Tuesday, July 7, 2009
one thing that bugs me
OK...there are many things that bug me, and this is merely one, but I thought I would share. Have you ever noticed that in almost every commercial or movie where a scene takes place at night, the streets are ALWAYS wet. As if it had just rained. You see this most often in car commercials, as the car, truck, or SUV is moving through a hip, urban setting, and everything looks fresh and new because the ground all around them is perfectly and symmetrically wet...but there's no puddles, that would be ugly. It's as if they're trying to say that it rained right before the car came whisking through the cameras purview...like it rained just a little bit...just enough to get every square inch of pavement wet...and then stopped abruptly. Don't get me wrong. This is not one of things things that I stay up at night worrying about. Let's just call it a mild annoyance. I'd bet that many of you reading this haven't the slightest idea what I'm talking about. So I would like to challenge you to see this for yourself. Pay very close attention for the next week. Try to find an instance in a commercial or movie that DOES NOT mimic what I just described to you. If you've never noticed that this is the case, I think you'll be astounded at how prevalent it actually is. Thanks...that is all.
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Yes, I completely agree!
I just happened to be thinking about this today (the issue of wetness at night) and randomly fell on your blog while doing research for my writing, on google. I was trying to figure out if in real life it really is that wet on average at night, and if so, when that happens? At sunset? at some point before dawn I guess. Is it from the clouds or from leaves exuding moisture?
Anyways, its totally true about it being wet at night on tv/film. Thanks for your post.
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