Samantha Smith (Mama Mary Winchester)

[feliciakw]

I think I've figured out one of the things they did to make Mary look not her glowy, mom-like self. Watch the scene with her and Sam. I think they arched one of Samantha Smith's eyebrows to give her a slightly . . . sinister . . . look. It seems they shoot her at a slight angle through much of the scene (also giving the impression of the off-ness of the visitation), and it's a little hard to tell, but when her face is relaxed, it looks like her right eyebrow has an arch to it. Interesting . . .

whitemartyr, yes, they shot DT-Dean with a strange lens. I'm never sure what kind of lens they use to get different effects, but I'm tempted to say it's a wide angle lens. I could be wrong, though. I'll have to check with Geo.

In other news, Young!Sam with yellow eyes is still creepy and disturbing and not right

Comments

[mtee.livejournal.com]

I liked the lenses they used for that scene -- Dean was definitely very close and distorted.

I kept thinking Mama Mary looked different somehow -- I just couldn't figure out what it was -- first I thought they actually got another actress, then I said, nah, they wouldn't do that. (I never knew the actress's name -- have I said how "observant" I am!! Now ask me about JA's beautiful face and if we saw skin... still waiting for a picspam on that brief skin shot in JtS!)

Thank you

[leelust.livejournal.com]

Wow, more about the lenses then? With pics as examples? I'd like to compare 'normal' lenses with wide ones. i mean i think i see the difference but i'm not sure and would like the confirmation from profi *hints*

[leelust.livejournal.com]

Did you check Justfreefallin LJ? She did spam JtS with That moment (sorry, no direct link, my connection is wanky again).

[feliciakw.livejournal.com]

Well, the arched eyebrow wasn't the biggest difference in her look. What I noticed most was that her face looked fuller than we're used to seeing. Others around the 'Net have said that she recently had a baby, so the fullness makes sense as baby weight. But . . . yeah, I noticed the arched brow when I was watching it on our big computer yesterday.

[kimmer1227.livejournal.com]

When I first saw Mary I thought "Samantha's had some work done." I never thought it was a makeup thing. Interesting.

The distorted faces in the boys confrontation scene annoyed me at first, but I get what they were trying to do.

[feliciakw.livejournal.com]

Um . . . well, I don't think I'll be able to compare shot-for-shot, because the slightly distorted shot was not shot with a standard lens.

But for example, a wide angle lens is like when you look through the eye hole in a hotel door. Everything looks really warped and curved, but you can see way more than if you were looking through the eye hole through a standard piece of glass.

Focal lengths and focal points differ, and my guess is that the shot they used for when Dean is really getting up in Sam's face has a . . . um . . . shorter? . . . focal length in comparison to other wide angle lenses.

This isn't really something I've read up on since my film production classes many, many moons ago. I hope that kind of helps.