Re: Sundials in cinema
If you collect several references, consider adding sundials as a category to the newly-forming website smalldemons.com As they describe it: Song. Album. Movie. Fashion. Food. Cocktail. Car. Much of how we come to know and love stories is by the things that help define them. Why not let them lead to new experiences too? Like starting the weekend sipping the cocktail a villain you secretly admire always orders. ... The things in books are there because they mean something—to the character, to the author. Right here is where you begin to discover what they can also mean to you. Why not encourage people to experience sundials as well as cocktails? On Dec 18, 2011, at 5:36 PM, Darek Oczk wrote: Dear friends I've got two news for those interested in sundials in movies. 1. In the very beginning of the latest movie by Lars von Trier (Melancholia) there is a nice scene shoving a close view of a horizontal sundial. Screenshot attached. Later it appears in the film several times more but only from a distance. 2. There is an Indian movie comapany Sundial Pictures. They have an interesting sundial animation used as their motion logo. Follow the link below to watch it: http://sundialpictures.in/index.html -- Best regards Darek Oczki 52N 21E Warsaw, Poland GNOMONIKA.pl Sundials in Poland http://gnomonika.pl --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
Re: Sundials in cinema
The dial and the trees show two shadows from different light sources. Would it give too much away to explain why that is? -Bill On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 5:36 PM, Darek Oczki dhar...@o2.pl wrote: Dear friends I've got two news for those interested in sundials in movies. 1. In the very beginning of the latest movie by Lars von Trier (Melancholia) there is a nice scene shoving a close view of a horizontal sundial. Screenshot attached. Later it appears in the film several times more but only from a distance. 2. There is an Indian movie comapany Sundial Pictures. They have an interesting sundial animation used as their motion logo. Follow the link below to watch it: http://sundialpictures.in/index.html -- Best regards Darek Oczki 52N 21E Warsaw, Poland GNOMONIKA.pl Sundials in Poland http://gnomonika.pl --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
Re: Sundials in cinema
The two light sources are the whole point of the movie! So I shan't say more. BTW, it's a visually stunning piece of work, though a bit bizarre in other respects. Brad On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 7:52 PM, Bill Gottesman billgottes...@comcast.netwrote: The dial and the trees show two shadows from different light sources. Would it give too much away to explain why that is? -Bill On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 5:36 PM, Darek Oczki dhar...@o2.pl wrote: Dear friends I've got two news for those interested in sundials in movies. 1. In the very beginning of the latest movie by Lars von Trier (Melancholia) there is a nice scene shoving a close view of a horizontal sundial. Screenshot attached. Later it appears in the film several times more but only from a distance. 2. There is an Indian movie comapany Sundial Pictures. They have an interesting sundial animation used as their motion logo. Follow the link below to watch it: http://sundialpictures.in/index.html -- Best regards Darek Oczki 52N 21E Warsaw, Poland GNOMONIKA.pl Sundials in Poland http://gnomonika.pl --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
RE: Sundials in cinema
Dear Darek, The Sundial Pictures animation is quite dramatic. Wow!But the Melancholia screen shot is weirdly (or purposefully) constructed so that each shrub has TWO shadows at the same moment! Sara 42°36'N 71° 22'W West Newton, MA 02465 --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
