NTTD Gun Barrel Sequence OOO O O O

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  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    The Spectre one seems fine to me. I see what he means about simple.
  • Posts: 16,169
    I'm glad he's keeping it simple. The SP gunbarrel has become my favorite during the Craig era. I loved the hue of the blood.
  • RyanRyan Canada
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    I'm fine with the SPECTRE one. Personally I'd love a return to the Brosnan era one but if he's keeping it simple then stylistically the SPECTRE one will do.
  • CraigMooreOHMSSCraigMooreOHMSS Dublin, Ireland
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    The SP gunbarrel is the best one Craig has had so far in terms of design. Though, admittedly, the CR one had the most impact. Beautifully done. The QoS and SF ones......eh, not so good.
  • Posts: 6,709
    I loved the way the light moved inside the gunbarrel in the Brosnan era. They could have kept that effect whilst keeping it simple and improving on the graphics.
  • MakeshiftPythonMakeshiftPython “Baja?!”
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    I liked that Kleinman returned to the classic Binder gun barrel, while adding in the new bit of Bond becoming a silhouette like Bob Simmons was in the original.
  • edited October 2020 Posts: 572
    Honestly, in terms of moving forward with a gun barrel style, I'd prefer an updated version of the Brosnan ones. SP feels flat and cheap. I don't like how the gunbarrel image doesn't change with movement. Yes, I know it is imitating the originals, but it just doesn't feel right. It's too glossy and crisp for a flat image to pan slightly to the left without some animation.
  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
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    SPECTRE is Craig’s best Gunbarrel by far. The Binder design should be the only design. Craig’s stance is also finally perfected as well (after an excellent start with CR, QoS and SF were poor).
  • MakeshiftPythonMakeshiftPython “Baja?!”
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    I do agree that the gun barrel in SP looked too "glossy" looking. I've seen a lot of fan edits of inserting Craig into the Brosnan gun barrel, but is there one with the very gun barrel used by Binder, like Dalton's?

    If Binder's version should be used, it ought to be that very image he shot with his pinhole camera, with all the grain intact. Or even just try replicating it by taking a newer photo of the inside of a gun barrel.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    I think Binder's photo only really looked good in the first couple, after that he seemed to use ever-degrading copies of the original until the image became crushed like an old photocopy.
  • MakeshiftPythonMakeshiftPython “Baja?!”
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    I wonder if a negative of the photo was archived. I'd love to see a fresh scan of it.
  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
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    I do agree that the gun barrel in SP looked too "glossy" looking. I've seen a lot of fan edits of inserting Craig into the Brosnan gun barrel, but is there one with the very gun barrel used by Binder, like Dalton's?

    If Binder's version should be used, it ought to be that very image he shot with his pinhole camera, with all the grain intact. Or even just try replicating it by taking a newer photo of the inside of a gun barrel.

    I’d be happy with the Brosnan GB design as well to be fair.
  • MakeshiftPythonMakeshiftPython “Baja?!”
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    I rather not. That’s partly why I liked the SP gun barrel, back to basics without the flashy f/x.
  • Posts: 1,493
    mtm wrote: »
    I think Binder's photo only really looked good in the first couple, after that he seemed to use ever-degrading copies of the original until the image became crushed like an old photocopy.

    The reason for that was that the original negative for each GB was duped (inter-positive which was then used to create a new inter-neg,) for the next film, which meant every time they did that, the quality deteriorated a little. You can see this with Roger Moore's GB from TSWLM (the original new GB shot for that film) and then that GB was duped for MR, FYEO, OP and finally AVTAK. With digital we do not have that same photographic degrade issue which they had back then.

  • Posts: 16,169
    The one element about the Brosnan gunbarrel I don't care for is we don't actually see the last dot enlarge and form into the gunbarrel. The dots move all the way to the right of the screen then the gunbarrel emerges.
    It reminds me of the old pan and scan VHS tapes.
    I tend to wonder why during the Moore era the scope version seems to change background colors. In some it looks pinkish, others yellowish. Perhaps it's the DVD and Blu-ray transfers using faded elements?
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    edited October 2020 Posts: 16,413
    ColonelSun wrote: »
    mtm wrote: »
    I think Binder's photo only really looked good in the first couple, after that he seemed to use ever-degrading copies of the original until the image became crushed like an old photocopy.

    The reason for that was that the original negative for each GB was duped (inter-positive which was then used to create a new inter-neg,) for the next film, which meant every time they did that, the quality deteriorated a little. You can see this with Roger Moore's GB from TSWLM (the original new GB shot for that film) and then that GB was duped for MR, FYEO, OP and finally AVTAK. With digital we do not have that same photographic degrade issue which they had back then.

    I don’t think it was exactly the same sequence repeated, I believe they made it afresh for every movie, I heard an interview with Binder’s assistant where he talked about that. But I assume the image of the gunbarrel itself they used ended up being all sorts of generational copies.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    Posts: 16,413
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    The one element about the Brosnan gunbarrel I don't care for is we don't actually see the last dot enlarge and form into the gunbarrel. The dots move all the way to the right of the screen then the gunbarrel emerges.
    It reminds me of the old pan and scan VHS tapes.

    I think the way the gunbarrel emerges out of the dark, starting from just small reflections in the darkness, is rather brilliant to be honest, and a very clever update of the dot opening up.
  • Posts: 1,493
    mtm wrote: »
    ColonelSun wrote: »
    mtm wrote: »
    I think Binder's photo only really looked good in the first couple, after that he seemed to use ever-degrading copies of the original until the image became crushed like an old photocopy.

    The reason for that was that the original negative for each GB was duped (inter-positive which was then used to create a new inter-neg,) for the next film, which meant every time they did that, the quality deteriorated a little. You can see this with Roger Moore's GB from TSWLM (the original new GB shot for that film) and then that GB was duped for MR, FYEO, OP and finally AVTAK. With digital we do not have that same photographic degrade issue which they had back then.

    I don’t think it was exactly the same sequence repeated, I believe they made it afresh for every movie, I heard an interview with Binder’s assistant where he talked about that. But I assume the image of the gunbarrel itself they used ended up being all sorts of generational copies.

    They re-used the same GB for the first 3 Bonds (which wasn't actually Connery in the GB) and then re-shot for TB with Connery, as we know. They did a dupe (IP - inter-positive and from that an inter-neg) of Connery's same TB live action footage and re-shot the GB optical for YOLT so Bond would be in B/W rather than colour. Of course OHMSS was all new footage. DAF was re-shot GB optical with same Connery footage. LALD was, of course brand new footage and optical, which they duped for TMWTGG. I've spoken about Roger's GBs from TSWLM onwards. TLD was all new, and we duped it for LTK (I was in the cutting rooms and did liaison between editing room and Binder and his team at GSE optical company.) My very good friend, Alan Church, oversaw the GB opticals (it might have been Allan's interview you read). Alan was also brought back to rebuilt the 35mm GB elements for the 4k version of OHMSS. So, yes, it's sort of a combination of re-shooting the optical, and re-suing or re-shooting the live action footage. With Craig, it's all been completely re-shot from scratch each time. Hope that helps.

  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    Posts: 16,413
    ColonelSun wrote: »
    mtm wrote: »
    ColonelSun wrote: »
    mtm wrote: »
    I think Binder's photo only really looked good in the first couple, after that he seemed to use ever-degrading copies of the original until the image became crushed like an old photocopy.

    The reason for that was that the original negative for each GB was duped (inter-positive which was then used to create a new inter-neg,) for the next film, which meant every time they did that, the quality deteriorated a little. You can see this with Roger Moore's GB from TSWLM (the original new GB shot for that film) and then that GB was duped for MR, FYEO, OP and finally AVTAK. With digital we do not have that same photographic degrade issue which they had back then.

    I don’t think it was exactly the same sequence repeated, I believe they made it afresh for every movie, I heard an interview with Binder’s assistant where he talked about that. But I assume the image of the gunbarrel itself they used ended up being all sorts of generational copies.

    They re-used the same GB for the first 3 Bonds (which wasn't actually Connery in the GB) and then re-shot for TB with Connery, as we know. They did a dupe (IP - inter-positive and from that an inter-neg) of Connery's same TB live action footage and re-shot the GB optical for YOLT so Bond would be in B/W rather than colour. Of course OHMSS was all new footage. DAF was re-shot GB optical with same Connery footage. LALD was, of course brand new footage and optical, which they duped for TMWTGG. I've spoken about Roger's GBs from TSWLM onwards. TLD was all new, and we duped it for LTK (I was in the cutting rooms and did liaison between editing room and Binder and his team at GSE optical company.) My very good friend, Alan Church, oversaw the GB opticals (it might have been Allan's interview you read). Alan was also brought back to rebuilt the 35mm GB elements for the 4k version of OHMSS. So, yes, it's sort of a combination of re-shooting the optical, and re-suing or re-shooting the live action footage. With Craig, it's all been completely re-shot from scratch each time. Hope that helps.

    Thanks for that, but are you sure you're not mistaken? Just looking at the LALD and MWTGG gunbarrels you can see the matte line around the central hole is off centre in both, but too far to the left in one and too far to the right in the other; and LTK's can't be simply a dupe of TLD's as Tim looks to be at a different scale from one the other (he's much tighter to the edges of the circle in LTK) and plus of course the animation is different, with the circle opening up in the middle of the screen in LTK. And yes, Mr Church does also say that he remade the opticals for LTK in that interview.
    Obviously the footage of the actors was reused on most occasions, but the actual gunbarrel optical appears to have been remade quite often (although I'm sure it got reused occasionally).
  • Posts: 1,493
    mtm wrote: »
    ColonelSun wrote: »
    mtm wrote: »
    ColonelSun wrote: »
    mtm wrote: »
    I think Binder's photo only really looked good in the first couple, after that he seemed to use ever-degrading copies of the original until the image became crushed like an old photocopy.

    The reason for that was that the original negative for each GB was duped (inter-positive which was then used to create a new inter-neg,) for the next film, which meant every time they did that, the quality deteriorated a little. You can see this with Roger Moore's GB from TSWLM (the original new GB shot for that film) and then that GB was duped for MR, FYEO, OP and finally AVTAK. With digital we do not have that same photographic degrade issue which they had back then.

    I don’t think it was exactly the same sequence repeated, I believe they made it afresh for every movie, I heard an interview with Binder’s assistant where he talked about that. But I assume the image of the gunbarrel itself they used ended up being all sorts of generational copies.

    They re-used the same GB for the first 3 Bonds (which wasn't actually Connery in the GB) and then re-shot for TB with Connery, as we know. They did a dupe (IP - inter-positive and from that an inter-neg) of Connery's same TB live action footage and re-shot the GB optical for YOLT so Bond would be in B/W rather than colour. Of course OHMSS was all new footage. DAF was re-shot GB optical with same Connery footage. LALD was, of course brand new footage and optical, which they duped for TMWTGG. I've spoken about Roger's GBs from TSWLM onwards. TLD was all new, and we duped it for LTK (I was in the cutting rooms and did liaison between editing room and Binder and his team at GSE optical company.) My very good friend, Alan Church, oversaw the GB opticals (it might have been Allan's interview you read). Alan was also brought back to rebuilt the 35mm GB elements for the 4k version of OHMSS. So, yes, it's sort of a combination of re-shooting the optical, and re-suing or re-shooting the live action footage. With Craig, it's all been completely re-shot from scratch each time. Hope that helps.

    Thanks for that, but are you sure you're not mistaken? Just looking at the LALD and MWTGG gunbarrels you can see the matte line around the central hole is off centre in both, but too far to the left in one and too far to the right in the other; and LTK's can't be simply a dupe of TLD's as Tim looks to be at a different scale from one the other (he's much tighter to the edges of the circle in LTK) and plus of course the animation is different, with the circle opening up in the middle of the screen in LTK. And yes, Mr Church does also say that he remade the opticals for LTK in that interview.
    Obviously the footage of the actors was reused on most occasions, but the actual gunbarrel optical appears to have been remade quite often (although I'm sure it got reused occasionally).

    Well, I'm going by memory re: LTK. But the live action footage was from IP, as I've laid out, and some of the GB elements were re-used, and one of the issues is that dupes add more contrast with each copy, which is why the elements would be re-shot. I'll check with Allan, he'll remember exactly.

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    Ah, I stand corrected. I remember now; we used the same Dalton live action take (I'm pretty sure of that), but re-shot the optical because we needed the white dot to move into the right position so it would open and be centred on the radar plane. So a combination of re-shooting the film and optical elements.
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    gonna leave this here (grain of salt and possible spoiler alert



    So if this is true - the gunbarrel following the Norway/Safin attacks young Madeleine and her mother scene - this actually makes a ton of sense. 1. Clearly separate the flashback opening and the present day (right after the events of Spectre, but before the post-main titles 5 Years Later jump) 2. circle back to Casino Royale similarly having a cold open before the gunbarrel and 3. Still having a more traditional pre titles with Bond, that doesn't feel as long as it might (20 mins+) were it not broken up by the gunbarrel.

    Also explains why the cue released by Zimmer has the buildup like Spectre but shorter by half. Would only work in a SP like scenario over the studio logos if there was only one studio logo (MGM). Thi at the end of the Norway sequence would be more akin to leading to a familiar title sequence cue on a TV show.
  • MakeshiftPythonMakeshiftPython “Baja?!”
    edited October 2020 Posts: 8,188
    One thing I noticed with the LTK gun barrel was that the framing of Dalton was slightly different from TLD’s, which tells me either Binder decided to recomposite the gb from scratch just for that film or if it was just a process he had been doing from the very beginning. That would explain why there are different color tones across the films because when reusing the same footage of an actor Binder had been recompositing for every film rather than just doing a copy of the previous one.
  • Posts: 16,169
    One thing I noticed with the LTK gun barrel was that the framing of Dalton was slightly different from TLD’s, which tells me either Binder decided to recomposite the gb from scratch just for that film or if it was just a process he had been doing from the very beginning. That would explain why there are different color tones across the films because when reusing the same footage of an actor Binder had been recompositing for every film rather than just doing a copy of the previous one.

    Good point.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    One thing I noticed with the LTK gun barrel was that the framing of Dalton was slightly different from TLD’s, which tells me either Binder decided to recomposite the gb from scratch just for that film or if it was just a process he had been doing from the very beginning.

    Yes, that's what I said, indeed. As I said, Tim is bigger in the circle in LTK than he is in TLD.
  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
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    mtm wrote: »
    One thing I noticed with the LTK gun barrel was that the framing of Dalton was slightly different from TLD’s, which tells me either Binder decided to recomposite the gb from scratch just for that film or if it was just a process he had been doing from the very beginning.

    Yes, that's what I said, indeed. As I said, Tim is bigger in the circle in LTK than he is in TLD.

    I’ve never noticed that, interesting. Both of Dalton’s GB’s were great.
  • kadeklodtkadeklodt Ottumwa, IA.
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    I'm quite nervous, I have yet to show my version of the No Time To Die gunbarrel, I have hope, cannot use my colorized Daniel Craig's unused pose for the Quantum of Solace movie where he was in a tux.
  • kadeklodtkadeklodt Ottumwa, IA.
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    Never mind, changed it to blue, didn't add the blood yet. definitive_nttd_gunbarrel__2021__by_kadeklodt_de6pynk-fullview.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOiIsImlzcyI6InVybjphcHA6Iiwib2JqIjpbW3siaGVpZ2h0IjoiPD00MzciLCJwYXRoIjoiXC9mXC84YzZhZjNjMi04ZWU2LTQxZmEtOThiYS1mMWQ3MGY1ZDhjMGVcL2RlNnB5bmstY2M0ZjE3YjYtN2NjMy00ZTNlLTkxNjEtOTE2ZTM1Y2UzZjZhLmpwZyIsIndpZHRoIjoiPD0xMDI0In1dXSwiYXVkIjpbInVybjpzZXJ2aWNlOmltYWdlLm9wZXJhdGlvbnMiXX0.ilXvHxaMs5BzwxTjiuo6mHg02ArBlzHeojTAnOw-SXo
  • edited October 2020 Posts: 4,409
    antovolk wrote: »
    gonna leave this here (grain of salt and possible spoiler alert



    So if this is true - the gunbarrel following the Norway/Safin attacks young Madeleine and her mother scene - this actually makes a ton of sense. 1. Clearly separate the flashback opening and the present day (right after the events of Spectre, but before the post-main titles 5 Years Later jump) 2. circle back to Casino Royale similarly having a cold open before the gunbarrel and 3. Still having a more traditional pre titles with Bond, that doesn't feel as long as it might (20 mins+) were it not broken up by the gunbarrel.

    Also explains why the cue released by Zimmer has the buildup like Spectre but shorter by half. Would only work in a SP like scenario over the studio logos if there was only one studio logo (MGM). Thi at the end of the Norway sequence would be more akin to leading to a familiar title sequence cue on a TV show.

    I think based on CJF's comments the current longstanding theory of how the film opens, NTTD will go a little like this.....

    MGM logo:

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    Safin at the lake:

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    Cut to the Gunbarrel:

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    Then off to Matera for the PTS:

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    Obviously, followed by the main titles:

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    I think we will see the young Madeleine in the water and then - after the Gunbarrel - cut to the older Madeleine in the water in Italy. This establishes the idea that Lea is playing the grown-up version of the same character we saw chased on the lake. However, I don't think the film will make it much may obvious than that.

    If they follow the above, I think the cold open is purely there to establish mood and atmosphere. Essentially to wrongfoot the audience before the Bond experience begins properly. It'll be an intense, creepy little sequence to frighten you. I imagine they hope audiences forget it once they see Bond. Then when the lake sequence eventually becomes integral to the plot, it will reveal its latent significance to us.

    I actually like the idea of opening with an intense short sequence then cutting to the Gunbarrel. It'll be very interesting and unique. Plus, it'll make sure the blood is properly pumping for the movie itself....I'm very intrigued by how they will play it.

    I always found the Gunbarrel a little staid and boring. I don't need it at the beginning of the film. Especially if there are more inventive ways to incorporate it.......Come at me.
  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
    edited October 2020 Posts: 5,131
    Thanks.

    This is disappointing and annoying if it’s true. I personally need the GB at the beginning, or it effects my enjoyment of the whole film.

    CR was forgivable, the others weren’t.
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