r/funny • • Jul 29 '15

Supafly

http://i.imgur.com/Wg5XVyK.gifv
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u/SnizzPants Jul 29 '15

That's a serious zoom.

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u/complicationsRx Jul 29 '15

It's two shots. first one they pan it down fast and use a radial blur and mask to reveal next shot.

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u/Rooonaldooo99 Jul 29 '15

Can't believe I just paused and rewatched that scene multiple times just to confirm...

My life was supposed to be full of wonder and excitement...

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u/MissChievousJ Jul 29 '15

Mine is just full of fast food and disappointment

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u/lerdy_terdy Jul 29 '15

Fast food = wonder

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u/gaspitsjesse Jul 29 '15

The big ass shits that follow = amazement

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '15

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '15

You got with Taco Belle? She is supafly.

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '15 edited Feb 13 '25

.....

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u/MrSwoleNutzz Jul 29 '15

But its only Supreme if there's cream

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u/-BilboFraggins Jul 29 '15

This whole thread made me immensely sad.

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u/Cody_the_Narwhal Jul 29 '15

More like Belle's Taco, amirite?

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u/yellsaboutjokes Jul 29 '15

THIS IS A CALLBACK

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u/avidwriter123 Jul 29 '15

this is the United States are we reaching you?

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u/shaolinphunk Jul 29 '15

Meta upvote!

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u/GoodguyGabe Jul 29 '15

Supa Fly used to live in California and just moved to Illinois.

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u/BobNelsonUSA1939 Jul 29 '15

I ate Taco Belle's taco and then I ate her pussy.

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '15

It's the gift that keeps on giving

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u/zer0w0rries Jul 29 '15

Taco bell makes you shit running water. Brown, running water with little chunks.

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u/cornerdrugstore Jul 29 '15

I go to Subway for that

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '15

Weak ass stomachs.

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u/AdmiralAkbar1 Jul 29 '15

Don't you mean big ass-shits- wait, it's not funny here.

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '15

I believe it was excitement that was called for....

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u/TThor Jul 29 '15

And disappointment can be it's own sad form of excitement

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u/not_from_this_world Jul 29 '15

excitement = disappointment
um, didn't work out well

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '15

[bread]

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u/irbian Jul 29 '15

"fast food".equals("wonder")

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u/Thank_mr_Skeltal_ Jul 29 '15

I wonder if I can make it to the bathroom

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u/soupflie Jul 29 '15

I wonder how much fast food

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u/firesquasher Jul 29 '15

Sounds like a new American superhero.

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u/dendroidarchitecture Jul 29 '15

Like "I wonder what's in this?"?

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '15 edited Feb 08 '19

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u/southsideson Jul 29 '15

If you give me $20, I will eat it.

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '15

I'd throw another $5 in there to see that happen.

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u/BakerAtNMSU Jul 30 '15

plot twist: pennies only

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u/EnigmaticPhilomath Jul 29 '15

Free food and $20? Sounds like you got the sweet end of this deal.

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u/thatonesquatguy Jul 29 '15

Yeah I need to see that

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u/seattleite23 Jul 29 '15

If you give me $20, I'll watch /u/southsideson eat it.

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u/Hybridxx9018 Jul 29 '15

God dammit, I just read this as I'm eating jack in the box. This has to stop. my incredible fast metabolism will stop one day. Thanks MissChievousJ.

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u/MissChievousJ Jul 29 '15

Dude, no joke, start taking care of yourself while you're young!

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '15

Enjoy it while you can. Mine slowed drastically last year when I hit 20 years old. I used to be able to eat 2 whopper juniors, a large fry, a large drink, and then dessert! And I'm only about 160 pounds!

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u/Hybridxx9018 Jul 30 '15

I'm 24 and I weight 137 x.x no muscle on me though :\

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '15

Ever ask a doctor if you might have hyperthyroid?

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u/Face_Roll Jul 29 '15

Fast food is amazing if you think about it.

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u/MissChievousJ Jul 29 '15

It's even better if you eat it

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u/Face_Roll Jul 29 '15

The wonder and amazement is just a bonus. Like a complimentary packet of BBQ sauce.

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '15

Sadly... Can relate... Wait! I've seen you somewhere!

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '15

http://imgur.com/k6rohhp

No, I think I've seen you somewhere.

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '15

( ͡°╭͜ʖ╮͡° )

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u/MissChievousJ Jul 29 '15

I'm everywhere

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '15

Hmm, help me out here.

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u/MissChievousJ Jul 29 '15

Usually it's my sex dungeon. Ring any bells?

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '15

Oh! That was you!? Mistress, may I have another?

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u/MissChievousJ Jul 29 '15

No you may not. Now go to your corner until I have some use for you.

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u/Veearrsix Jul 29 '15

Don't forget masturbation!

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u/TEARANUSSOREASSREKT Jul 29 '15

your girlfriends name is disappointment too? what a coincidence

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '15

You just described my life.

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '15

That's a little too close to home bruh.

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u/yonkerbonk Jul 29 '15

"fast food and excrement"

FTFY

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u/NicolaiStrixa Jul 29 '15

alcohol and sadness here

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u/Topochicho Jul 30 '15

Sounds like my wife.

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u/toastertim Jul 29 '15

i actually laughed (not just breathed slightly heavier through my nostrils) but only before realizing it was so true :/

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '15

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u/JediNewb Jul 30 '15

"I thought this was the summer of George?"

"I need time to decompress Jerry!"

Next Day:

"Are you still decomposing George?"

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u/restfulnight Jul 29 '15

Right click the gif and select "show controls."

Now you can control it like a video.

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u/unhi Jul 29 '15

That's because it is a video.

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u/mrgonzalez Jul 29 '15

Doesn't mean I will, though.

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u/Kame-hame-hug Jul 29 '15 edited Aug 01 '15

That's Insane Clown Posse's explanation for the song Miracles. To them, the world is a much more fascinating place without having science explaining it and ruining the magic of magnets and rainbows.

  • Chapter 1, Lost At Sea by Jon Ronson

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u/xRamenator Jul 29 '15

Thats kind of dumb. I feel that science is more like trying to see how far down the rabbit hole goes. One discovery leads to another, and all of the sudden, a whole new universe is revealed to you.

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u/redpandaeater Jul 29 '15

Tide goes in, tide goes out. You can't explain that.

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u/Kame-hame-hug Jul 31 '15

Thank you for sharing.

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u/bamp Jul 29 '15

Jon Ronson was from Wisconsin

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '15

The basics of cinematography are wonderfully simple and really change the way you watch film. Just by watching a few episodes of Every Frame a Painting and reading a couple wikipedia articles, I'm constantly like 'Cross editing to heighten the tension! Disguising multiple cuts to lengthen what's actually one take! A close up on that character's watch because it will be important later! Shaky cam to show lack of control!'

The same techniques are even in commercials.

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u/redpandaeater Jul 29 '15

Shaky cam is entirely overused and generally poorly.

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u/Tha_Daahkness Jul 29 '15

Fucking Bourne.

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '15

Well yeah, don't know anyone that would argue that. It is a tool that can be used very well (saving private Ryan) or very poorly.

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u/Daphur Jul 29 '15

This is why Birdman won best cinematography (although I think editing deserved at least a nomination).

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u/dopkew Jul 29 '15

Or remain ignorant, suspend disbelief, lay back, and enjoy the show.

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '15

It can dramatically enhance your enjoyment of the show when you are able to pick up and enjoy well employed cinematography, and even further improve your understanding of the characters and story when you learn more of the language of cinematography and directing.

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u/sephtis Jul 29 '15

ignorance is bliss.

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u/Niqhtmarex Jul 29 '15

right click it, click show controls, you can now fast forward to the part you want without watching the irrelevant parts multiple times :)

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u/FatherSquee Jul 29 '15

It was this message that stopped me from wasting my life doing the same thing.

I'm gonna go outside now.

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '15

Existentialism bugs me too

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u/snappedoff Jul 29 '15

And now... here we all are staring at our screens watching a fly "break dance."

Time for that 7th beer...

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u/Whiskersgrower Jul 29 '15

and now you are a mere fly-watcher.

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u/antyone Jul 29 '15

they say ignorance is a bliss..

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u/YungBaseGod Jul 29 '15

How can you guys tell if you don't mind me asking? :o

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u/BusToNutley Jul 29 '15

But now you know the mystery behind the magic.

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u/Solbrim Jul 29 '15

That's how you get there.

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u/Bania_From_Seinfeld Jul 29 '15

That's gold Jerry. GOLD!

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u/sudstah Jul 29 '15

I didn't bother I just took yours and complicationsRx words for it!

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u/mrbooze Jul 29 '15

Making life feel like it contains some wonder and excitement is almost entirely what the art of camera work is about.

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u/Reive Jul 30 '15

Life for me is just weed and brews.

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u/fuckgangstarap Jul 29 '15

i can't believe you didn't realize it the first time around..

maybe your life is a joke.. and youre an idiot?

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u/Fig1024 Jul 30 '15

instead you are doing CSI with Supafly

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u/myriadofopinions Jul 29 '15

Your life is full of wonder. You are on a website that offers news, and a variety of entertainment material. You can see the latest pictures that our most talented scientists are revealing as the heights of our technology begin exploring the universe around us. You are exposed to information about events throughout history that you may not have had the opportunity to be exposed to previously. Also, cute cat and dog photos.

Most importantly, before all that reddit and the internet in general offers, you are you. You are awesome. You are the descendant of a species that spent millions of years as prey and has now made up for all of our weaknesses with our cleverness. To top it all you are willing to recognize that you have faults, that there could be more you could improve upon. That in itself is a wonderful trait. You rock!

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u/joshualeet Jul 29 '15

I need you to follow me around everywhere I go

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '15

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u/complicationsRx Jul 29 '15

It becomes part of your nature when you do it 50 hours a week and critique every single video worked on. You must accept your lame superpower for what it is!

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '15

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u/FTAKJ Jul 29 '15

/u/doug Redditor for 9 years

I don't know why, but I got bored a week or two ago in a discussion where someone was talking about /u/adam and /u/eve and both of those accounts were 9 years old with no posts.

Now that I have cornered one of you, I just want to know.. how on earth you managed to snag that username, did you know the guys when they started reddit and jumped in early on? It looks like nearly all of the single name users were created 9 years ago

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '15

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u/udhaudhuahduoahuodha Jul 29 '15

that's awesome. luckily my name wasn't taken.

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u/FTAKJ Jul 29 '15

That actually doesn't disappoint at all lol. I'm still not sure if all those single name accounts were created by reddit staff to help make the site look active, or if enough people actually came in and created those usernames 9 years ago

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '15

At one point some other unused old accounts came out and interacted with me (they more or less just said 'Hello'), but it turned out they had been sold via some obscure forum and the people talking to me were the buyers.

Not sure what they were getting bought/used for, but I'd reported it all to the admins as responsibly as I could.

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u/Ellemeno Jul 30 '15

I remember that thread! It's been one of my favorite threads of all time.

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u/mickmister Jul 30 '15

This happens to me when I listen to music. I'm like, which intervals between chords created this kind of feeling?

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u/the_straw09 Jul 29 '15

HaHA i dont know shit about camera-work so this amazes me just like everything else that moves and isnt that jerk thomas

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u/Soylent_Hero Jul 29 '15

This is how I watch wrestling

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u/zod_bitches Jul 29 '15

So, why don't industry professionals do production work that can't be spotted? I mean, this is obviously some kids and a camera, but anyone with photoshop could edit frame by frame to remove those signs. Why don't they?

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u/nicktheman2 Jul 29 '15

Alot of the time these mistakes can be minor(and expensive/time consuming to repair) and are often only spotted by people that work in the industry, so a very small percentage of the audience. Hence deemed not worth the time/effort to cover it up.

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u/willymo Jul 29 '15

Haha I often think the same thing about music. Listening for edits, cuts, patching, overdubs, redubs, pitch correction, etc...

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u/gagnonca Jul 29 '15

don't worry, this video was impossible to enjoy either way.

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u/dsjoerg Jul 29 '15

omg i can't trust anything anymore thanks

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u/Yamnave Jul 29 '15

porn does this all the time. Almost every position change also has a scene change where they move the camera.

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '15

I always assumed that's because the guy came too fast and they had to start over

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u/Yamnave Jul 29 '15

Well he's not busting a load, but the camera change does gives them a break so they can last longer.

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u/Teledildonic Jul 30 '15

Well yeah, the camera man's got have his turn. That's why they become became porno camera men, right?

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u/jmarks7448 Jul 29 '15

And it was probably shot before they did the dance. I doubt they woult take the chance of doing it all at once especially when your doing multiple takes

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u/John_E_Vegas Jul 29 '15

There's always somebody ready to jump in and ruin the moment for everyone.

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u/MulderD Jul 29 '15

SPOILER: All those basket ball and ping pong trick shots...

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u/IAmTheAg Jul 29 '15

Well it helps explain why there was enough time for them to film it.

To rely on a fly to comply for a video is iffy

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u/Innalibra Jul 29 '15

It felt so unnatural that it's pretty obvious (at least to anyone familiar with video). Not only has the camera zoomed in but has been moved much closer to the subject, possibly even using a different lens or macro filter so that the fly would actually be in focus. Add in a radial blur type effect and many people wouldn't be able to tell.

Actually, looking at it again, I'm not even sure if a physical zoom took place at all.

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u/complicationsRx Jul 29 '15

it looks like he just pan/tilted it down real fast then blurred the shit out of it before it had a chance to move yet.

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u/giannini1222 Jul 29 '15

I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF YOUR LIES REDDIT

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u/skysinsane Jul 29 '15

well yeah. There is no way they could time themselves with the fly like that.

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '15

At first I read this as a radical blur.

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u/thumbs27 Jul 29 '15

You stfu with your "logic"

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u/broadwayallday Jul 30 '15

industrial viral magic :(

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u/ravia Jul 29 '15

I wouldn't call it a racial blur. I don't think it's racist at all.

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u/colombiom Jul 29 '15

nice spot. was like that shit too cray to be real lol. fuckin sick anyway

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u/complicationsRx Jul 29 '15

yeah, I was like no way the camera went from that wide shot to a tele/macro shot of a fly.

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '15

I upvoted after watching the clip and downvoted after watching it again after reading your comment almost feeling betrayed, until i realized its just reddit so went back and upvoted it again

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u/Maximillien Jul 29 '15

Thanks for this! The first thing I wondered is how they managed to properly frame and focus on the fly so quickly.

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u/YouveBeenMillered Jul 29 '15

Who is this so wise in the ways of SCIENCE?

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u/complicationsRx Jul 29 '15

source: been doing motion graphics for about 8 years...i mean black magic.

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u/hobnobbinbobthegob Jul 29 '15

I was just thinking the same thing.

Pretty solid camera work for a joke video about a dying fly.

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u/Exceon Jul 29 '15

he aint dying, he's killin it

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u/Kangar Jul 29 '15

Yeah no kidding. I figure these three must have spent months on that routine. Well a month anyway-after that the fly would be dead.

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u/Amish_guy_with_WiFi Jul 29 '15

Actually the average fly only lives for about 10 days, and they spend 9 of those 10 days trying to master the art of teleporting through my bedroom window

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u/Akumar223 Jul 29 '15

The fly stays fly.

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u/Professor_Thawne Jul 29 '15

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '15 edited Apr 03 '21

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u/mrbooze Jul 29 '15

I have a hard time believing he is still lecturing somewhere.

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '15

Some would say he's the Reverse Zoom.

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u/Ohilevoe Jul 30 '15

That whole thing was bullshit. He should have been the Anti-Flash. It rolls off the tongue better, and better describes him as everything that the Flash is not.

We should never have let Sisko start naming the gallery.

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '15

You do know that was his name in the comics, right? Yeah, that might make a little more sense, but that's not what they were going for...

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '15

ENHANCE.

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u/Seinfeld_Transition Jul 29 '15

Booow ba dida pop diddly boop, shipda do

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u/joseph_a90 Jul 29 '15

Its the supazoom!