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[SPEC] Description of new footage?
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Mr. Mania
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 		[SPEC] Description of new footage?
from imdb forum
I was scrolling on the IMDb Cloverfield forum, and of course, I dug up a thread that was barely two days old. It evoked hardly any response - maybe because it's so different and it could be true? The user isn't a troll at all - so maybe?

(This could also be very fake. I have no clue.)

Here it is:



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I looked around me. Dimming were the lights above, the show about to begin. I was the first to actually see any *real* footage from *Cloverfield*.

A fuzzy sound. The screen ahead flickered on, the face of Rob, the most recognized face on the planet as of now. Known from the splurge of viral marketing extravaganza. He looked into the camera, his face almost at an end. He's had enough of whatever happened here. A roar. In the distance? Maybe. Close? Could be.

We don't know. We do know that Rob, an innocent civilian, has been terrorized this night beyond anything. His dialogue isn't over the top, it isn't terrible, either. Fast forward to the main clip:

The camera pointed at a building and then slowly panning out: cars flipped over, a wreck having been done onto New York. Voices from the background, "I don't know! I don't!" he says, his voice higher than Mickey Mouse on Cocaine. "You said you saw it!" -- obviously from a male.

"I said I caught a glimpse it. I never said I saw it."

Pan around, with the camera, catching a glimpse of Vogel, Stahl, and some others. They're jogging down a street, trying to catch their breath. A crowd is forming ahead. Just then, another fast forward, obviously the same scene. The team is now walking through an array of destroyed buildings, mass panic. Suddenly, more people fill the streets, including a touch of tanks, military, and someone screaming into what looks like a radio.

"I need everyone. Everything. (A brief pause).. anyone."

Everyone is now running ahead - filling the streets. The camera touching on every single person. Then, the camera turns, someone in the crowd screams "What the hell!" at the top of his lungs, the camera turns a bit, the handler looking to what's behind, catching a glimpse of whatever this thing is . A helicopter is flying over the group and toward the monster -- before it even gets to the inferno blazing below --

..two claws jump up -- the camera dancing away -- blurring -- running -- screaming -- shouting -- and then arching back into position to see: the helicopter ripped apart -- flying in each direction -- some of it heading for the crowd..

..And at this point, the clip sped up. Rob and the others running down a street. Looking back as people are swallowed into a giant shadow of dust, debree and whatever the hell there is.

Another clip: Eight men in biohazard suits depart from a helicopter, heading straight for a tent. The camera zooms in on them.

The lights started to live nd the clip was almost over. Before the end, we're back with Rob against that classic brick wall:

"If you find this video - My name is - (the camera blurs, taking us to):

In white letters, across the screen: CLOVERFIELD.


The original thread on IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1060277/board/thread/93667296?d=93667296#93667296

edit to add tag and subject description ~rose

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 		sweet. i can believe it. could of done without the whole " i was sitting in the dark, waiting for the show to start" thing.

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 		Probably trying to set a certain mood for the reader.

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 		I preferred the crab picture, it was more realistic than this.

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 		That guy is a TERRIBLE writer. His keyboard should be broken in half. Broken. In half. Smashed. In two. The keys should land upon the ground, almost as if hail rained down. From the skies. The open skies.


Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

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 		The description is of pans and camera moves that are professional quality. This is a movie shot from a handheld DV camera.

Thus, this fails the plausibility test right there.
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Euchre wrote:
The description is of pans and camera moves that are professional quality. This is a movie shot from a handheld DV camera.

Thus, this fails the plausibility test right there.
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Yeah I'm hoping Hud's just pointing at the ground half the time, that would add to the realism

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 		Actually, from some of the stuff I've heard the handheld shots were actually done by professionals and not the actor who plays HUD. It would make more sense to do it that way rather than Blair Witch style. Plus, just because the writer used professional terms doesn't mean anything one way or another. Smile He could be just trying to explain in words that make sense to moviegoers.

I think this "scene" is the most plausible leak I've heard so far, just because it covers information we haven't had before without really referencing the existing footage. It would make sense that they would screen the next scene in the movie (after the bodega) without spoiling much of the story. So, it's real or it's a better thought out hoax post than we've seen yet.

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m_talon wrote:
Actually, from some of the stuff I've heard the handheld shots were actually done by professionals and not the actor who plays HUD.


Yep check the callsheet that lists HUD costumes for 3 other guys,
Two of them are probably the Director of Photography and the Director, not sure about 'Chris' might be a stuntman.

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 		You lost me at IMDB.

Worse than Wikipedia.

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m_talon wrote:
Actually, from some of the stuff I've heard the handheld shots were actually done by professionals and not the actor who plays HUD. It would make more sense to do it that way rather than Blair Witch style. Plus, just because the writer used professional terms doesn't mean anything one way or another. Smile He could be just trying to explain in words that make sense to moviegoers.

Yes, some shots if not most were done by a pro, but in an intentionally amateur style. You really want to believe this, but that's a pattern I've come to expect from most people just dying for the stimulus of sensational things.
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I think this "scene" is the most plausible leak I've heard so far, just because it covers information we haven't had before without really referencing the existing footage. It would make sense that they would screen the next scene in the movie (after the bodega) without spoiling much of the story. So, it's real or it's a better thought out hoax post than we've seen yet.

That at least is a pretty accurate statement. As a hoax it would mean the didn't do the usual thing of rehashing what we've already seen and know. That's only part of what it takes to come up with a plausible hoax though, as the details that do match have to do so very well. That being the case...

Our characters have never shown any sign of trying to be 'heroes'. The military is characterized as trying to get and keep civilians away from the carnage. This description suggests they are trying to rally everyone to fight. Non-sequitur.
Lastly, we still have only seen helicopters as evacuation vehicles, no attack helicopters. The aerial attacks have been jets. With $35 million to make the movie, they couldn't afford a full fleet of aircraft.
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Euchre wrote:
You really want to believe this, but that's a pattern I've come to expect from most people just dying for the stimulus of sensational things.


Not me, I just don't get any stimulus from debunking stuff.


As far as helicopters, they might only have filmed a single real one in the airlift, either reshooting it or CG for the others.
Those planes are not real.

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Slusho Addict wrote:
Euchre wrote:
You really want to believe this, but that's a pattern I've come to expect from most people just dying for the stimulus of sensational things.


Not me, I just don't get any stimulus from debunking stuff.

But of course, I do. Very Happy
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As far as helicopters, they might only have filmed a single real one in the airlift, either reshooting it or CG for the others.
Those planes are not real.

Indeed, those are either models or CGI. Each object you have to define in CGI means more time, more effort, and thus more money. I think we won't see too much more footage of effects action than we've already seen, with the exception of the monster itself.
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Euchre wrote:

But of course, I do. Very Happy


You would probably enjoy Phil Plait's Bad Astronomy blog if you don't already. He spends a lot of time debunking crackpots and kooks. Good times.

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Euchre wrote:

Indeed, those are either models or CGI. Each object you have to define in CGI means more time, more effort, and thus more money. I think we won't see too much more footage of effects action than we've already seen, with the exception of the monster itself.


I think the amount of work they'll have to do recreating the ruined city will be huge, maybe more so than the monster.
I think you'll be plesantly surprised, unless they end up spending half the film underground.

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