NEWSIES Will Be Filmed Live With Jeremy Jordan & Kara Lindsay — Page 7

sbflyfan said: "It's $20 in Ohio. Most irritating is the aspect ratio is wrong. Heads and feet are cut off in many shots and during the dance sequences. We're at intermission right now and the logo at the bottom of the screen is cut off, which proves my point. Management says its the feed they were provided with and there's nothing they can do.

If the picture is cropped, the wrong macro has been selected on the digital projector. I'm guessing it should be set for 1.85 FLAT.







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I'm seeing this on Saturday. Tickets ended up being $12.72 with a convenience fee added from movietickets.com. Was honestly surprised it was that cheap. Or is it that cheap because it's a pretty early showing? I know they do that at some theaters. I'm going to a theater that's about 50 miles from NYC in NJ. I'm not in the middle of nowhere like the town I actually live in.

^it was also a redesigned production with a completely new set and it was non-equity.

Mildred Plotka said: "I saw it last night and mostly enjoyed it. The camera work is a bit busy, especially during the dance and action heavy musical numbers. Wide shots would have made the athletic choreography much more thrilling. The book scenes and the more intimate songs worked well, though. I found Lindsay much more enjoyable and less saccharine than the 2 times I saw her on Broadway, in the role. Jordan is still impressive in the role. Though I never noticed how terrible of a dancer he is until now. "



Which makes the fact that he was nominated for an Astaire Award even more amusing.



I actually saw the live filming in September and while they ran through it without stopping then, there were a couple of small flubs, so it was nice to have the full performance without those. I totally agree that the camera work was jarring at some points, especially the fight scene at the end of Act 1. Also, there were moments that the lighting made it seem that they were dancing in front of a green screen rather than being on stage, IMO.

FWIW, there was an interesting credit at the end. I'm not sure of the exact phrasing, but there were three audio credits in a row at one point and one was something like, "Home Entertainment Mastering" or "Mixing" or similar.

I know many are speculating a DVD/Blu-Ray release -- this would seem to point that way as well.

Ceej said: "I know many are speculating a DVD/Blu-Ray release -- this would seem to point that way as well."

To clear things up, it is a confirmed fact that it will become available for physical purchase.

lovebwy said: "

They really should not have had so much editing. The dance sequences are more impressive without cutting back and forth.


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And that's the thing. They were great dance sequences. And we didn't get to see them.

The reason for frequent cuts is to keep from getting bored by long scenes. I don't think there was any danger of getting bored by letting us see what the theatre audience saw.



(Of course close ups of the dialog scenes were great)

an ideal DVD would have a second version where the camera sits still for the dance scenes.

For those of you who saw the MISS SAIGON - LIVE screenings you'll remember that the main complaint about that one was also "too many close-ups" and "not enough wide shots" to show the full effect of the big production numbers and how the sets moved. I seem to remember reading somewhere that the decision was made to film NEWSIES after they saw the BILLY ELLIOT - LIVE screenings and that they ended up hiring the video director who had over seen that to do NEWSIES but I don't recall people having this complaint over the BILLY ELLIOT taping. I can somewhat understand the logic in the choices that were made for MISS SAIGON since that was taped and screened ahead of the Broadway engagement and perhaps they felt that the closeups would be just enough to whet people's appetites to come and see the "full view" live in the theatre ... though that wouldn't be the logic behind NEWSIES since the show closed on Broadway and the tour has finished it's run. Who knows what goes into the decisions they make ... I'm just glad it was captured on film ... period!!

At the theater now. Not sure if it is my theater, but the sound quality is bad. I was hoping for surround sound. I wanted to feel like I was in the theater, but the sound wasn't picking up the high notes of the songs. It just seemed muffled. I would have enjoyed it much more with better sound quality.

Saw it on Thursday night and the sound was fine ... the 30 minutes of pre-show, however, was barely audible ... I assume that was just because the theatre normally plays their pre-show stuff at a much lower level than the actual previews and main feature ... this time, though, they should have turned up the volume. I would have gone out and said something to someone but was afraid my seat would be gone by the time I got back as the theatre was nearly FULL. Really enjoyed it and plan on going back again on Wednesday.

Theatre Fan3 said: "Saw it on Thursday night and the sound was fine ... the 30 minutes of pre-show, however, was barely audible ... I assume that was just because the theatre normally plays their pre-show stuff at a much lower level than the actual previews and main feature ... this time, though, they should have turned up the volume. I would have gone out and said something to someone but was afraid my seat would be gone by the time I got back as the theatre was nearly FULL. Really enjoyed it and plan on going back again on Wednesday.



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That's how it sounded to me. It sounded like typical previews, but never adjusted for the movie. I kept thinking someone would fix it but never happened. It was just flat and you had to make an effort to listen.

Saw this earlier today. I really loved it, so high energy (can't quite get the level of seeing it live, but surprisingly close) and I was at first disappointed that Jeremy Jordan would be Jack instead of the tour lead, but damn did he put in a performance. I unexpectedly ending up crying during his speech during Seize the Day.

Blah things to me:

-The editing in the strike fight scene was really choppy and made everything confusing. The impact when Crutchie is beaten was almost completely lost because of this.

-Les... oh Les. Jack's affecting speech in Seize the Day being followed with his "pweeeaaase?" was truly terrible.

Also: So apparently someone was supposed to be Kid Blink in this filmed performance? Did anyone catch this? He's in the cast list and I saw people talking about how there was supposedly supposed to be a bunch more newsies in one scene (including Blink) but I didn't see this. Did I (pun not intended) blink and miss it or what?

I'm just back from it. I really, really enjoyed it but agree wholeheartedly with the comments on the shoddy camera work, particularly during the dance numbers and fight scenes. I've never got to see Newsies; it hasn't made it to Australia yet, I missed the Broadway production by a couple of months and arrived in LA 3 days after the tour finished up there! So it was fantastic to be able to see the show in some form! I was particularly pleased to see Michael Dameski in the cast and would love for him to come home to join the production that I've been dream casting for years now (once a producer actually gets around to announcing it!).