I own about 40 DVD’s. Every time I’ve pressed the “Angle” button on my remote, I’ve gotten the familiar message: “The option you have chosen cannot be performed on this disc.”
Someone please name a DVD with angle options, so I can rent it and actually enjoy this feature of DVD’s.
TIA
[sub]My DVD player is a PS2, if that makes any difference.[/sub]
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Look for the ones your video store rents in the back room.
I believe Metallica do much the same thing on their videos
I’ve seen it used to present credits in other languages seemlessly and to allow production art to be viewed in the context of the film. On the Fellowship of the Ring DVD you can use it in an editting example with the Council of Elrond scene to see the various shots taken.
But the thing is that the angle button will only work if that particular moment when you press the angle button has an alternative shot. So if the first thirty secons of a film have an alternative angle then pressing the button thirty-one seconds in does nothing.
Many of the above mentioned back room DVDs have the option. There’s usually a picture or image in the corner of the screen that lets you know when there’s an alternate “shot”.
Die Hard has an angle option, but only on the second disk. I haven’t really used it much but the Die Hard disk two has some cool extras. That’s the only one that I know of, but I must admit that I haven’t really cared about the angle option.
Bingo.
I think the Matrix has something like angle options. It’s been a while since I’ve watched it, though.
On non-pornographic films, it’s usually used for some of the extras. Some I can think of off the top of my head:
Ghostbusters: One of the extras allows you to see the original scenes before the special effects were added, and the final result, IIRC. The angle button switches between the two.
Shrek: One of the extras features the animators talking about scenes that didn’t make it to the final film. These are shown the way the animators suggest the scenes to the staff: They are telling what happens in the scene while pointing to the storyboard, doing the voices and everything. The angle button switches between the animator talking and a close-up of the storyboard.
Of non-porn DVDs, mostly it is music DVDs that use the angle option.
The Matrix doesn’t use the angle function, it uses branching.
Mallrats uses the angle function so you can watch the commentary being filmed.
One of the many Army of Darkness DVDs floating around uses the angle feature to switch between storyboards and the movie.
Unbreakable allows you to use the “angle” option, to cycle between the storyboard and the final scene as shot. This only works for one scene, unfortunately (the train station scene).
The 2-disc special edition of Fight Club has it.
And, Just Some Guy is right. It only works on the scene that has the angled shot available. So maybe, among those 40 DVDs you have, there is in fact an angled shot available, you are just pressing the button at the wrong time.
I just mentioned this in another thread, but several of Kevin Smith’s DVD’s use the camera angle option to alternate between the movie and a tape of the commentators discussing the scene.
And, as others have pointed out, several x-rated DVD’s use this option. I’ve seen one where you have four different versions of the scene. One is a long shot of the couple; one each are close-ups of the man and woman; and one is a close-up of where they “intersect”.
I’ve heard from a friend whose cousin sez that supposedly the Virtual Sex with… series of XXX DVDs uses that feature, but personally I wouldn’t know anything about that.
The “Roaring Glory” series about classic fighter aircraft uses the angle feature to show the plane in flight. During landing and takeoff they often have views from the pilot’s seat, and one or two views from a chase plane. Pretty cool.
Christopher Nolan’s film “Following” uses the angle option to switch between his original screenplay and the actual movie.
I have a Who DVD that has an angle option on a couple of the songs, I beleive it is Live at Albert Hall, but don’t quote me.
[OT] Anyway I only bring this up because they do an updated version of The Kids are All Right which nearly brings me to tears. From the POV of old guys (which they are) as opposed to the teenagers they were when they first performed the song. And after reading the current thread about Eminem vs Nelly I just want to go home and crank up some Maximum R&B. Damn kids nowadays[/OT]
“Pizza Delivery!” Switch angle to outside, and then back to inside.
Boom chucka, chucka
“Well hellllo there!”
Boom Chuck, Chucka
Lots of angle switching.
The 2-disc DVD of “Seven” has angle extras on the second disc…one is for the title sequence, and you can switch between the storyboards, the temporary workprint version, and the final finished version. The second gives you two clips from the film, and you can switch between the current DVD transfer (taken from the original negative) and the previous laserdisc transfer to see the improvement in quality.
I liked the multi-angle extra for “Fellowship”. Gives you a good idea of the endless amounts of film they shoot just to edit together a scene.
Sarah McLachlan’s Mirrorball DVD has angle options on a few tracks.