Post your favorite single shot
02-15-06, 01:07 AM
#1
DVD Talk Limited Edition
Thread Starter
Post your favorite single shot
Like the title says, post your favorite single frame from any movie. Post something that if you could blow it up big enough you would frame it as art. Post something that has special meaning for you or that just makes you laugh, cry, etc. (Also try to list which movie the screencap is from, so this doesn't turn into a "what movie is that from?" thread)
Alien3
Heat
Master & Commander
The Shawshank Redemption
Alien3
Heat
Master & Commander
The Shawshank Redemption
02-15-06, 01:35 AM
#4
DVD Talk Limited Edition
Thread Starter
It differs from program to program. I am using InterVideo WinDVD 4 and in that there is a camera icon that will grab the screen I want. It saves it as a bmp file and in Photoshop I bump the size down to about 85% and save then it as a jpg.
02-15-06, 01:47 AM
#5
DVD Talk Legend
Thanks a lot. It seems I have that same type of button in the program that I'm using, DVD X Player. Here are the first two frames that I thought of as soon as I saw this topic:
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Lost In Translation
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Lost In Translation
Last edited by BrentLumkin; 02-15-06 at 01:54 AM.
02-15-06, 02:37 AM
#7
DVD Talk Legend
I have lots of favorite single shots, but this is the first that came to mind:
EDIT: More of my favorites. I can probably pick out a cool still from just about every movie, but these are the ones that stood out at first glance thru my collection.
EDIT: More of my favorites. I can probably pick out a cool still from just about every movie, but these are the ones that stood out at first glance thru my collection.
Last edited by The_Infidel; 02-15-06 at 04:21 AM.
02-15-06, 06:21 AM
#9
DVD Talk Platinum Edition
Buffalo '66
It's a capture I found online. I'd rather it be from a bit earlier in the scene, when the two are spread apart on the bed, but that's the shot I would choose.
Edit: I found a small image of the shot I'm talking about. It's cropped, but you get the idea.
-JP
Last edited by NatrlBornThrllr; 02-15-06 at 06:24 AM.
02-15-06, 06:36 AM
#10
Moderator
Originally Posted by Cygnet74
the 11 minute opening shot from Werckmeister Harmonies is my favorite.
02-15-06, 08:12 AM
#14
DVD Talk Godfather
Originally Posted by BrentLumkin
What is the best way to make a screen capture?
It is free and a simple "Snapshot" command sends a web-ready picture to your My Pictures folder.
02-15-06, 08:47 AM
#16
DVD Talk Reviewer
Since grabbing screen captures is one of my favorite parts of writing reviews, here are a few of my favorites from the past few years:
Ikiru
Schindler's List
Freaks and Geeks
The Last Samurai
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
The Best of Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog
Hellboy
The Iron Giant
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind:
Spaceballs
Sin City
Creature Comforts
Office Space
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Sorry for the overkill.
Ikiru
Schindler's List
Freaks and Geeks
The Last Samurai
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
The Best of Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog
Hellboy
The Iron Giant
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind:
Spaceballs
Sin City
Creature Comforts
Office Space
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Sorry for the overkill.
Last edited by Randy Miller III; 02-15-06 at 09:06 AM.
02-15-06, 08:52 AM
#17
DVD Talk Hero
I love these threads where "Favorite Single" (a phrase that twice implies singularity) turns into "here's my 300 favorite single" shots. Hell, even the OP violated his own rules.
It'd be fun to see what everyone would choose as their single favorite shot (because 1) the thread would be far more manageable, and 2) the shot would be far more meaningful). It's not nearly as fun to see a huge list of shots by each poster.
Rant over. Proceed.
It'd be fun to see what everyone would choose as their single favorite shot (because 1) the thread would be far more manageable, and 2) the shot would be far more meaningful). It's not nearly as fun to see a huge list of shots by each poster.
Rant over. Proceed.
02-15-06, 09:01 AM
#19
DVD Talk Reviewer
Originally Posted by Numanoid
I love these threads where "Favorite Single" (a phrase that twice implies singularity) turns into "here's my 300 favorite single" shots. Hell, even the OP violated his own rules.
It'd be fun to see what everyone would choose as their single favorite shot (because 1) the thread would be far more manageable, and 2) the shot would be far more meaningful). It's not nearly as fun to see a huge list of shots by each poster.
Rant over. Proceed.
It'd be fun to see what everyone would choose as their single favorite shot (because 1) the thread would be far more manageable, and 2) the shot would be far more meaningful). It's not nearly as fun to see a huge list of shots by each poster.
Rant over. Proceed.
Last edited by Randy Miller III; 02-15-06 at 09:07 AM.
02-15-06, 11:07 AM
#22
DVD Talk Platinum Edition
Originally Posted by Mr. Cinema
I'll post more, but these 2 were from last year:
-JP
02-15-06, 11:42 AM
#24
DVD Talk Limited Edition
Thread Starter
Originally Posted by Numanoid
I love these threads where "Favorite Single" (a phrase that twice implies singularity) turns into "here's my 300 favorite single" shots. Hell, even the OP violated his own rules.
It'd be fun to see what everyone would choose as their single favorite shot (because 1) the thread would be far more manageable, and 2) the shot would be far more meaningful). It's not nearly as fun to see a huge list of shots by each poster.
Rant over. Proceed.
It'd be fun to see what everyone would choose as their single favorite shot (because 1) the thread would be far more manageable, and 2) the shot would be far more meaningful). It's not nearly as fun to see a huge list of shots by each poster.
Rant over. Proceed.
That being said, I agree that 10 or more grabs is a bit much. Around 3-4 is more realistic, but it at least allows some variety for the individual poster.
02-15-06, 11:50 AM
#25
DVD Talk Special Edition
Originally Posted by FinkPish
Also try to list which movie the screencap is from, so this doesn't turn into a "what movie is that from?" thread