Nanny Cam at Ragtime

[Oldschool]

Nanny Cam at Ragtime#1

Posted: 12/19/09 at 2:45pm

Got word from a friend that someone in the orchestra section had a nanny cam in a doll that she was panning back and forth through the night. Don't know if she was caught.

[ljay889]

re: Nanny Cam at Ragtime#2

Posted: 12/19/09 at 2:47pm

Wtf are you talking about?

[Eris0303]

re: Nanny Cam at Ragtime#2

Posted: 12/19/09 at 2:49pm

Nanny cams are cameras hidden in toys so that parents can see what a nanny is doing with their children while the parents at out of the house.

It seems an audience member brought one hidden in a doll to Ragtime.

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[ljay889]

re: Nanny Cam at Ragtime#3

Posted: 12/19/09 at 2:50pm

What does he mean by panning back and forth?

[Eris0303]

re: Nanny Cam at Ragtime#4

Posted: 12/19/09 at 2:51pm

Well, one has to assume that the person would hold the doll up and move the camera across the stage slowly. Like when a camera pans.

"All our dreams can come true -- if we have the courage to pursue them." -- Walt Disney We must have different Gods. My God said "do to others what you would have them do to you". Your God seems to have said "My Way or the Highway".

Updated On: 12/19/09 at 02:51 PM

[uncageg]

re: Nanny Cam at Ragtime#5

Posted: 12/19/09 at 2:52pm

http://www.saskschools.ca/curr_content/cpt/projects/musicvideo/panshots.html

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[Oldschool]

re: Nanny Cam at Ragtime#6

Posted: 12/19/09 at 2:53pm

The lens only covers so much, so they were doing what in the world of video conversions for formats like bringing cinemascope films like Lawrence of Arabia, they Pan and scan, i.e., move the camera from side to side in order to catch as much of the scene as possible. In the context of video conversion, the old 3:4 aspect ratio of TV isn't friendly to widescreen pictures, so in the conversion process, they used to pan and scan the frame to catch all the action.

[ljay889]

re: Nanny Cam at Ragtime#7

Posted: 12/19/09 at 2:54pm

Ah. Thank you. I get it now.

[DottieD'Luscia]

re: Nanny Cam at Ragtime#8

Posted: 12/19/09 at 5:19pm

Besides maybe a child bringing a doll to a Broadway show, who else would? I think it would be extremely noticeable.

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[FindingNamo]

re: Nanny Cam at Ragtime#9

Posted: 12/19/09 at 5:40pm

Shaun Cassidy or Linda Purl in "Like Normal People"?

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[FindingNamo]

re: Nanny Cam at Ragtime#10

Posted: 12/19/09 at 5:40pm

Shaun Cassidy or Linda Purl in "Like Normal People"?

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[Soliantu]

re: Nanny Cam at Ragtime#11

Posted: 12/19/09 at 5:44pm

well I'm sure it was an adult who had their child carry the doll in, and then they most likely used it to film.

[JudasIscariot]

re: Nanny Cam at Ragtime#12

Posted: 12/19/09 at 5:56pm

Does anyone know what she looks like? I work at The 39 Steps, and I distinctly remember someone coming to the matinee today with her mother, and she looked like she was around 15ish, carrying a doll with her. I thought it was odd that she was that old and carrying around a doll, but this might explain it.

[taylorPHENOMENON2]

re: Nanny Cam at Ragtime#13

Posted: 12/19/09 at 11:16pm

A women in the orchestra told me about this today too. Stupid people.

[LizzieCurry]

re: Nanny Cam at Ragtime#14

Posted: 12/19/09 at 11:18pm

Oh dear. What would Jo Frost say?!

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[BroadwayBound115]

re: Nanny Cam at Ragtime#15

Posted: 12/19/09 at 11:38pm

More like what would Patti LuPone say?! I'd love to hear the show-stopping rant for this one!

[CATSNYrevival]

re: Nanny Cam at Ragtime#16

Posted: 12/19/09 at 11:39pm

What a great idea!

[binau]

re: Nanny Cam at Ragtime#17

Posted: 12/20/09 at 12:02am

BREAKING NEWS: Bootlegger suspected at a Broadway show

Why is this not on the BW.com front page?

Give me claws and a hunch, just away from this bunch.

[MrSweetNAwful]

re: Nanny Cam at Ragtime#18

Posted: 12/20/09 at 1:57pm

^ XD

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[Dantes]

re: Nanny Cam at Ragtime#19

Posted: 12/20/09 at 2:01pm

like it matters, there are already 2 dvds of this doing the rounds

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