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openTrope for returning Director/Composer/Developer? Film
Apparently, the tropes Role Reprisal or The Original Darrin are for returning actors only? Is there a trope for when the original director/Composer/Developer etc returns for a film/tv show/game that they worked on after several years?
Edited by LordAraghastopenWe're fine / We're not fine Film
A specific type of juxtaposition where it cuts between one character saying that things are fine, and another character saying that things are going disastrously wrong. For example, in Spider-Man: Homecoming:
Elevator operator: Our safety systems are online. Karen: The safety systems are completely offline. Elevator operator: We are all safe. Karen: The passengers are in imminent mortal danger.
openWork About Making A Work Film
The plot of a work (usually movie) is about the oftentimes Troubled Production of another work (movie, play, etc.), but isn't a documentary.
Saving Mr. Banks for Mary Poppins, Topsy-Turvy for The Mikado, Edmond (2019) for Cyrano De Bergerac, etc.
Edited by Chabal2openmagic computer device fixes everything Film
Character A is/arrives at a computer/device that's either broken or malfunctioning. A pulls something out of their pocket that plugs into said device, and it's magically fixed one way or another.
Edited by Vyruz64open"Kids bond by jumping something" Film
Is there a trope for a scene in a children's movie wherein the kids, being out on an adventure or something, have to go through a dangerous ordeal (either really dangerous or dangerous for them), such as crossing a cliff on a tightrope, jumping off the bridge onto a lake, climbing an electrified fence...
Usually, the movie makes big deal out of having each kid perform the feat, then start beckoning the others, "c'mon, you can do it, I could". The wimpiest kid is usually the last to do the jump, but, by the end of it, they've bonded as friends.
openActor doesn't realize the camera's on. Film
Is there a trope for when a scene starts and it's obvious the actor doesn't realize the camera's running as they will wait for several seconds before they start talking or doing whatever it is they are supposed to do. Typically only happens in really bad films for obvious reasons (I think Manos: The Hands of Fate has it a couple times.)
openProduct Shoehorning Film
To feature product placement, even though the setting of the film is somewhere you can't buy that product. Example: Power Rangers 2017: The Zeo Crystal is hidden below a Krispy Kreme, even though the town it was filmed in does not have one.
openExpert teaches the rookie Film
usually done in sports films/comedy sport films in which a old legend comes across a younger fresh talent in his same field and decides to make the person under their wing
openX for Y name Film
Hello, recently watching a lot of documentaries I realize a weird trend, especially on 00s documentaries of having a "Xing for Y" name (Bowling for Columbine, Waiting for Superman, Searching for Sugar Man), and also in older movies such as "F for Fake" or even "Dial M for Murder"?
Is there a trope related to this title? Could this be a trope?
openGlobal Newscast Montage Film
Is there a trope for when a person/event has recently become so important that the whole world is reporting it on their countries newscast? This is often shown as a montage of different newscasts from around the globe speaking their native language and suddenly you recognize them mentioning the person/event/thing in question. One example is from Airplane: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBT7S29cf9c
I know there are others, but I can't seem to remember where I've seen it.
openWall Attack Film
I'm looking for a trope where Monsters/"Wildlings"/Zombies attack a (huge) Wall.
For example World War Z, The Great Wall or Attack on Titan, Game of Thrones.
Thanks
Edited by Alexander20openLooking down at someone from desk Film
Is there a trope for when a character approaches a big desk in order to talk to an important person sitting behind it, but the desk is so high (if the character is normal-sized) or the character so small (like a child) that in order to see them, the important person has to stand up, bend over the desk and look at them from above (it's usually done in a very smug way and is somewhat intimidating to the character in front of the desk) ? Usually there are some very low camera angles that make the character behind the desk look even more intimidating when they're bending over.
There is a perfect example of this in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone when Harry first sets foot in Gringotts Bank and the Goblin behind the desk stands up to get a good look at him.
openSpecific Fear Trope? Film
Is there a trope for a character who acts tough and bold, but when threatened, even in the slightest, cowers into submission/obedience?
openEnglish wife sleeps with Groundskeeper Film
There was a limited series (maybe 6 episodes) where a wife was taking care of her paralyzed aristocratic husband. She has an affair with the groundskeeper and ultimately leaves her husband for the groundskeeper. Does anyone know what it’s called and where I can watch it again?
openThe Babe Ruth Baseball Film
Seen literally in the "The Sandlot", and on a "Leave It To Beaver" episode entitled "Ward's Baseball", the dad or stepdad's valuable keepsake, the baseball signed by Babe Ruth - or his whole team - is used for, well, a baseball, under pressure from the other kids, with one party or the other unaware/oblivious of its sacredness. This leads, or course, to its loss, damage or destruction.
Wondering if there is a trope for/like this, dealing with the unnecessary taking the risk of disrepecting someone else's trophy property for the sake if convenience.
Edited by mentummikeopenExtemporary Opening Sequence Film
Hello everyone, I'm looking for a trope which describes when the opening sequence of a movie it's set apart from the rest of the story, with a character that we don't see for the rest of the movie, or that we may see just at the end. This sequence could very well be set in a previous time, the essential thing is that generally the movie protagonist doesn't appear at all. The particular of this kind of sequence is that is not really essential in the movie plot, but it kinda sets the atmosphere and/or the story.
The clearest example in my mind is the opening sequence of Star Trek (2009), with the death of George Kirk.
Is not really necessary in terms of plot because we already know the story of Star Trek and we already know James T. Kirk, but it kinda helps setting the story's tone and James' traits and motivations, without having him to appear.
Is there anyone who can help me?
You know when a couple is dancing/gazing longingly and they're so focused on each other time freezes and the people around them stop moving? I can't think of a way to look for the trope.