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Skriven 2007-02-26 06:54:46 av robin.moss (16113.babylon5)
  Kommentar till text 12651 av rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated (16094.babylon5)
Ärende: Re: JMS spotlight at NYCC
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On Feb 26, 2:57 am, "Mac Breck" <macthevor...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> "Dan Dassow" <dan_das...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>
> news:1172452796.948709.49500@m58g2000cwm.googlegroups.com...> On Feb 25, 5:45
pm, "Mac Breck" <macthevor...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > "Shabaz" <shaba...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> > >news:1172438763.828725.61260@a75g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...> On Feb
>
> 24, 5:29 am, Jan <janmschroe...@aol.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > > > > Whether it'll show on each disk or perhaps be part of the
> credits, I
> > > don't know,
> > > > > sorry.
>
> > > > > Jan
>
> > > > It kind of matches JMS's description of the credit sequence and a
> set
> > > > piece that was to come right before it, so I imagine it might be
> shown
> > > > on the disc as such. What he said in the January 12 mailing list
> > > > update:
>
> > > > >>We've also designed a brand new title sequence for Babylon 5,
> which
>
> > > incorporates all of the major characters, and emphasizes the
> > > interconnectedness of the characters seen over the show. There will
> also
> > > be a separate set-piece placed just before the main title sequence
> that
> > > will tie back visually to our series finale, "Sleeping in Light," in
> > > kind of a tribute to the end of that volume and the starting of this
> > > one.<<
>
> > > Alright, I've got to ask, what is a "set-piece" ?   A physical
> object
> > > (i.e. non-CGI), like the Hugo Award in Ivanova's office in SiL?
>
> > > (Yeah, I know that the question mark should go inside the quote.)
>
> > Mac,
>
> > I am assuming that you are not making a joke.
>
> No, I wasn't making a joke.  I just didn't have the foggiest idea what
> "set-piece" meant in the context of "There will also be a separate
> set-piece placed just before the main title sequence that will tie back
> visually to our series finale, "Sleeping in Light," in kind of a tribute
> to the end of that volume and the starting of this one."
>
> > According to the Merriam Webster online dictitionary:
> >http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=set+piece
>
> > Main Entry: set piece
> > Function: noun
> > 1 a : a composition (as in literature, art, or music) executed in a
> > fixed or ideal form often with studied artistry and brilliant effect
> > b : a scene, depiction, speech, or event that is obviously designed to
> > have an imposing effect
> > 2 : a realistic piece of stage scenery standing by itself
>
> Definition 2 was the closest to my S.W.A.G.
>
> S.W.A.G.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swag_(disambiguation)
> ...although I prefer 'super wild-assed guess.'
>
> > 3 : a precisely planned and conducted military operation <an offensive
> > set piece that caught the enemy off guard>
> > - set-piece adjective
>
> > I believe the sense of "set piece" that Jan intended is 1b. "a scene,
> > depiction, speech, or event that is obviously designed to have an
> > imposing effect".
>
> > Dan Dassow
>
> Thanks for looking that up and providing the URL and definitions.  I'm
> surprised that there was an entry for it.  Seems too specialized, sort
> of TV Producer Greek.
>
> --
> Mac Breck (KoshN)
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Not solely a TV term though, but generally an artistic term. From the
Dictionary.com link posted earlier, three of the definitions fit,
though none refer specifically to TV or even to dramatisation in
general:

3. a work of art, literature, music, etc., having a prescribed
thematic and formal structure: the set pieces of Restoration comedy.

The thematic structure of the TLT set-piece is a harking back to the
end of the story of B5, before winding back to show that there is more
of the story (Lost Tales) to be told.

4. a scene, action, or the like, having a conventional form and
functioning as part of the structure of a work of art, literature,
etc.

It is structured to act as an introduction to the concept of the
series.

6. (in a novel, narrative poem, or the like) a passage more or less
extraneous to the sequence of events, introduced to supply background,
color, or the like.

It certainly does (will do, presumably, since I've not seen it yet)
that.
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