{"id":1167,"date":"2010-09-26T20:23:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-26T20:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jameshatton.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1167"},"modified":"2021-10-25T03:55:22","modified_gmt":"2021-10-25T03:55:22","slug":"the-malkovich-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jameshatton.co.uk\/blog\/2010\/09\/26\/the-malkovich-effect\/","title":{"rendered":"The Malkovich Effect"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I got a timer remote release control for my DSLR camera in order to take some timelapse footage on our holiday in Guyana. I didn’t use it much because of the need to mount the camera on a tripod and leave it there – Guyana is not the safest of places. But I did have a good idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Being John Malkovich (1999) Movie Poster<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

One afternoon, I was chilling on the balcony and recalled a scene from one of my favourite films, Being John Malkovich (1999)<\/a>. Now I really don’t want to risk a spoiler here in case you haven’t seen the movie and trust me, you need to watch this movie; and if you have, you’ll know the scene I refer to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, I just plonked the camera down and used a timer and ignored it as I went about a productive afternoon of having a smoke and drinking beer on the balcony. I got a few images back and more or less cut-paste myself from a few images into the base image. A bit of deleting the edges and all looked polished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The result is below. In the scene, Malkovich has a nightmarish time but I think the prospect of multiple instances of myself might perhaps be somebody else’s nightmare.<\/p>\n\n\n\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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