{"id":68,"date":"2021-07-19T14:44:10","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T18:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iterudio.com\/?p=68"},"modified":"2021-07-19T14:44:10","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T18:44:10","slug":"movies-records-and-me-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iterudio.com\/?p=68","title":{"rendered":"“Movies”, “Records”, and me – part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

All the cool kids are doing it…<\/strong>
I imagine that most people exist on a sort of “sliding scale” of “fashionableness.” At one extreme end is “hip\/cool\/fashionable\/in style\/trendy” near the middle is “not as young – but capable of understanding ‘what the kids are saying'” then the other extreme end is “What is everyone talking about? Get off my lawn!”<\/p>\n\n\n

Obviously “chronological age” is NOT directly tied to your position on the imaginary “trendiness” scale (just called TS from here on)- but in general “young folks”<\/em> as a group will be clustered near one end, the parents<\/em> of those “younger folks” will cluster near the middle, and then the parents of the parents<\/em> will tend to be near the other extreme.<\/p>\n\n\n

There is still “nothing new under the sun<\/a>” so we see “fashions” repeating. Of course the “fashion” industry is built on the idea that styles will come and go – so I’m not talking about “physical clothes” so much as “styles” — and the difference between “clothes” and “style” probably deserves its own post — <\/p>\n\n\n

Now, a handful of things NEVER<\/em><\/strong> go out of style – e.g. “good manners” come immediately to mind, but<\/em> what you think will never go out of style is probably determined by your current location on the TS.<\/p>\n\n\n

Wannabes\/Posers\/Pretenders
<\/strong>The tricky concept becomes the fact that having “style<\/em>” and “BEING<\/em><\/strong> in style” at not dependent variables – i.e. you can have one, without the other … <\/p>\n\n\n

I will quickly say that I am NOT<\/strong> passing judgement on anyone – I am being very “theoretical” – talking about “forms” as it were. <\/p>\n\n\n

With that said – we all know (or have been) the person that “tries too hard” and “just doesn’t get it.” I suppose this is where the concept<\/em> of “coolness” come into play – i.e. if you are TRYING<\/em><\/strong> to be “cool” then by definition you aren’t.<\/p>\n\n\n

… and of course being worried about how “cool” you are is another sure sign that you aren’t cool – but then being certain that you “cool” also probably means you aren’t. AND we are moving on …<\/p>\n\n\n

Vocabulary\/Jargon<\/strong>
ANYWAY – not to sound like a “self-help book” but a person’s vocabulary advertises who they are. In and of itself this isn’t good or bad – i.e. most professions have some “profession specific vocabulary” and if you can “talk the talk” (in general) people will give you the benefit of the doubt that you can “walk the walk.”<\/p>\n\n\n

Examples abound – there is even a word for it<\/a> -however this diatribe<\/a> (intended in the archaic “prolonged discourse” sense – as I feel myself sliding further to one side of the TS scale) was motivated by the word “movies.”<\/p>\n\n\n

Movie<\/strong>
The word “movie<\/a>” in English dates back to 1909 as a shortened\/slang version of “motion picture.” In 2021 common usage “movie” has almost completely replaced “motion picture.”<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

e.g. no one says “I watched a motion picture last night”<\/p>\n\n\n

The same can be said for the word “cinema” which is a shortened version of cinematograph<\/em> – which came to us through the French “cin\u00e9matographe<\/em>” which was from the Greek for “motion” and “writing” (though “cinema” is still more popular than “motion picture”)

Cinema<\/strong>
then “cinematography”<\/a> probably falls into the “movie industry jargon” category – the person in charge of a movies “cinematography” may or may not be operating a camera. <\/p>\n\n\n

As any amateur photographer will tell you, getting consistently good “pictures” doesn’t happen by accident – there are multiple factors involved. Being able to manipulate those factors to achieve a desired “look” is (probably) what distinguishes the “professional” from the “amateur” photographer\/cinematographer.<\/p>\n\n\n

btw: The additional problem for cinematography is that people are moving around (both in front of and behind the camera). <\/p>\n\n\n

for what it is worth: I’m not going to do a blanket recommendation for ANY directors “body of work” – but in general Stanley Kubrick, John Ford, David Lean, Steven Spielberg, and Ridley Scott always tend to have great “cinematography” in their movies (which didn’t happen by accident).<\/p>\n\n\n

Of course George Lucas always had a “good eye” – but not always the biggest budget. Comments by Mr Lucas led me to watch a lot of Akira Kurosawa movies – most of which hold up very well (if you don’t mind subtitles). I’ll just mention that the movie that Kurosawa-san is most known for in the U.S. (Seven Samurai<\/a> – known as the inspiration for “The Magnificent Seven”<\/a>) – is my least favorite (it bogs down in the middle)<\/p>\n\n\n

… I’m still in full “ramblin’ mode” but also well into TL;DR space – more tomorrow on “records”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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