Bolter and Grusin, chapters 7 & 8

I particularly enjoyed the sections on hollywood style and digital compositing. In a well made film, we do not think about the artist time and talent it takes to to make some of the stunts transparent. Some of the lower budget movies and television shows do not have the artistic, or financial means to achieve this. One of my children used to watch the television show the Power Rangers. The stunts were so amusing to me beacuse when the rangers would cut flips, the cables could be seen, and when they would fall during a battle scene, the big blue mats that cushioned their fall could were clearly visible.