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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 2 1 2 cynamatic effects #110822 08/25/03 03:08 AM Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 95 V vbq OP journeyman OP vbq journeyman V Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 95 Maureen Dowd's column in today's NY Times contains this extract: Mr. Kerry, a Boston Democrat, had thought about announcing in front of a warship, wrote The Boston Globe's Glen Johnson, but felt the need for something bigger, to stage a more chesty confrontation with Mr. Bush. ... So the issue is illusion: can Senator Kerry match President Bush's ability to appropriate an aircraft carrier as a political prop? Is there a word or phrase to describe the manipulation of background in a camera pose to make a subliminal statement? Public figures will go to extraordinary lengths to select, and even edit, the scenery in a photo opp. For instance, it has also been reported that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld had the naked breast of a female bronze draped for a photo opp recently because he didn't want to be photographed in front of another "boob". I didn't make this up, honest. Some might argue that Arnold Schwarzenegger's candidacy for Governor of California is the ultimate expression of this cinematic art. "Electaprop"? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: cynamatic effects #110823 08/25/03 10:40 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Is their a word or phrase to describe the manipulation of background Setting the stage is all I can think of. Also, I don't recall seeing/hearing the phrase "chesty confrontation" before, either, and I don't think I like it. Oh--why cynamatic, please? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: cynamatic effects #110824 08/25/03 11:16 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta B Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Blend of cinematic and cynical maybe? Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: cynamatic effects #110825 08/25/03 12:32 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 cinematic and cynical Once I figured that out I decided I liked the term but I had to go through cyan to get there. Of course the ulitmate in cynamatic would be to pose with your cute little puppy dog. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: cynamatic effects #110826 08/25/03 04:11 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA W wow Carpal Tunnel wow Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA cyan - a printer's color - a sort of greenish blue! President Bush's ability to appropriate an aircraft carrier as a political prop? Arrrgggghhh!© This really got my Irish up! To take the courage, commitment and valor of those sailors and airmen/women and subliminally suggest you have the same. And for the Commander in Chief to ignore the cost in the time of the military and taxpayer's money to tie up an aircraft carrier for heaven's sake for political "spin!"! And the ship was just off shore (I believe San Diego) and cameras were positioned so that the land didn't show so it looked like the ship was at sea! The President's ride in the helicopter was p'rolly ten minutes! I repeat Arrrgggghhh!© Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: cynamatic effects #110827 08/25/03 09:38 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 cinematic and cynical I'd like to suggest the addition of emetic to the mix: ADJECTIVE: Causing vomiting. NOUN: An agent that causes vomiting. ETYMOLOGY: Late Latin emeticos, from Greek emetikos, from emetos, vomiting, from emein, to vomit. See wem - in Appendix I. http://www.bartleby.com/61/10/E0111000.html Thus the compounded neologism becomes: cynemetic The cynical use of film trickery for nauseating political gain. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: cynamatic effects #110828 08/25/03 11:46 PM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Z Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Z Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada cynemetic The cynical use of film trickery for nauseating political gain. Well done mav. Too bad this particular disease is so widespread! I don't like "chesty confrontation" either, especially after the comment about not getting his picture taken in front of another "boob", although it begs the question - who does he usually get his picture taken in front of. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: cynamatic effects #110829 08/26/03 12:18 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont who does he usually get his picture taken in front of. W formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: cynamatic effects #110830 08/26/03 12:31 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 W A hit, accomplis tit :) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: cynamatic effects #110831 08/26/03 04:41 PM Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK D dxb Pooh-Bah dxb Pooh-Bah D Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK "Chesty confrontation" - one of the martial arts characterised by aggressive coughing. Also known as Thoraxing, the sport's popular but hard to make out logo shows the Norse god of war wielding a battle axe in dense smoke. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 1 of 2 1 2 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... 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