Post by Ubereil on Aug 1, 2007 20:44:11 GMT
The reason the first post is so fleshy, is because I stole it from another forum... ;D
The Mystery Scene Game
This is how our game is played: Find a screen grab or movie promo shot, or even capture a scene yourself. Post a link to your screenie in this thread and the rest of us will try to identify the film of origin.
Rules:
1. Post a link to your off-site image. Don't hotlink any images directly into the thread.
2. One entry at a time, please. Don't post a new image until the previous one has been identified or expires.
3. Entries that haven't been identified will expire after 24 hours and a new entry can be submitted. Entries that have caused activity, i.e. generated attempts for a solution, must be identified by the poster when they expire. Images that generated no activity can be removed and submitted again later.
4.Keep track of any entries you post. Check in at least once or twice in order to confirm a correct answer or provide clues if neccessary.
5. Your entry must be recognizable. Capping an obscure work is fine and even encouraged. However, please try to cap something that is identifiable with that film. Don't, for instance, cap a simple black and grey transitional frame or a close-up of the back of someone's head. The goal here is to see who can recognize a cap that somebody familiar with the work could be expected to identify.
6. Cropping an image to add interest or highlight the particular detail you wish to
present is acceptable, but please don't crop in order to obscure the image. For example, If your shot came from "The Wizard of Oz", cropping Dorothty from a black and white pre-storm frame, so all that's left is a shot of Toto in his basket, would make sense. Anyone familiar with the film could identify such an image easily. Cropping out the rest of the frame would remove details that could lead someone who hadn't seen the film to make a lucky guess. Cropping the shot down to just the weave of the basket wouldn't be acceptable because it would mean everyone would be hoping for a lucky guess.
7. Discussion is allowed, players can ask questions of the poster or pick each others brains.
8. Please name each new photo 'Mystery Scene #' so that we can maintain a frame of reference.
It's also a good idea to rename your cap if you acquire it from an outside source on the Internet. Often images like this will have hints to the source material in the filename. There are lots of very clever people who can find out the name of your image (it's easy if you know how) and keep getting your caps over and over without playing the game.
If you want a good site to update images to, I suggest imageshack. Just remember, copy the imagelink furthest below (url to picture I think) and write the linkcode separately (on another forum I usually get spyware when I click on pictures hosted on imageshack. Problem then is that they've linked to the picture on imageshack and not directlly to the image).
I'll start off with a movie you've most likely seen :
Mystery Scene #1
Übereil
The Mystery Scene Game
This is how our game is played: Find a screen grab or movie promo shot, or even capture a scene yourself. Post a link to your screenie in this thread and the rest of us will try to identify the film of origin.
Rules:
1. Post a link to your off-site image. Don't hotlink any images directly into the thread.
2. One entry at a time, please. Don't post a new image until the previous one has been identified or expires.
3. Entries that haven't been identified will expire after 24 hours and a new entry can be submitted. Entries that have caused activity, i.e. generated attempts for a solution, must be identified by the poster when they expire. Images that generated no activity can be removed and submitted again later.
4.Keep track of any entries you post. Check in at least once or twice in order to confirm a correct answer or provide clues if neccessary.
5. Your entry must be recognizable. Capping an obscure work is fine and even encouraged. However, please try to cap something that is identifiable with that film. Don't, for instance, cap a simple black and grey transitional frame or a close-up of the back of someone's head. The goal here is to see who can recognize a cap that somebody familiar with the work could be expected to identify.
6. Cropping an image to add interest or highlight the particular detail you wish to
present is acceptable, but please don't crop in order to obscure the image. For example, If your shot came from "The Wizard of Oz", cropping Dorothty from a black and white pre-storm frame, so all that's left is a shot of Toto in his basket, would make sense. Anyone familiar with the film could identify such an image easily. Cropping out the rest of the frame would remove details that could lead someone who hadn't seen the film to make a lucky guess. Cropping the shot down to just the weave of the basket wouldn't be acceptable because it would mean everyone would be hoping for a lucky guess.
7. Discussion is allowed, players can ask questions of the poster or pick each others brains.
8. Please name each new photo 'Mystery Scene #' so that we can maintain a frame of reference.
It's also a good idea to rename your cap if you acquire it from an outside source on the Internet. Often images like this will have hints to the source material in the filename. There are lots of very clever people who can find out the name of your image (it's easy if you know how) and keep getting your caps over and over without playing the game.
If you want a good site to update images to, I suggest imageshack. Just remember, copy the imagelink furthest below (url to picture I think) and write the linkcode separately (on another forum I usually get spyware when I click on pictures hosted on imageshack. Problem then is that they've linked to the picture on imageshack and not directlly to the image).
I'll start off with a movie you've most likely seen :
Mystery Scene #1
Übereil