Members SteelCity Posted September 10, 2018 Members Share Posted September 10, 2018 I've actually done this before! I'm a bit of a theatrical personality, so it's suiting. I sometimes face "camera" as well! I also love giant confrontations, sometimes even with a slap, and NO ONE NOTICES! Even in the middle of the party, unless it's plot relevant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members j swift Posted September 10, 2018 Author Members Share Posted September 10, 2018 I wonder if it also requires a dramatic music cue to pull that off? Next time, while facing away, pull out your phone and play an acoustic version of a pop song; or that rattlesnake sound they use on Drag Race. Which reminds me that I'll also never tire of couples with their own theme song that plays every time they enter a room. Liz and Neil (DAYS) must have heard "Friends and Lovers" thousands of times before her affair with Carlo to Springstein's "I'm on Fire". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sindacco Posted September 13, 2018 Members Share Posted September 13, 2018 I will never get tired of villains lurking outside someones house or hiding in the bushes while eavesdropping, all as some evil music is playing in the background. I miss those type of scenes since soaps rarely do them anymore, DAYS was a master at them in the 90s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gray Bunny Posted September 15, 2018 Members Share Posted September 15, 2018 Two Faces East. The classic soap camera shot. I remember learning that term in film school and nobody else could think of a time they’d seen such a shot and here I am thinking: they use this on soap operas ALL the time! I love when villainous characters talk out loud to themselves, particularly in their own home (not sloppily in public) I love when an announcer informs us of a recast too... or the return of an actress from maternity leave (they did a particularly long voiceover announcing KKL’s return to B&B back in ‘97). Two people embracing in a long hug and one or both secretly show their true emotions towards that person during the long embrace. Whenever a show introduces a new set that’s large, expansive, and intricate and you just know they’re proud of their work done and it’s about to get a lot of airtime (sadly, a moment rarely seen nowadays) Joseph Mascolo breaking the fourth wall and saying to us, “It’s good to be back.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soaplovers Posted September 15, 2018 Members Share Posted September 15, 2018 Friendship scenes, couples bantering with one another, family scenes, and love men that are shirtless at pool parties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mitch Posted September 15, 2018 Members Share Posted September 15, 2018 A black gloved hand caressing the photo of the next intended vicitm..while off kilter music plays to show that the gloved one is...off kilter...if we know the killer an added plus is a voice over...."Its now time for you to go for a long sleep,,," Marland used to do the door way "Its YOU!" quite often on Friday, but on Monday it would be a normal "Its you" and a friend comes in..I never got tired of the eavesdropping right when someone is about to say who someone's real father or mother is... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members YRfan23 Posted September 15, 2018 Members Share Posted September 15, 2018 How bout when the characters were out to dinner, the Maitre-D had to approach them if they had a phone call they needed to take....now everyone has their cell phones... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Aback Posted September 19, 2018 Members Share Posted September 19, 2018 It was a common shot in Old Hollywood movies. I think soaps borrowed it from that era. (cause it's also very quick and easy to do) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted September 19, 2018 Members Share Posted September 19, 2018 A hot shirtless man....prefer this one.... Please register in order to view this content Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SFK Posted September 20, 2018 Members Share Posted September 20, 2018 Particularly soapy when they implement rack focus, switching from the person in the background to the person in the foreground, vice versa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted September 21, 2018 Members Share Posted September 21, 2018 Female characters in full makeup after an operation. Pouring drinks from cut glass decanters. The bitch slap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gray Bunny Posted September 24, 2018 Members Share Posted September 24, 2018 Temporary recasts. No other form of television does this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoria foxton Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Characters not in the same orbit bumping into each other and making small talk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Antoyne Posted September 24, 2018 Members Share Posted September 24, 2018 The chemistry tests with new leading men/women. It’s always so cheesy and blatantly obvious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted September 26, 2018 Members Share Posted September 26, 2018 The tortuous birthing scene ( in cave, abandoned building, barn etc ) where heroine gets to scream her lungs out while hero offers endless encouragement bedside until infant arrives - tears and embraces follow. Slow motion fall over balcony/out of window/downstairs - cut to terrified onlooker(s) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.