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  | T!M | | Profiling since Dec. 2000 |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 8,736 |
| | Posted: | | | | There's currently a pending contribution in my voting queue, where the contributor says: "Removed interviews from features as none exist on disc (there are some features of actors talking about their roles but they are not interviews as there are no questions)." As far as I'm concerned, these "talking heads" (not embedded in any kind of featurette) are interviews. Sure, the questions are cut off, but they're pretty basic stuff, as becomes clear from the answers ("tell us about the film", "tell us about your character"). Here's what it looks like on the DVD:   For the record, the rules define "Interviews" as "Interviews, generally with cast and/or crew members available through a separate menu option, and not incorporated into the main feature or a documentary." As far as I'm concerned, that is exactly what this is. Am I right or am I wrong? |
| | Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 868 |
| | Posted: | | | | If i was working on a DVD with a feature as such i wouldn't even hesitate when ticking the interviews box.
How does the contibutor add these than, just a featurette (maybe already ticked) or in other features? And how does the cover describe this feature? Maybe that caused some confusion.
Still, as i say before, i do consider these to be interviews and probably vote no for removing them,
Paul |
| | T!M | | Profiling since Dec. 2000 |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 8,736 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting paulb_99: Quote:
How does the contibutor add these than, just a featurette (maybe already ticked) or in other features? Well, the contributor just unchecks the "Interviews" box, but yeah, "Featurettes" was already checked, too, because there actually is a featurette. Quote:
And how does the cover describe this feature? Maybe that caused some confusion. As "Cast & Crew Comments". |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 20,111 |
| | Posted: | | | | I haven't had a chance yet to check the disc to verify the contributor's comment. Are actual questions heard at all before each actor replies in the cast comments? How long are they each in length on average? | | | | Corey |
| | T!M | | Profiling since Dec. 2000 |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 8,736 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Katatonia: Quote:
Are actual questions heard at all before each actor replies in the cast comments? No, as I already said: the questions are cut off, so it's just the answers, but they're pretty basic stuff, as becomes clear from the answers (think along the lines of: "tell us about the film", "tell us about your character"). Some interviewees even literally repeat the question. I had already included some screenshots in my original post to show how it looks. Quote:
How long are they each in length on average? Does that matter at all? How long it lasts changes what it is? Anyway: on average, it's about a minute per person. |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 2,005 |
| | | Registered: August 23, 2008 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 1,656 |
| | Posted: | | | | Definitely interviews, IMO. Many times they cut off the questions so the interviewer is not heard (common practice), but it doesn't change the fact that the person is answering questions posed. Otherwise, who are they talking to, and why?  | | | Reviewer, HorrorTalk.com
"I also refuse to document CLT results and I pay my bills to avoid going to court." - Sam, keeping it real, yo. |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 20,111 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting T!M: Quote:
Does that matter at all? How long it lasts changes what it is? Anyway: on average, it's about a minute per person. Well sure it matters, if it's only a 3-second quip, or a 3-minute quip. I wouldn't classify a 3-second quip as an interview. And to answer your question, yes I would consider these Interviews. I was only asking for more information about them. | | | | Corey | | | | Last edited: by Katatonia |
| | Registered: March 29, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 4,479 |
| | Posted: | | | | An interview needs at least two persons. Those feature are definitively not interviews. Who can say that the basic questions that are answered were not just on a paper ? Interview also means reaction to answers.
I would enter them in other features as "Cast comments", as decided by the dvd makers, and as on screen. | | | | Images from movies | | | | Last edited: by surfeur51 |
| | Corne | | Registered: Nov. 1, 2000 |
| Registered: April 5, 2007 | | Posts: 1,059 |
| | Posted: | | | | Count me in. These are interviews. | | | | Cor |
| | T!M | | Profiling since Dec. 2000 |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 8,736 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Katatonia: Quote:
Quoting T!M:
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Does that matter at all? How long it lasts changes what it is? Anyway: on average, it's about a minute per person.
Well sure it matters, if it's only a 3-second quip, or a 3-minute quip. I wouldn't classify a 3-second quip as an interview. I don't think there are many discs out there with interviews lasting just three seconds, so it's pretty academic, but I still don't understand the disctinction. As far as I'm concerned, it is what it is, no matter how long it lasts. You're saying that if we had this exact same thing, a submenu called "Cast Comments" for eight people, and each of them lasted three seconds, you wouldn't consider them to be be "interviews"? So how would you enter them, then? And what would be the exact cut-off point? From your post I gather that it's somewhere between 3 seconds and 3 minutes, but where exactly? At what point does it become something else? And who decides that? For instance: some of these only last 30 seconds - is that still enough to qualify? Or don't they, but do we still get to use "Interviews" because some of the others run a bit longer? Again, it really doesn't matter as long as we agree that these are indeed interviews, but I just don't get the arbitrary length thing... |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 20,111 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting T!M: Quote:
I don't think there are many discs out there with interviews lasting just three seconds, so it's pretty academic, but I still don't understand the disctinction. As far as I'm concerned, it is what it is, no matter how long it lasts. You're saying that if we had this exact same thing, a submenu called "Cast Comments" for eight people, and each of them lasted three seconds, you wouldn't consider them to be be "interviews"? So how would you enter them, then? And what would be the exact cut-off point? From your post I gather that it's somewhere between 3 seconds and 3 minutes, but where exactly? At what point does it become something else? And who decides that? For instance: some of these only last 30 seconds - is that still enough to qualify? Or don't they, but do we still get to use "Interviews" because some of the others run a bit longer? Again, it really doesn't matter as long as we agree that these are indeed interviews, but I just don't get the arbitrary length thing... I have quite a few DVD's where there are brief "comments" by Actors/Crew that last only a few seconds, and the Actor only says something like "Yes, today" that lasts 2-3 seconds. No, I would not consider a scant 3-second 2-worded quote as an "Interview". That's hardly anything at all worth mentioning, let alone figure out the original context of it. Who's ever heard of a 3-second Interview before? No. I'd classify that as more of a quote/quip. | | | | Corey | | | | Last edited: by Katatonia |
| | T!M | | Profiling since Dec. 2000 |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 8,736 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Katatonia: Quote:
I have quite a few DVD's where there are brief "comments" by Actors/Crew that last only a few seconds, and the Actor only says something like "Yes, today" that lasts 2-3 seconds. Never seen anything like it. Some (in-character) dialogue snippets as part of the DVD menu, sure, but a separate menu entry for "Comments" where there's no more than an actor saying "Yes, today" - that I've never seen. Oh well, live and learn. |
| | Registered: May 19, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 6,730 |
| | Posted: | | | | Count me in for "Interviews" | | | It all seems so stupid, it makes me want to give up!
But why should I give up, when it all seems so stupid?
Registrant since 05/22/2003 |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 20,111 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting T!M: Quote:
Never seen anything like it. Some (in-character) dialogue snippets as part of the DVD menu, sure, but a separate menu entry for "Comments" where there's no more than an actor saying "Yes, today" - that I've never seen. Oh well, live and learn. Well, mostly smaller "niche films" this seems to occur on, like say Heavy Metal Parking Lot or even some children/family films. They'll have perhaps 10 or more cast/crew members in a list (almost like the photo above), but they'll literally be 2-3 seconds long for each when you click on them. Some of them might be "Yeah Dude!" or "Tasty Buds" or even something like "Yes, Today." so the context of them is far from obvious. Basically Beavis & Butthead type of quips. That's why I asked the length times. But yeah, 30 seconds or 1 minute...you can fit far more context into that length of time and truly call it an Interview. | | | | Corey |
| | T!M | | Profiling since Dec. 2000 |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 8,736 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Katatonia: Quote:
Well, mostly smaller "niche films" this seems to occur on, like say Heavy Metal Parking Lot or even some children/family films. They'll have perhaps 10 or more cast/crew members in a list (almost like the photo above), but they'll literally be 2-3 seconds long for each when you click on them. Some of them might be "Yeah Dude!" or "Tasty Buds" or even something like "Yes, Today." so the context of them is far from obvious. Basically Beavis & Butthead type of quips. Okay, now I understand how that plays out, and indeed, I wouldn't call those interviews either. |
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