Comments on: Motion Picture Soundtrack: “Spybreak” http://popdose.com/motion-picture-soundtrack-spybreak/ your daily dose of pop culture Fri, 25 May 2012 17:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: arensbhttp://popdose.com/motion-picture-soundtrack-spybreak/comment-page-1/#comment-54150 arensb Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:56:08 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=8255#comment-54150 I've never understood the claim that slow-motion makes action seem faster. To me, slow-motion makes things look slower.<br><br>It does, however, give the audience time to linger over actions that would pass too quickly at full speed, so the moment seems more vivid, like the scene in hundreds of movies where a major character is shot, then falls down in slow motion.<br><br>The reason it works in this scene is that it drags us along with Neo and Trinity, who have the power to bend the Matrix's rules, and can keep track of umpteen different things going on at once. The slow-motion gives us the time to notice things, just like in every FPS since Max Payne. I've never understood the claim that slow-motion makes action seem faster. To me, slow-motion makes things look slower.

It does, however, give the audience time to linger over actions that would pass too quickly at full speed, so the moment seems more vivid, like the scene in hundreds of movies where a major character is shot, then falls down in slow motion.

The reason it works in this scene is that it drags us along with Neo and Trinity, who have the power to bend the Matrix's rules, and can keep track of umpteen different things going on at once. The slow-motion gives us the time to notice things, just like in every FPS since Max Payne.

]]> By: arensbhttp://popdose.com/motion-picture-soundtrack-spybreak/comment-page-1/#comment-41544 arensb Wed, 12 Nov 2008 04:56:08 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=8255#comment-41544 I've never understood the claim that slow-motion makes action seem faster. To me, slow-motion makes things look slower.<br><br>It does, however, give the audience time to linger over actions that would pass too quickly at full speed, so the moment seems more vivid, like the scene in hundreds of movies where a major character is shot, then falls down in slow motion.<br><br>The reason it works in this scene is that it drags us along with Neo and Trinity, who have the power to bend the Matrix's rules, and can keep track of umpteen different things going on at once. The slow-motion gives us the time to notice things, just like in every FPS since Max Payne. I've never understood the claim that slow-motion makes action seem faster. To me, slow-motion makes things look slower.

It does, however, give the audience time to linger over actions that would pass too quickly at full speed, so the moment seems more vivid, like the scene in hundreds of movies where a major character is shot, then falls down in slow motion.

The reason it works in this scene is that it drags us along with Neo and Trinity, who have the power to bend the Matrix's rules, and can keep track of umpteen different things going on at once. The slow-motion gives us the time to notice things, just like in every FPS since Max Payne.

]]> By: arensbhttp://popdose.com/motion-picture-soundtrack-spybreak/comment-page-1/#comment-12824 arensb Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:56:08 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=8255#comment-12824 I've never understood the claim that slow-motion makes action seem faster. To me, slow-motion makes things look slower.<br><br>It does, however, give the audience time to linger over actions that would pass too quickly at full speed, so the moment seems more vivid, like the scene in hundreds of movies where a major character is shot, then falls down in slow motion.<br><br>The reason it works in this scene is that it drags us along with Neo and Trinity, who have the power to bend the Matrix's rules, and can keep track of umpteen different things going on at once. The slow-motion gives us the time to notice things, just like in every FPS since Max Payne. I've never understood the claim that slow-motion makes action seem faster. To me, slow-motion makes things look slower.

It does, however, give the audience time to linger over actions that would pass too quickly at full speed, so the moment seems more vivid, like the scene in hundreds of movies where a major character is shot, then falls down in slow motion.

The reason it works in this scene is that it drags us along with Neo and Trinity, who have the power to bend the Matrix's rules, and can keep track of umpteen different things going on at once. The slow-motion gives us the time to notice things, just like in every FPS since Max Payne.

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