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1st scene, morning or evening??

posted 3 years ago by 123Guy (7668)
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Anyone else weirded by the seemingly sudden change in outside lighting?
Felt like is started in the morning (though maybe it was supposed to be afternoon into evening??)
He rides to hanger in broad daylight, which I took for morning or mid day, they prep the plane and the sun had set. I'm probably wrong.

Why not match it all up by darkening the first part? Maybe going for a sunset flight look.

I'm not only only one that thought this. Some one I went with brought it up first and they usually don't even notice these types of details

[–] aavfreak (3366) 3 years ago

I assume you mean the Mach 10 test flight and not the actual 1st scene on the carrier.

Yes, I had the same observation. I thought he woke up early, blew the gate, went in to get the day started. Then it was night. Then it was morning again. I didn't really follow.

[–] 123Guy (7668) 3 years ago

yeah. i know it is tough to align outside shoots and all, but looked like noon when he rode into the hanger on base. so, my first thought was, okay, it's noon or so, then the plane pulls out and it is evening. knowing the admiral was on his way to shut them down, they prepped the plane.... MAYBE that would take an hour or more, but seemed like a big jump in lighting

oh well. still a fun movie

[–] Ripkens25 (2058) 3 years ago

SPOILERS:

From what I remember, he rides to the base while it's still light out. He gets in the plane at dusk, and takes off as the Admiral was pulling in (at sunset). He takes off and is shooting across the sky (again, still at sunset, but getting darker out). By the time he crash lands (or ejects?) and wanders down the road to the diner, it is clearly in the dark of night.

So, this sequence of events all seems pretty straightforward, IMO.

[–] 123Guy (7668) 3 years ago

here's what I remember. seeing it again soon so will pay attention.

- working on plane in hanger, bright light as if morning - not afternoonish type lighting
- MAYBE riding cycle next to runway? i forget where I saw (kinda seemed like eveningish shot)
- on cycle pulling up to hanger, sun mostly overh head. Okay, looked like mid day (post morning) to me
- now sun has set, in DarkStar and taking off. suddenly dark evening
- sunset flight. I get that. and 'splosion
- MAYBE an insert shot of a small town name? Seemed like it was bright day or approaching evening, maybe this was a day for night shot that didnt work for me.... now, GRANTED, he was doing 7600 MPH before exploding, so maybe he traveled to a part where the sun had not set yet?
- walks in to cafe for water

and how do you eject at 7600 MPH?
I know, I know, over thinking it all... I fully admit that. I just really wondered if I was reading the TIMEs wrong. My friend mentioned it before I even said it, so it was not just me.

Still a fun film though. :)

[–] mikethemartian (6907) 3 years ago

I never realized it before someone told me that being ejected from a plane often causes spinal damage to the pilot/aviator.

[–] MarcTale (91) 2 years ago

Walking into the Diner was the next morning. People were having breakfast.
Before he ejected he was around Central US (you can briefly see it on the screen map in the Control Room). By the time he ejected he was probably somewhere in the Mid-West (by the looks of the people and surrounding) so deep in the night (3 hours time difference).
He likely had to walk a few hours to get to that town/diner. That's why he was so thirsty.

[–] 123Guy (7668) 3 years ago

Okay just watched it again, and it works okay. Just looks very abrupt in the change over