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[Johnnybmoto]

The actuall movie, has a running time of about 1 hour and 14 minutes

[Euchre]

[fredthedeadhead]

I don't think anyone has mentioned the following points. Obviously they're not that likely, but I think they are plausible, which is enough for me.

1) Hud could have quite plausibly swapped out one SD card for another to increase recording time. We didn't see this, because the camera wouldn't be recording him swapping it, whilst there are plenty of time gaps. The same goes for having a spare battery to extend battery life, if he didn't have an extra large battery pack that was bought separately. If he didn't have a bag for the camera, he kept them in his pockets.

2) Regarding the scrambled files, I've had a similar effect on my computer. My hard drive failed and lost the file tables, basically meaning I had a folder of videos that played parts of music and vice versa, and most of my files were complete gibberish. All the files didn't point to the right location on the hard drive.

There is also a good chance that Rob used another camera in April. Hud's camera could have chewed up the original file in some way through incompatibilities in file formats, or one of them was just straight up broken. Taking this to be true, I don't find it hard to believe that after all the knocks that camera went through, combined with the two cameras methods of recording data, that there would be file errors. These errors could then be fixed to the level seen in the film by the military/government (but this fixed footage has not been edited to correct the dates).

3) It seems fairly blatant that Rob's use of "tape" is simply slang, or an error. I don't think his full attention would be on the correct term for the recording device.

4) I think the one suspension of disbelief that is needed is the file quality. I don't think the quality that we saw in cinemas would be at all representative of reality. This seems acceptable, seeing how the film would look awful otherwise.

[skatehimrock]

they could have snagged a card or battery at the closed electronics store.
maybe thats why rob was grabbing a bunch of shit instead of just a cell phone battery.

[suckaH]

[lapierre520]

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[guerra001]

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[Ecks51]

Re: Completely ridiculous: SD card can't be recorded over

[Matt9882]

Abrams and Reeves both stated that several cameras were used for the filming. Think about it logically - it would be nearly impossible to film a movie with one type of CONSUMER camera. The logistics would be horrid, the footage would be a bitch to edit, and the quality would be sub-par. With the multiple takes required to make a movie, you need a bevy of cameras and types of cameras and, taking the fact that this is formatted for the big screen and looks incredible on it, I think they did an outstanding job. Don't let the fact that logistics are a part of the real world convince you that the movie is a dream, and please don't tell us we're out and out wrong if we disagree.

I can't believe we're still talking in this thread. Can we kick-start Paramount a little and get some sort of new Cloverfield content already?

[guerra001]

[Matt9882]

[guerra001]

[Random_kid]

PLEASE for the sake of everyone on the forums let this thread DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!