Breaking Dawn?!!

Bruton the Iguanodon · **on:** January 08, 2012, 06:49:02 PM

Why is it when Sharptooth starts to chase Cera and Littlefoot it's dawn...

and throughout the whole fight and the earthquake its dawn.

But then when Littlefoot is looking for his mom it's night again...

Did a whole day pass?

Or did night turn to day for 10 minutes or so?!!

I don't know what's going on with this...I initially assumed it was a Grosvner-like effect but...does anyone have any ideas?!

bushwacked · **Reply #1 on:** January 08, 2012, 07:19:54 PM

Yeah, I noticed that as well. I know that there was quite a lot of footage cut from the film, maybe there was some which showed some of what happened in between?

I guess Littlefoot could have been hiding all that time, and it took him a while to find the courage to come out. I know I wouldn't feel much like moving if I'd come so close to being eaten by the Sharptooth

Ptyra · **Reply #2 on:** January 08, 2012, 07:43:36 PM

Well, it was also raining...hard.
That could have made it darker.

DarkHououmon · **Reply #3 on:** January 08, 2012, 08:01:59 PM

If you notice, it does get dark after the earthquake happens and you see Cera calling out to her family. It goes from dawn to dark right there; you can see the change. So it's not really sudden in the next shot when it's night. A transition did take place in the previous shot with the newly divided land.

Bruton the Iguanodon · **Reply #4 on:** January 09, 2012, 07:11:13 PM

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If you notice, it does get dark after the earthquake happens and you see Cera calling out to her family. It goes from dawn to dark right there; you can see the change.

So night did turn to day for 5 minutes or so?!!!

Well, now we know where Grosvner got his weird effects of the sky changing color in 5-7 and 10...but at least those all took place during the day. This is weird!

DarkHououmon · **Reply #5 on:** January 09, 2012, 07:49:28 PM

It might have been for dramatic effect, to show passage of time or something. Either that or it got cloudy overhead.

Kor · **Reply #6 on:** January 10, 2012, 01:22:00 AM

I never noticed any of that before. I may try to remember to remember to look for that next time. Some of it may have been to show passage of time, and or maybe with some scenes cut it may make the passage of time look odd now.

jansenov · **Reply #7 on:** January 11, 2012, 06:34:08 AM

You should remember, Bruton, that movies are also works of art. And art can contain things that do not happen in reality. Yes, day changed quickly into night in that scene you mention. Why is that unusual? A novel can jump over large periods of time, a theatrical play can jump over large periods of time, but a movie can't? Why? If novels and poems can describe worlds so outlandish that is beyond modern CGI technology to make a visual presentation of them, why can't a movie use an innocent technique such as a quick day-night transition to move the plot forward? Why does this bother you, and myriads of other unrealistic things in LBT don't?

Bruton the Iguanodon · **Reply #8 on:** January 11, 2012, 11:31:42 AM

Like what don't? Those tinysaureses of 11 bother the crap out of me, way more then this. Ditto 4 the yellowbellies. This is mild compared to that. I'm just confused about it.

DarkHououmon · **Reply #9 on:** January 11, 2012, 03:02:43 PM

You know what bothers me the most about the tinysauruses?

This:

Bruton the Iguanodon · **Reply #10 on:** January 11, 2012, 07:49:16 PM

Something's wrong with their noses, isn't it?

bushwacked · **Reply #11 on:** January 11, 2012, 07:51:14 PM

They have two sets of nostrils.

Bruton the Iguanodon · **Reply #12 on:** January 11, 2012, 07:57:33 PM

Weird. :!

DarkHououmon · **Reply #13 on:** January 11, 2012, 08:29:47 PM

I first noticed this on the cover. I had hoped it was just a mistake on the cover, but I was wrong. They have two noses throughout the entire movie. And it creeps me out.

Bruton the Iguanodon · **Reply #14 on:** January 11, 2012, 09:24:02 PM

Wow...and I never even noticed. Anyways, I just got back from running. Boy was it awesome.

Kor · **Reply #15 on:** January 11, 2012, 10:04:13 PM

I guess the animators didn't notice. Or a second set went over, missed the first set of nostrils and added in the other set.

LBTLover1 · **Reply #16 on:** January 11, 2012, 10:04:31 PM

@DarkHououmon when did you first notice this? I thought that was how they actually looked. Since i'm not the dinosaur expert, I would think that whatever they had, it was probably what it looked like (with exception of course)

DarkHououmon · **Reply #17 on:** January 11, 2012, 10:33:48 PM

When I first saw the cover. I mentioned that in my earlier post.

Cancerian Tiger · **Reply #18 on:** January 11, 2012, 10:55:42 PM

Ever been in a really nasty thunderstorm in the early morning? The clouds, usually nimbus or cumulonimbus clouds, are almost pitch-black and very dense, even making 9 AM look like 10 PM :blink:. Or, it could've simply been the passage of time. Who knows how long it took Littlefoot to find his mother? I think it is either of those two: a really nasty storm or a passage of time, or possibly both.

Coyote_A · **Reply #19 on:** January 12, 2012, 01:09:14 PM

Quote from: Bruton the Iguanodon,Jan 9 2012 on 02:49 AM

Why is it when Sharptooth starts to chase Cera and Littlefoot it's dawn...

and throughout the whole fight and the earthquake its dawn.

But then when Littlefoot is looking for his mom it's night again...

Did a whole day pass?

A sudden change of weather caused by climatic cataclysm. Or could it be that a gigantic cloud of dust raised by the earthquake formed a cloud that blocked out the sunlight? Nah, that's very unlikely.

Quote from: bushwacked,Jan 12 2012 on 03:51 AM

They have two sets of nostrils.

Yeah, animators really screwed up this time.