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Skateboarding c. 1982 1983 : Mark "Gator" Rogowski

In either 1982 or 1983 Mark "Gator" Rogowski was on the cover of a magazine -- In the photo he was standing, directly facing the viewer full-on, holding his skateboard horizontally against his chest with his arms crossed over it. I think he was looking tough, and I think he was wearing a special forces type beret.

I always thought it was the cover of Thrasher Skateboard mag, but now that they have posted all their covers online I see that it must not be them...Maybe it was "Skateboarder Magazine" or "Skateboarding Magazine" or some short-lived mag of the time?

Anyway, any ideas as to the Mag or date? Thanks. Saudade7 03:14, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

Music in Sandrine Voillet's Paris-City of Dreams final episode

If anyone caught Sandrine Voillet's Paris on BBC 2 at 9pm on July 10th,, does anyone remember the name of the pianist she spoke about, and the song he played, is was a very simple piece, sounded familiar. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.23.129.49 (talk) 05:48, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

Sorry I can't really help but here are the transmission details and program summary from the BBC website in case they jog someone's memory; they don't mention a composer or pianist though. --Maltelauridsbrigge (talk) 16:32, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

indoor shooting vs outdoor shooting

Was there a particular moment in the history of cinema when outdoor shooting became preferred over indoor shooting? I read somebody write that with the advent of cinema vérité there was a trend in Europe to move out of the studios to shoot realistically in real settings. Any truth in it?--117.204.84.249 (talk) 13:08, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

Well, there may be some truth in it, but your premise may be a little faulty here: I'm not at all sure that outdoor shooting is necessarily preferred over indoor shooting even today. Particularly for larger productions, it tends to be more expensive and complicated, because you need to worry about transport, and nature just isn't as cooperative as a studio environment, and if you need to go and re-shoot something, it's a hassle. Certainly, outdoor shooting has many advantages, too, but I'd imagine that people make the call on a case-by-case basis rather than based on some principle. Especially with the advent of modern special effects, a shot in a studio can look just as real as a shot outdoors. (The fact that they at times don't has more to do with crappy execution than the limits of the technology.) -- Captain Disdain (talk) 16:50, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

Disdain is correct, you shoot in a studio because everything is under your control. I thought that in the very early days of cinema, everything was outdoors because, well, the Sun is freakishly bright, and lighting wasn't that good or reliable in the early days. Tempshill (talk) 17:16, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

thanks for the laugh. that's the first time I've ever seen the sun referred to as "freakishly bright"! Dismas|^(talk) 06:53, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

Perhaps Tempshill is from a country where they don't see it very often. :-) Temps is French for weather, after all! --Anonymous, 15:57 UTC, May 2, 2009.

And Tempshill is correct. In the early days of silents, even "interior" scenes were usually shot on a set with walls but no ceiling (or a translucent covering), so that they were lit by sunlight. Deor (talk) 18:53, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

Music in performance

I want to know where i can find copyright information as to whether a video of a performer, say, a dancer performing publicly (non-profit) to copyrighted music is violating copyright law, and use of copyrighted music recordings as background for another performance (E.g. a figure-skater using a piece of copyrighted music)

Thanks! Xcmer (talk) 17:37, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

You didn't say where you want this information from. US law will differ from UK law which will differ from Brazilian law... etc. Dismas|^(talk) 06:49, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

Sorry about that, US law please. Xcmer (talk) 09:48, 4 May 2009 (UTC)