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Old TV and Movie Cliches

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Re: Old TV and Movie Cliches

Post by sfpcc1 » Fri Aug 27, 2021 7:17 pm

A character rushes off to vomit and then you find out she is pregnant.



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Re: Old TV and Movie Cliches

Post by Turkeytop » Thu Oct 28, 2021 9:55 pm

Someone looking through binoculars, the view is always shown in two side by side circles.


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Re: Old TV and Movie Cliches

Post by sfpcc1 » Tue Nov 02, 2021 10:16 pm

Whenever there is a flashback the filmstock and photography are different. (Then again that might be just competent filmmaking to let the audience know what's going on.)



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Re: Old TV and Movie Cliches

Post by Turkeytop » Tue Nov 02, 2021 10:39 pm

In the horror films, when dead people walk, they walk with an unsteady gait and hold their arms straight out in front of them at shoulder height.


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Re: Old TV and Movie Cliches

Post by Turkeytop » Mon May 02, 2022 1:30 pm

When the cops are interrogating a suspect, it's always in a darkened room with a bright light shining right in the suspect's face.


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