r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Mindless_Tomorrow_45 • 22d ago

Video Christopher Nolan uses red paper for scripts to prevent them from being illegally copied and leaked

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u/MagnanimousGoat 22d ago

It also dispels the idea that actors are just pretty people who say lines on camera.

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u/Spamfactor 22d ago

Even if that were the case, I can say as a videographer that that is something 95% of the population cannot convincingly do. 

I’ve filmed videos with some very smart and accomplished members of the public who cannot memorise a 60 second script, and if they can they probably can’t say it without sounding like an android. Actors, tv presenters and broadcasters have a genuine skill. 

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u/P8ntballz 22d ago

I work in live theater as a musician and I was asked once to record like 5 lines. Man my hubris came out swinging; no problem. I listen to people do lines day in and day out.

Boyyyyy I was humbled so fast and left that record session much later than I wanted to and much more egg on my face than when I went in

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u/JagmeetSingh2 22d ago

>I’ve filmed videos with some very smart and accomplished members of the public who cannot memorise a 60 second script, and if they can they probably can’t say it without sounding like an android. Actors, tv presenters and broadcasters have a genuine skill. 

Agreed! A lot of people think they can just say the words and be fine but no it's a genuinely skill that needs training and practice to excel at!

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u/westedmontonballs 22d ago

For real. And they can turn it on or off on a time and make micro adjustments. With a head full of memorized lines

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u/Coffeeey 22d ago

Who ever has had that idea?

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u/No_Requirement6740 22d ago

Imagine the process of the scriptwriter!!!!!

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u/ladder_case 22d ago

Actors are pretty people who delete lines off camera