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Amiga computer related discussion => General chat about Amiga topics => Topic started by: Pyromania on January 21, 2013, 12:42:38 PM
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I was talking with a director friend of mine the other day and I offered to give him an Amga to put in his new movie coming out in 2014. He accepted and the Amiga will be seen and even mentioned in the new film. The question now is which machine out of my vast collection should I give him? I could give him a CDTV, Minimig, Amiga 3000 or many other machines. Any ideas please?
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Depends on the movie. Please give details about the movie to help us decide.
I guess if it is nostagic you should use the A3000 as everyone will recognise it compared to the CDTV and the Minimig which no one probably ever will.
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CDTV would be cool if you have those black keyboard, mouse and monitor for it :) If it even gets mentioned, then the recognizing isn't a problem. Although I don't believe many people would recognize any big box Amiga either (anymore), because they look quite PCish.
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A wedge model would be most recognizable... But does it fit in with the story :)
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Something with a video toaster in it...
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I would give him an Amiga 3000 , it is the greatest Amiga ever produced.
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If it's a complete CDTV Black keyboard/mouse/drive etc I'd go with that. Best look Amiga of the lot.
If the A3000 desktop came out all in black then it would be a 3000, but it's a close second.
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A new Amiga, because with it we can demonstrate the Amiga is live!
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A new Amiga, because with it we can demonstrate the Amiga is live!
Mac Mini with MorphOS? :P
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Mac Mini with MorphOS? :P
Sorry that deserves a LOL.
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A CDTV would be perceived as just another CD/DVD player. It has to be desktop Classic, be it an A2000/A3000/A4000 if the need is to go to big box machines.
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Sorry that deserves a LOL.
:D In all seriousness, the A500/A1200 would be the most recognizable. The big box machines just look like any other PCs of the day really.
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Amiga 1000 (as seen in Miami Vice s3 e11). Kinda' like seeing the same newspaper over and over again in tv shows/movies or the same shirt.
(http://s13.postimage.org/811evq4yr/miami_vice_s3e11_amiga_1k_1.jpg) (http://postimage.org/image/811evq4yr/)
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Amiga 1000 (as seen in Miami Vice s3 e11). Kinda' like seeing the same newspaper over and over again in tv shows/movies or the same shirt.
(http://s13.postimage.org/811evq4yr/miami_vice_s3e11_amiga_1k_1.jpg) (http://postimage.org/image/811evq4yr/)
Nice preferences! :cool:
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Amiga 1000 (as seen in Miami Vice s3 e11). Kinda' like seeing the same newspaper over and over again in tv shows/movies or the same shirt.
(http://s13.postimage.org/811evq4yr/miami_vice_s3e11_amiga_1k_1.jpg) (http://postimage.org/image/811evq4yr/)
Yea, I'm leaning towards giving him a Amiga 1000. I have five or six of them but more important it should be recognizable.
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I think it should be an A600. Do you have any of those? I don't think an A600 has ever been in a film before. It will catch the eye today because of it's cute size, and it's white, and it still looks modern-ish to me despite being 21 years old!
Do you know if the computer will be turned on or not? If so, then we need to think about what program it will be running as well.
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I don't think an A600 has ever been in a film before.
I don't know but it's definitely been on television. See this post #142 on EAB:
http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=8307&page=4
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Amiga 1000 (as seen in Miami Vice s3 e11). Kinda' like seeing the same newspaper over and over again in tv shows/movies or the same shirt.
(http://s13.postimage.org/811evq4yr/miami_vice_s3e11_amiga_1k_1.jpg) (http://postimage.org/image/811evq4yr/)
Notice how the Amiga badge is taped over, which, I would guess, means that Commodore did not pay for product placement, rather that the production designers or someone on the crew wanted an Amiga on the set regardless.
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Notice how the Amiga badge is taped over, which, I would guess, means that Commodore did not pay for product placement, rather that the production designers or someone on the crew wanted an Amiga on the set regardless.
The Amiga was probably genlocked to the camera to avoid flicker, it was probably the cheapest way of doing it at the time.
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Plus the preferences screen is suitably complex and technical looking without being instantly recognisable to most people.
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The Amiga was probably genlocked to the camera to avoid flicker, it was probably the cheapest way of doing it at the time.
That's a really good theory (makes sense) - but weren't most 1980s shows still using film cameras (i.e. Panavision)? I know Star Trek TNG was all filmed using Panavision cameras, although the visual effects were later edited on video.
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In a documentary I saw about the making of Battlestar Galactica (the 1978 one not the modern one) they mention the trouble they had syncing the on-set monitors to the cameras so I guess not. Or at least it doesn't necessarily solve the problem.
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That's a really good theory (makes sense) - but weren't most 1980s shows still using film cameras (i.e. Panavision)? I know Star Trek TNG was all filmed using Panavision cameras, although the visual effects were later edited on video.
Film cameras are affected as well. You often see "24-frame video playback" in movie credits.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sync_box_(filmmaking)
It would be interesting whether movies had Amiga's generating the displays in the late 80's and early 90's, or whether they used custom hardware. It would certainly be cheaper to just have an A500 and some extra circuitry. Although FMV would be a problem.
Running at 24fps might have been a problem until ECS though.
Some episodes of Miami Vice appear to have been shot using film.
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ZH3SyNsCj_EC&pg=PT41&lpg=PT41&dq=miami+vice+filmed+on+video+tape&source=bl&ots=GeM9tc2Kvc&sig=cUB6SEzEtFfXOvnkAVBJ1OsYTcE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=7YQBUeehCoaG0AX20IDgDA&ved=0CGMQ6AEwCQ
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Yea, I'm leaning towards giving him a Amiga 1000. I have five or six of them but more important it should be recognizable.
It should be one with the expansion bezel falling off.
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Notice how the Amiga badge is taped over, which, I would guess, means that Commodore did not pay for product placement, rather that the production designers or someone on the crew wanted an Amiga on the set regardless.
Kinda like whenever we see a Apple Laptop in movies today with the Apple Logo covered up with a sticker or taped off!! LOL I can always spot the Apple laptops.