Directors Screenshot Challenge! Call the neighbors! Wake the kids! (1 Viewer)

[Jon_Are]

Screenshot #3 Answer: It Happened One Night (1934)
Clue: Heiress
Comment: I like the way the large tree, and its shadow, dominate the frame. I chose an image that included the sign “ladies” but not the one immediately to the right that said “showers”. That’s Claudette Colbert walking left-to-right, hiding her face from you.

Correct answers pre-clue (2 points):
Bill McA
Mary M S
Ray H
Jeremy Stockwell
SteveGon
Brook K

Correct answers post-clue (1 point):
george kaplan
Martin Teller

Other guesses:
The Grapes of Wrath (x3)
High Sierra

Funny guesses:
None

LEADER BOARD:
george kaplan – 3
Brook K – 3
Martin Teller – 2
Bill McA - 2
Mary M S - 2
Ray H - 2
Jeremy Stockwell - 2
Steve Gon - 2

 

[Jon_Are]

Screenshot #4:
(Clue tomorrow morning)

 

[Jon_Are]

Screenshot #4 Clue: Mexico.

(correct answer now worth 1 point)

Answer and next shot tomorrow morning.

Jon

 

[Jon_Are]

Screenshot #4 Answer: The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)
Clue: Mexico
Comment: This memorable shot from an excellent semi-obscure film appeals to me because it’s such a powerful and unforgettable image. The hot-head is a corpse, though he looks very much alive here. That’s Tommy Lee Jones on the right. If you’ve seen this film, I imagine you wouldn’t have too much trouble placing this scene.

Correct answers pre-clue (2 points):
Neil Middlemiss
Elizabeth S

Correct answers post-clue (1 point):
Jeremy Stockwell

Other guesses:
Mummy Returns
Desperado
From Dust Till Dawn

Funny guesses:
Guess Who’s Coming [as] Dinner (a point for Mary M S!)

LEADER BOARD:
george kaplan – 3
Brook K – 3
Jeremy Stockwell – 3
Mary M S - 3
Neil Middlemiss – 2
Elizabeth S - 2
Martin Teller – 2
Bill McA - 2
Ray H - 2
Steve Gon - 2

 

[Jon_Are]

Screenshot #5:
(Clue tomorrow morning)

 

[Mary M S]

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Thanks for the reminding of a film I have wanted to hunt up!
[and the point for being a goofus, have a feeling I’ll need all those I can get.
I’m not very good at this type game!]
Could have sworn that was Jason Robard’s in profile and was racking my brains, Robards was in many movies South of the B.

 

[Martin Teller]

I saw it a mere 6 months ago and have no memory of that scene at all :frowning:

 

[Jon_Are]

Screenshot #5 Clue: Affair.

(correct answer now worth 1 point)

Answer and next shot tomorrow morning.

Jon

 

[Jon_Are]

Attention!

The three-point bonus is awarded to Bill McA, who was the first to notice that each of my films contain a number in the title.

Very astute, Mr. Bill !!

Jon

 

[Jon_Are]

Note on the bonus points:

As you know, I set this up as a 12-shot challenge. I had twelve films selected, each including a number from 1 through 12.

Because Bill McA cracked the code, the remainder of the challenge would likely be too easy as y'all know that each title will contain a number.

However, I don't want to abandon my scheme altogether.

So, for the rest of the challenge - seven more shots - approximately half () will be of the films I originally selected (that is, containing a number) and the others will be simply frames that I find interesting to look at.

Hope you're all having as much fun as I am.

Jon

 

[Jon_Are]

Screenshot #5 Answer: “10” (1979)
Clue: Affair
Comment: Can you make out that that’s Dudley Moore being piggy-backed across the beach? I wasn’t sure if he is recognizable in this shot. I purposely cut off Bo Derek’s head and left the remainder of her body in the foreground. I struggled to come up with a good clue for this one. Ravel? Bolero? Telescope? All too obvious, I decided.

Bonus (3 points):
Bill McA

Correct answers pre-clue (2 points):
Elizabeth S
Ray H
Martin Teller
Bill McA

Correct answers post-clue (1 point):
Neil J
M

Other guesses:
Weekend at Bernie’s (x2)
Weekend at Bernies 2
Rain Man
Seven Year Itch

Funny guesses: (all by Mary M S)
Wallace & Grommit in The Curse of the Human Hump
The Thing (on my back) (1 point)
Men in Back
Austin Powers the Spy Who Rode Me
The Man Wears Humans


LEADER BOARD:
Bill McA - 7
Elizabeth S - 4
Martin Teller – 4
Ray H – 4
Mary M S - 4
george kaplan – 3
Brook K – 3
Jeremy Stockwell – 3
Neil Middlemiss – 2
Steve Gon – 2
Neil J – 1
M - 1

 

[Jon_Are]

Screenshot #6:
(Clue tomorrow morning)

 

[Bill McA]

 

[JohnRice]

Hey, wait a minute. I'm not aware of any movie ever made with an AR of 1.5:1.

 

[Jeremy Stockwell]

Well, '10' doesn't have an AR of 2.07 either. He already said that he intentionally cut off Bo Derek's head in that last shot.

I don't think that we can use the aspect ratio as a clue this time around, fellas.

 

[JohnRice]

No matter. I'm about 99% sure I got it right anyway.

 

[Jon_Are]

Alright, this is weird. Something in my screen capture or editing software is changing the dimensions of my shots.

Assume the above shot is 1.85:1; change your guess if you'd like to based on that info.

I didn't mean to suggest that I cut Bo's head off (although I can see that that's the impression I gave); merely that I chose a shot that did not include her head. I wouldn't purposely change the aspect ratio.

Anyway, I'll try and figure out what I'm doing wrong.

Sorry for the confusion.

Jon

 

[JohnRice]

Jon, what you have above is a full-frame, uncorrected anamorphic image. To get the correct AR, you have to change the existing AR from 1.5:1 to 16:9, then crop off the small bit of black at the top and bottom, and you will have a 1:85 image.

This is the same thing I get when I capture images.

 

[Jon_Are]

Image fixed, I think.

Better?

(thanks, John)

 

[Jon_Are]

Screenshot #6 Clue: Dudes.

(correct answer now worth 1 point)

Answer and next shot tomorrow morning.

Jon