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Silence As Musical Composition
- John Cage's Four Minutes, 33 is a composed silence that makes ambient room sounds the performance.
- An orchestra tuning up before the conductor signals the piece can be heard as comic because the audience expects silence.
Coins To Balance A Stunt
- Tom Cruise used UK one pound coins in his shoes to fine-tune weight distribution for a vault-hanging stunt in Mission: Impossible (1996).
- The coins added small, dense weight to help balance him on the harness during the scene.
Label Film With A Last-Frame ID
- Photograph your name and address as the last frame on a roll before sending it for developing.
- This ensures the developer can return prints even if the order form is lost.