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What a HUGE continuity error!



When Danni goes to meet Court for a night swim, its dark. But moments later she shows up at the pond...and its LIGHT out!
And stays this way until Danni reaches home again. Doesn't anyone who makes movies WATCH the film even before releasing it? How could anyone miss that?



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yeah the night her mom tripped and went to the hospital i thought i was the only one who realized that i notice it every time

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This movie reminded me of the old Disney movies of the week they'd show on Sunday nights. It seemed like they didn't take the time to film @ night (maybe b/c kids were usually involved and you know they have limited time they can film) so all of the scenes were made to just look like night but not very convincingly.

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I always thought it was the moonlight.

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I did too until I began to notice that it was far too much light for moonlight.

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I notice it all the time, and it used to bug me, but it seems like it actually is nighttime, but the set is EXTREMELY well lit...

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I've never noticed that, and I've seen this movie a million times. Shows how observant I am.

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If they left it all dark, you couldn't make out any of the camera shots, being so dark and all. They have to give the scene extra light, so the audience can see "something". It's that way for most night shots in movies.

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I totally noticed that too. Way way too light for "moonlight" ... You can like see the outline of every leaf of the tree on the wood planks as if it's high noon!

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It was typical in a lot of older films to film during the day and simply add a blue filter over the shot. I believe that is the case in this film. I watched it for the first time a week or two ago and it stuck out like a sore thumb.

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It was typical in a lot of older films to film during the day and simply add a blue filter over the shot.


It was a common trick in the 1960s. The old 'Batman' series used to do it all the time. The director Robert Mulligan was most active in the '60s, so probably relied on an old trick.

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i have to agree, it was an old school way of doing a night shot, i actually enjoyed this nostalgia.

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