Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!sri-spam!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!winfree.UUCP!uucp
From: uucp@winfree.UUCP.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.ai.digest
Subject: Submission for comp-ai-digest
Message-ID: <8706271341.AA09076@winfree.n3eua.cos.ampr.n3eua.cos.ampr>
Date: Sat, 27-Jun-87 09:41:23 EDT
Article-I.D.: winfree.8706271341.AA09076
Posted: Sat Jun 27 09:41:23 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 3-Jul-87 06:40:37 EDT
Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU
Distribution: world
Organization: The ARPA Internet
Lines: 25
Approved: ailist@stripe.sri.com

Path: winfree!hp-lsd!hpldola!ben
From: ben@hpldola.HP.COM (Benjamin Ellsworth)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.digest
Subject: Re: Why Did The $6,000,000 Man Run So Slowly?
Message-ID: <13330001@hpldola.HP.COM>
Date: 26 Jun 87 20:42:14 GMT
References: <870615144826.2.NICHAEL@BUBBAROMDOS.PALLADIAN.COM>
Organization: HP Logic Design Oper. -ColoSpgs
Lines: 15


From my film classes at school, I had gathered that the reason that the
action sequences in Kung Fu were slowed down for emphasis.  When you
slow a scene down, whatever the content, you emphasize the action of
that scene.  This is especially effective for violent action.  Any good
anti-hunting film will slow down any shots of an actual Bambi kill.
The effect of slowing is to force the viewer to perceive the action in
more detail (and hence with greater emphasis) than he/she could view it
at normal speed.  Speeding up a scene has the opposite effect.

Benjamin Ellsworth
hplabs!hpldola!ben

*** This posting is about the use of temporal distortion in film
    making, not a statement regarding the morality of hunting.