Hello Fellow Travelers!
For years now the creators of all things badass have fed us every combination of every action actor walking with fire and/or explosions going on behind them - as if the director is trying hard to remind the audience just how "badass" the particular actor is. Like, "she's walking away from exploding objects so she must be dangerous! Or a well paid actress. Either way, boring!
A lot of action driven video involves someone walking very slowly in front of things blowing up. I've never understood that either - if there was an explosion behind me I'd run (or wheel) for the border! North or South! I guess walking non-nonchalantly in front of bomb-like pyrotechnics is supposed to show the rest of us "nervous-nellies" how cool they are. I just always think these people don't have the good sense usually found in goats!
Whatever the reason, actors routinely walk towards the camera seemingly oblivious to the incendiary mayhem going on behind them. We get it. They're really cool. Boring!
What isn't boring? What is visually eye-catching to this cynic? A really big green explosion! I mean huge! Like in the "GOT Season #6 Finale"! It was Emerald City sized! And Emerald City colored! What was so surprising to me was not the explosion itself but the impact that the green color gave to it! Smoke colored smoke is, well, smoky. You can't see anything! An emerald colored, glowing fireball? You can (and want to) see everything!
I'm loving green. As Leslie Caron said in "Gigi", "The best emeralds have the elusive hint of blue." I would say on this explosive annual American holiday, "Look at all the fireworks, especially the green ones with a hint of blue!"
Or, as John Candy commented once when reviewing an action film, "It blew up real good!"
Red, White & Blue and Green?
It's all beautiful when it's on fire!
Happy Independence Day!
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| Barrels of "Wildfire" - Game of Thrones' Nitroglycerine |
For years now the creators of all things badass have fed us every combination of every action actor walking with fire and/or explosions going on behind them - as if the director is trying hard to remind the audience just how "badass" the particular actor is. Like, "she's walking away from exploding objects so she must be dangerous! Or a well paid actress. Either way, boring!
A lot of action driven video involves someone walking very slowly in front of things blowing up. I've never understood that either - if there was an explosion behind me I'd run (or wheel) for the border! North or South! I guess walking non-nonchalantly in front of bomb-like pyrotechnics is supposed to show the rest of us "nervous-nellies" how cool they are. I just always think these people don't have the good sense usually found in goats!
Whatever the reason, actors routinely walk towards the camera seemingly oblivious to the incendiary mayhem going on behind them. We get it. They're really cool. Boring!
What isn't boring? What is visually eye-catching to this cynic? A really big green explosion! I mean huge! Like in the "GOT Season #6 Finale"! It was Emerald City sized! And Emerald City colored! What was so surprising to me was not the explosion itself but the impact that the green color gave to it! Smoke colored smoke is, well, smoky. You can't see anything! An emerald colored, glowing fireball? You can (and want to) see everything!
I'm loving green. As Leslie Caron said in "Gigi", "The best emeralds have the elusive hint of blue." I would say on this explosive annual American holiday, "Look at all the fireworks, especially the green ones with a hint of blue!"
Or, as John Candy commented once when reviewing an action film, "It blew up real good!"
Red, White & Blue and Green?
It's all beautiful when it's on fire!
Happy Independence Day!
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