That light flare in TEH
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Remember that light flare as the Doctor was trying to convince Amy to let him out of being tied to the car - could it have been a copy of the crack opening and closing, because of the choice Amy made there?
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I took it to be something to do with the atraxi's sun blocking scheme.
it was very odd....struck me straight away!!!
could be acrack,,,has anyone noticed whether the shape of it is similar or not?
Could have just made that up of course
I don't think it does look ridiculous. It looks beautiful and adds to the moment when things slow down for Amy. It sort of makes a connection to The Doctor. They decided to leave it in for that reason.
Would be nice if it turned out to be a key driving point of the story which we had all missed. After all, there's meant to be something in ep.1 that gives the game away ...
I'm sure Moffat will be berated for not explaining it by the end of the series, when there is nothing to be explained.
Perhaps they really do have red eyes? The camera isn't fooled by the perception filters they have placed on themselves, so the true colour comes through...
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Was that a joke??
If not then: *FACEPALM*
Was what bit a joke, it being an accident or it being deliberate? When I saw it I thought, whoa..terrible lens flare, why did they leave that in, because that's exactly what it looked like...didn't look like a deliberate special effect, looked like lens flare.
Moffat I believe made some statement to the effect that it was deliberate and was supposed to represent some etheral connection being made between Amy and the Doctor, but down to personal choice as to whether you believe that or not, unless it's one of those things that suddenly become relevant in the finale.
Throughout the series the crack has been indicated by white or electric blue light. Whilst the lens flare is blue, the glowing light that created it above the doctor and amys head is orange so as far as I'm concerned it is not related to the crack.
Was what a joke?
Just a bit of post prod mucking about. Tardis blue flowing from the Doctor's half of the screen to Amy's. Not actuallly really there, just hammering home that they've clicked. Didn't look in any way accidental. Part of Moffat's desire for the series to feel "fairy tale". Artistic licence, not a scifi element.
Not to my taste - I prefer these things left to the actors to convey. Using their faces. I remember in Fellowship of the Ring, Bilbo makes a sudden grab for the ring from Frodo. They overlaid an "evil bilbo" rubber/cgi face for a split second to emphasise that his desire for the ring has got the better of him for a moment. Looked a bit silly and the pity is that Ian Holm was perfectly capable of making his own face go all evil for a moment. (Jackson's desire for a "made you jump" moment overcame him I feel.). He made a similar mistake in King Kong with the use of slow-mo in the "billy elliot overhears they're going to skull island" moment. Distracting post prod trickery. But here the blue light was just a moment and didn't make me wince, just a bit "laying it on with a trowel". Anyhoo neither Jackson nor Moffat phone me for my opinion on these things and that's probably for the best....
Also, not doing it would have saved us from a "how does this fit with the arc"? chat as well. So, Moffat - save our sanity and just leave the actors to act this stuff! (joke! chat away, folks!)
But they do cos that's the colour of the retina, innit?