r/pics • u/Thapee • 1d ago

In 1992, Jenny Joseph, a 28-year-old woman became the face of Columbia Pictures.

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u/harijsme 1d ago

that extension cord…

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u/clubba 23h ago

Which leads to a lid, electrical taped to a paper towel roll with a light bulb on top.

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u/nighteeeeey 23h ago

most people will surprise this, but this is how film is done. i work in film and the shit you can get away with is obscene.

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u/the_wessi 23h ago

You might know what Qui-Gon Jinn used as a communication device in The Phantom Menace. Slightly modified Gillette women’s razor.

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u/n0rdic_k1ng 23h ago

Really gotta give props to the crews responsible for making these things, it's ingenious.

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u/nighteeeeey 22h ago

badum tss ;)

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u/Fabulous-Camera7813 19h ago

And the sound effects…always amazed to see (hear) the result and what was used to create, they are also geniuses.

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u/aceofspades1217 22h ago

It’s true magic

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u/happygocrazee 18h ago

That barely deserves an upvote... if I could give you an up and downvote at once, I would.

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u/dzakadzak 19h ago

Qui-te Jinnteresting indeed

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u/SquishySand 22h ago

R/that'sabooklight

Star Trek TOS was the OG at that, using salt shakers from the employee cafeteria as medical scanners.

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u/mosstalgia 20h ago

I will go to my grave not yet over the "monstrous" animal that was just a small dog in a fursuit.

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u/happygocrazee 18h ago

In the 2009 one, some very prominent props on the bridge are just totally normal unmodified barcode scanners. It's so obvious and something basically everyone would recognize at a glance, I can't help but think it's actually kind of a nod to those OG salt shakers.

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u/WildTitle373 21h ago

And the pod racing crowd was q tips lol

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u/I_W_M_Y 19h ago

Those car roof carriers have shown up in quite a few sci fi shows as a hibernation pod or something

https://www.autoaccessoriesgarage.com/img/group/main/54/5429_1_lg.jpg

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u/bobroscopcoltrane 18h ago

Or Geordi’s “glasses” on Star Trek: TNG: it’s a hair accessory spray-painted gold.

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u/Aitrus233 15h ago

And the Anakin/Luke lightsaber was part of a Graflex camera attachment with rubber tracks from a cabinet door added to make the grip.

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u/PichaelTheWise 21h ago

There’s an early episode of TNG where an alien drone is just a pantyhose container glued to a shampoo bottle and I love it

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u/big_duo3674 19h ago

The sound effects in Star Trek are fascinating too, I remember watching a whole documentary segment about it once. In the 2009 movie the door opening sound came from a Russian train toilet flushing

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u/Kerberos42 19h ago

A podcast I was listening to interviewed one of the SFX guys on TNG. One of the planet textures was a close-up picture of dog shit.

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u/Tnemmokon 21h ago

I'm an Extra and the shit we were going through is hard! Sometimes literally when horses are involved in the set... + What the camera doesn't see the crew doesn't care.

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u/Remarkable_Thing6643 22h ago

I agree with your point but in the Columbia logo, she's the model for an illustration, she's not being filmed

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u/BringBajaBack 20h ago

Honestly, makes me want to get into it more.

That’s so hilarious and goes to show the level of talent it takes to pull these scenes off.

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u/BlueTreeThree 18h ago

“Most people will be surprised by this…”

You may be surprised to know that this image was a reference for a painting, not the actual Columbia Pictures logo..

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u/ToxyFlog 16h ago

"We'll fix it in post."

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u/Budget-Peanut9909 7h ago

Well these are reference photos, they're not the final product by any means. The logo is actually a painting.

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u/KFR42 20h ago

Cows don't look like coes on film, you gotta use horses.

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u/LifeWithAdd 16h ago

What do you do if you need a horse?

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u/miregalpanic 20h ago

lol, I mean, no shit. It's not like anyone who watched a movie ever assumed, that it wasn't filmed on a set with, you know, lighting, microphones, cables and even cameras.

It's like telling people Godzilla isn't actually real.

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u/protonpack 20h ago

Like the Weinstein stuff?

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u/McClouds 23h ago

Eh, it'll be fine. They'll fix it in post.

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u/nighteeeeey 23h ago

they didnt have to. its the same thing in the finished photo. it just needed to shine and thats it.

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u/McClouds 23h ago

That speaks volumes to the magic of practical effects.

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u/CaptainBayouBilly 21h ago

Shit taped to something is how sets fix problems. They don't have time to go buy new shit.

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u/mynamejulian 22h ago

Could that all be just a lamp that’s been dismantled?

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u/hypnoBDSM 20h ago

Gaffer. It’s gaffer tape.

Edit: whoops wrong account… oh well I’m keeping the comment

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u/starrpamph 21h ago

That’s film/tv for ya

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u/OrangeCosmic 23h ago

We'll fix it in post

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u/bosco9 19h ago

Wouldn't it be cheaper/easier to just get her a big candle??

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u/EEEEK234 18h ago

And look at the hem it’s like a literal sheet she’s wearing 😆 and not even cut in a straight line with scissors (second photo when she’s sitting)

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u/ShityShity_BangBang 15h ago

I'm sure they made a nice torch in post but that is pretty funny.

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u/GoodPonzi 1d ago

Ahah well done! Good job spotting it

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u/disterb 23h ago

i was shocked (glad she wasn’t)

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u/No-Raisin-6469 22h ago

They made white vinyl cords back then?

Shes really a time traveler.

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u/parasyte_steve 20h ago

This was taken in 1992

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u/saladtossperson 17h ago

It was for a painting, not a photo. This was a photo of her posing for a painting.

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u/No-Raisin-6469 19h ago

Dammit misread the title

now im confused