10-21-2008, 09:36 AM
In one episode, one of the lead guys was sitting on a chair and his flashlight literally jumped out of his hands and landed about 8 feet away. The camera happened to catch his hands a split second after the flashlight exited stage left, and it was apparent his hands never moved. They went and picked up the flashlight and examined it in one continuous shot, and it didn't appear to have a fishline or anything attached.
Maybe someone offscreen just chucked the flashlight, and he was only pretending that he had been holding it, maybe not. But it was certainly well done because the way it was shot would've been very difficult to fake. The camera was panning from one side of the room where one investigator was sitting, over to the other investigator, and just barely caught the flashlight flying through the air and his hands not moving. It would've had to've been expertly timed over several takes to fake that. Which might be what happened. Either way, it was an entertaining moment.
Maybe someone offscreen just chucked the flashlight, and he was only pretending that he had been holding it, maybe not. But it was certainly well done because the way it was shot would've been very difficult to fake. The camera was panning from one side of the room where one investigator was sitting, over to the other investigator, and just barely caught the flashlight flying through the air and his hands not moving. It would've had to've been expertly timed over several takes to fake that. Which might be what happened. Either way, it was an entertaining moment.