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Special effect

How was the special effect from the 20 second mark to the 30 second mark done from this video? Albacore (talk) 05:04, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

Do you have a clip of the video that doesn't require a youtube account? RudolfRed (talk) 05:28, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

Looks like a combination of standard-fare editing technique, a dummy head, and compositing to me, nothing more. The only (and most expensive) shot that would require compositing is the farther back shot of his whole body and arm reaching up and hand going into his head. That's easily done with most compositing software that matches movements (camera and actor). The closer shot of the head being peeled back is the dummy head. By today's standards, it's something you can pull off on your desktop computer. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 06:01, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

Page of Lionel Messi (Footballer)

I would like to report that for the past one month, the career statistics of lionel messi doesn't has a column of his assists in the senior team tabular table. It was really very helpful to know the number of assists he made from your page. So, i hope u will look after this matter. Kindly restore the assists column since it is also useful for many other users who are interested. Below is the link, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Messi#Career_statistics — Preceding unsigned comment added by Benken1993 (talk • contribs) 18:59, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

This is a content dispute. The proper place for is at the article talk page, or at WikiProject Football where I see it has already been discussed at some length. It's quite possible that this is your first comment on the subject on Wikipedia, or that you may have participated in the previous discussions under another account or when logged out. Either way, please bear in mind that forum shopping, here or anywhere else, is not the way to address this type of issue. - Karenjc 20:20, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

Plot hole in Arbitrage?

In Arbitrage, Richard Gere crashes a car, Laetitia Casta dies, and so on. Then detective Tim Roth tries to catch him for the death (eg. involuntary manslaughter, perhaps, can't remember what), but there are no questions about the car he was driving. Whose car was it? It would barely make sense if he was driving her car (why wouldn't she drive?) and if it is his, why was this not detected anywhere (such as by his wife, noticing it was missing)? If it was a hire car, there would be plenty of paperwork. Surely even a burnt out wreck leaves some evidence? IBE (talk) 19:26, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

I've not seen the film, but why dismiss the possibility that he was driving her car? There are various explanations: Many men prefer to drive (not a reliable source but here's one a little more reliable); maybe she was ill, drunk, or turned on by him driving fast; maybe she was giving him a blow-job; and so on. After a fire, the police might have had little evidence - no fingerprints, no fibres, no witnesses that they were together that evening, and therefore no hint that he was even involved in the crash. Astronaut (talk) 19:48, 21 November 2012 (UTC)