Robert Wise: Master of the split diopter. Tweet added by Bill "able hours" Scurry @WilliamScurry

Bill "able hours" Scurry

@WilliamScurry

5 years

Robert Wise: Master of the split diopter.

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Duncan Watson

@DuncanWatson8

5 years

@WilliamScurry Cinematographer Richard H. Kline, ASC, might also deserve a mention.

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Bill "able hours" Scurry

@WilliamScurry

5 years

@DuncanWatson8 Yes, thank you for that -- his work on this film, in conjunction with Trumbull, Dykstra, et al, is nothing short of amazing.

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Dana

@79VWGREENBEAN

5 years

@WilliamScurry And don't forget the 2nd boom on those shots! Oh the sound guy 🙄

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Bill "able hours" Scurry

@WilliamScurry

5 years

@79VWGREENBEAN Hah!

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Gaurav

@gauravgjain

5 years

@WilliamScurry @colebrax More necessity than craft though.

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Bill "able hours" Scurry

@WilliamScurry

5 years

@gauravgjain @colebrax I don't know if I'd say that, totally -- maybe equal amounts of each.

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acoro filmes

@acorofilmes

5 years

@WilliamScurry @WrongReel He had a good teacher: Orson Welles used it in his two first films, Wise being editor in both.

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Bill "able hours" Scurry

@WilliamScurry

5 years

@acorofilmes @WrongReel And Welles repaid the favor by voicing over the theatrical trailers back in 1979.

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Nick Michalak, RavensFilm Productions

@RavensFilm

5 years

@WilliamScurry Respect to Cinematographer Richard H. Klein, who we lost last year. He worked with Wise a few times including Star Trek TMP.

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Bill "able hours" Scurry

@WilliamScurry

5 years

@RavensFilm Oh yes, definitely -- my oversight in not dropping that name.

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Adam Rackoff

@AdamRackoff

5 years

@WilliamScurry @skipbolden I love split diopter shots!

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Bill "able hours" Scurry

@WilliamScurry

5 years

@9voltDC He's worth a spinoff.

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Martin Kessler

@MovieKessler

5 years

@WilliamScurry I remember some great split diopter shots in Andromeda Strain too.

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Bill "able hours" Scurry

@WilliamScurry

5 years

@RamzeeRawkz Good call.

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Kurt Alberty

@kurt_alberty

5 years

@WilliamScurry He split dioptered the shit out of TMP for sure

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I'm Nobody 🇺🇦

@blumosquedesign

5 years

@WilliamScurry @skipbolden @vashikoo S.D.A.!

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