time, a few months ago:
Panorama! Great idea. Just don’t move.
(2024’04’24’W)
It turns out that with 8 people present, the photo almost becomes more about the setting than the sitters. And you don’t even have to move to get odd images, like random hyper-skinny faces.
One-and-done original
Enter the director’s cut (Wikipedia). Directors drive the artistic vision of a movie; but sometimes other practicalities interfere with the ideal final product (read “one that makes money”). Some directors can circumvent those practicalities altogether. Consider Martin Scorsese’s recent Megalopolis (cost and mass appeal were not the primary drivers). Other directors are more flexible about their raw materials and final vision (Clint Eastwood comes to mind). And for a select few, the final product can have such mass appeal and have been such revenue machines, that the director can create a more personally idealized version (Blade Runner) which ignores the original practicalities to accommodate what the director couldn’t release in the first place (read “not worry about money”).
Last week’s attendance photo is a little of all of that. In the interests of this director’s “one-and-done” production technique, any single attempt will always get the nod for release. The results can be less than perfect (that facial warping). But this director’s favorite editing tool (Paint)—in conjunction with the distinctive contributions of specific actors—can work wonders for producing a final creation consistent with the vision of an entire oeuvre (Other Visual Expression). Behold the masterwork (read “Money was no object:p”):
Director’s Cut
-CtCloser (Calvinthe), “Negative split or positive splat” #dothedue
FINE PRINT ¶Text and photos (unless otherwise stated): Calvin Wang (Wäng), CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. ¶Cross-posted: (1) Facebook JRC Growlers Group Run (2024’10’16’W Run Message), (2) GGR email list, (3) Cerebruns by CtCloser. ¶This website posting: Cerebrun with minor editing and added caption.
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