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Re: this is a first...

From: Katie Lucas <katie@f...>
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 23:38:27 +0000
Subject: Re: this is a first...

On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 01:43:24PM -0500, Ryan M Gill wrote:
> At 12:34 PM -0600 12/10/03, Doug Evans wrote:

> I did in fact like the combat scenes rather well. The depth of field 
> was interesting and I liked how shots of ships that were fleeting 
> were kind of like the view one would have if tracking with some kind 
> of optical sensors.  Their use of lingo and terminology was pretty 
> nice as well.

That sort of thing is starting to turn up a lot -- there were several
shots in "Firefly" where the focus drifted in and out before settling on
ships and they weren't dead centre, like they were being watched
through long lenses.

It's nice in a way -- it's an added realism, but on the other hand,
there isn't /SUPPOSED/ to be a cameraman focussing the camera...

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