Comments on: Cut to… Frames of Reference http://moviemorlocks.com/2008/06/24/cut-to-frames-of-reference/ MovieMorlocks.com is the official blog for Turner Classic Movies (TCM). No topic is too obscure or niche to be excluded from our film discussions. And we welcome your comments on our blogs and bloggers. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:00:32 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: TCM’s Movie Blog http://moviemorlocks.com/2008/06/24/cut-to-frames-of-reference/#comment-4356 TCM’s Movie Blog Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:32:44 +0000 http://tcmmoviemorlocks.wordpress.com/?p=904#comment-4356 [...] featured Jonathan Lapper’s CINEMA STYLES blog here last year and interviewed him recently about his excellent new clip montage FRAMES OF REFERENCE.  I bring the site up again [...] [...] featured Jonathan Lapper’s CINEMA STYLES blog here last year and interviewed him recently about his excellent new clip montage FRAMES OF REFERENCE.  I bring the site up again [...]

]]> By: Jonathan Lapper http://moviemorlocks.com/2008/06/24/cut-to-frames-of-reference/#comment-3950 Jonathan Lapper Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:37:49 +0000 http://tcmmoviemorlocks.wordpress.com/?p=904#comment-3950 Thanks Medusa! I think most cinephiles, whether they know it or not, have most movies locked into their visual memory. Often, it's just a matter of seeing a scene then instantly recalling the other. When getting the "window eyes" from "Mon Oncle" I naturally just went ahead and watched most of the rest of the movie again to see if there was anything else I might want to use. When I saw Tati throw the car lighter out the window after using it I immediately thought of "The Blues Brothers." I even got the Belushi scene too but in the end I didn't need it. If I showed a cinephile Alec Guinness collapsing in "Kwai" and then said, "Come up with other scenes that look like that" I guarantee that you, Richard and pretty much every other cinephile out there would have come up with "Vertigo" or "Amadeus" or both as well. It's just that you don't know it until you put something like this together. Now connecting it to the music is something different altogether and I credit my mom who was into classical, jazz, funk, rock and everything in between. Hey, it's like the Oscars - I just thanked my mom! Thanks Medusa! I think most cinephiles, whether they know it or not, have most movies locked into their visual memory. Often, it’s just a matter of seeing a scene then instantly recalling the other. When getting the “window eyes” from “Mon Oncle” I naturally just went ahead and watched most of the rest of the movie again to see if there was anything else I might want to use. When I saw Tati throw the car lighter out the window after using it I immediately thought of “The Blues Brothers.” I even got the Belushi scene too but in the end I didn’t need it.

If I showed a cinephile Alec Guinness collapsing in “Kwai” and then said, “Come up with other scenes that look like that” I guarantee that you, Richard and pretty much every other cinephile out there would have come up with “Vertigo” or “Amadeus” or both as well. It’s just that you don’t know it until you put something like this together.

Now connecting it to the music is something different altogether and I credit my mom who was into classical, jazz, funk, rock and everything in between. Hey, it’s like the Oscars – I just thanked my mom!

]]> By: Medusa http://moviemorlocks.com/2008/06/24/cut-to-frames-of-reference/#comment-3944 Medusa Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:48:36 +0000 http://tcmmoviemorlocks.wordpress.com/?p=904#comment-3944 It takes something like "Frames of Reference" to remind me, sometimes, why I love the movies, why they are the most exciting entertainment medium, and why I also love the internet, where something wonderful like "FoR" can be shared with all of us! I also found the explanation of the way music and movies are experienced by Jonathan extremely fascinating. The sheer memory task of being call upon each image from countless films to create the montage -- a beautiful achievement! His blog is great, also! Thanks for this look behind his creative process! And thank you, Jonathan! :-) It takes something like “Frames of Reference” to remind me, sometimes, why I love the movies, why they are the most exciting entertainment medium, and why I also love the internet, where something wonderful like “FoR” can be shared with all of us! I also found the explanation of the way music and movies are experienced by Jonathan extremely fascinating. The sheer memory task of being call upon each image from countless films to create the montage — a beautiful achievement!

His blog is great, also! Thanks for this look behind his creative process! And thank you, Jonathan! :-)

]]> By: Jonathan Lapper http://moviemorlocks.com/2008/06/24/cut-to-frames-of-reference/#comment-3924 Jonathan Lapper Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:02:22 +0000 http://tcmmoviemorlocks.wordpress.com/?p=904#comment-3924 Thanks for the interview and posting! I really enjoyed doing it (the interview and the montage). Thanks for the interview and posting! I really enjoyed doing it (the interview and the montage).

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