I'm not even sure if having a frame of reference would help. I feel really sorry to anyone who's never seen a movie before and getting this as their first experience.
[glancing at the screen again and then remembering what they're watching and looking right back to taichi!]
...That's really impressive. How do all of these people act exactly the way they're supposed to for that long? Well, I guess it's not that different from a play.
[yeah me too rupert. this is why taichi is looking at him and not the screen as well.]
Well, a play's a little different. When you're doing something live, you don't get to stop. But movies are made so that people can stop if they mess up or if they decide they want to do something else with the scene. It takes way longer to make a movie than a play, I think.
[it's fine sometimes you have a baby dinosaur who had to learn about earth things too.]
Yeah, like that. Where I'm from there're things called video cameras, too. It's like taking a bunch of portraits in motion and creating something that looks like that. [he gestures to the tv.
and then makes a face.]
Except this looks like it got a bunch of special effects that made it worse, so it's not exactly like that.
It's pretty much my first time...? I mean, I had tutors, but not, like, a completely different building that I went to every day to learn stuff. What about you? I mean, I'm guessing you went to one, but.
It's similar. The curriculum was way different, and we were always in one classroom throughout the day except for lunch and clubs. Our school was pretty big and it wasn't that far from where we lived, so I usually biked there. We also had classes six days a week.
[can't believe his life is about to be ruined with five days of class and then a murder trial saturdays.]
It's...never mind, it's not that important. [he will find a bike and show rupert someday maybe.]
Saturdays were usually half-days, but we started pretty early in the morning and would go into the afternoon. I had practice before and after school so I spent a lot of time there.
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[...] Not this one. This one should not be popular.
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[are they really stuck analyzing this forever?]
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...That's really impressive. How do all of these people act exactly the way they're supposed to for that long? Well, I guess it's not that different from a play.
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Well, a play's a little different. When you're doing something live, you don't get to stop. But movies are made so that people can stop if they mess up or if they decide they want to do something else with the scene. It takes way longer to make a movie than a play, I think.
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Wait, so - how does that work? What happens if they mess up, exactly?
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[i'm sorry this keeps happening to taichi specifically]
—Oh, is that the thing on our phones that can make portraits instantly?
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Yeah, like that. Where I'm from there're things called video cameras, too. It's like taking a bunch of portraits in motion and creating something that looks like that. [he gestures to the tv.
and then makes a face.]
Except this looks like it got a bunch of special effects that made it worse, so it's not exactly like that.
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[thank god]
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[this is apparently what confirmed it for him]
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Yeah, you're right. [but ah.] Is this your first time at a school, or do they have those where you're from?
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[can't believe his life is about to be ruined with five days of class and then a murder trial saturdays.]
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[but, also:]
That sounds - pretty intense. Six days a week, really? How long did you have to stay?
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Saturdays were usually half-days, but we started pretty early in the morning and would go into the afternoon. I had practice before and after school so I spent a lot of time there.
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