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2 unusual facts about Close-Up


Close-up

One of the best claims is for George Albert Smith in Hove, who used medium close-ups in films as early as 1898 and by 1900 was incorporating extreme close-ups in films such as As Seen Through a Telescope and Grandma's Reading Glass.

In 1901, James Williamson, also working in Hove, made perhaps the most extreme close-up of all in The Big Swallow, when his character approaches the camera and appears to swallow it.


April Palmieri

Palmieri was also a close personal friend of the well-known performer and downtown scene figure, John Sex.

Arthur Nadel

On February 25, U.S. District Judge Denise Cote had ruled he could be released after posting a $5 million bond, including $1 million in cash, and four people to whom he has a “close relationship” to guarantee his bond and be subject to electronic monitoring.

Attapeu Province

Lao Loum people in Attapeu outnumber those in other close-by provinces.

Austrocylindropuntia floccosa

Huaraco are cultivated for the use of planting them close together to make living fences.

Charles Thomson

James Searle, a close friend of John Adams, and a delegate, began a cane fight on the floor of Congress against Thomson over a claim that he was misquoted in the "Minutes" that resulted in both men being slashed in the face.

Clémentine Autain

According to Le Monde, she would also have been close to the Gauche socialiste associated Jean-Luc Mélenchon.

Close-Act Theatre

Klein Karoo National Arts Festival Oudsthoorn (SA) -

Commando 21

Each of the two Close Combat Company is similar to the previous RM rifle company, having 3 platoon sized troops, but each troop, in addition to three rifle sections, has a manoeuvre support section of five men equipped with General Purpose Machine Gun, Long Range Rifle and 51 mm Mortar.

Crowden, Derbyshire

It also lies very close to the Pennine Way long distance footpath (on which it is traditionally the first-night stop after Edale) and includes a youth hostel.

Daniel Wyllie

He counts actress Toni Collette as a close friend, and appeared with her in the films Muriel's Wedding and Così.

Dharshan Munidasa

In December 2011, Munidasa in collaboration with close friends, Sri Lankan Cricketing Legends Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara opened the Ministry of Crab, housed in the recently refurbished 400-year-old ‘Old Dutch Hospital’ Shopping Precinct.

Emilie Demant Hatt

Demant had a close relationship and friendship with the Swedish geologist and chemist Hjalmar Lundbohm whom she met in Jukkasjärvi in 1907.

Fall Creek Massacre

Early sources close to the case, such as the Federal Indian agent John Johnston, described them as a mixed band of Seneca and Shawnee, or Mingo, from Logan, Ohio, named for the chief.

Fedamore GAA

It is a member of the East division and neighbouring clubs include Ballybricken/Bohermore, Camogue Rovers, Crecora/Manister and South Liberties with whom Fedamore once had a close rivalry.

Gabriel Ruelas

Ruelas turned pro in 1988 and in 1993 challenged WBC Super Featherweight Title holder Azumah Nelson, losing a close majority decision.

Gmina Jaworzyna Śląska

In the year 1761, during the Seven Years' War, Frederick the Great went into an entrenched mount guard (entrenched camp) close to Bolesławice (de:Bunzelwitz).

Grenzlandring

The Grenzlandring (German for "border-region ring"), sometimes Grenzland-Ring written, is a former high-speed race track oval in the Lower Rhine area of Germany, around the town of Wegberg, located close to Mönchengladbach and the Dutch town of Roermond.

Heinrich von Brentano

The Brentano family, of Italian (Lombard) origin, had settled in the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt in the 17th century and were recognized as Hessian nobles, with close contact to important figures of the German Romanticism, including Goethe, Savigny and Arnim.

Iniyavale

Prabhakaran's father (Mouli) and Ramanathan (Raghuvaran), Meena's father, are close friends and they decide to get Prabhakaran and Meena (Suvalakshmi) married.

Irish Language Association of Australia

It is now held in January in a forest site close to Bacchus Marsh, and has an average attendance of 50 students, with language classes supplemented by music, dancing and singing.

Israel Putnam House

Putnam Cottage, where he had a close escape, owned by the Israel Putnam House Association

Jabulani Dubazana

Jabulani Frederick Mwelase Dubazana was a member of Ladysmith Black Mambazo, a South African choral group founded in 1960 - and still led - by close friend Joseph Shabalala.

Jarosław Hampel

He received his speedway license in 1998 with the Polish team Polonia Piła, although he first started racing on a mini-track in Pawłowice, close to the city of Leszno.

Jean Metzinger

However, Princet would remain close to Metzinger and participate in meetings of the Section d'Or in Puteaux.

Joël Prévost

Born in the Languedoc-Roussillon region of southern France, Prévost was adopted soon after birth by a family from northern France, renamed Jean-Luc Potaux, and grew up at Trith-Saint-Léger, close to the border with Belgium.

Kamal Al-Yahya

In order to stay close to home, he opted out of his medical scholarship in favor of pursuing a degree in physics at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

Kobayakawa clan

Close allies with the Kikkawa family, the Kobayakawa fought alongside the Kikkawa, Mōri, Toyotomi, and Ōtomo clans against the Shimazu, for control of Kyūshū at the end of the 16th century; they were awarded Chikuzen Province as their fief following the Shimazu's defeat, but the clan came to an end only a few decades later when Hideaki died without a successor.

Melmerby, Cumbria

Melmerby Fell is very close and Cross Fell, the highest part of the Pennines, is only three or four miles (6 km) away.

Mike Hesson

Hesson has recently received heavy criticism for his controversial recommendation that Ross Taylor should surrender captaincy in favour of Brendon McCullum, who is allegedly a close friend of Hesson.

New York City Breakers

Holman's close friend, legendary graffiti artist/pioneer Phase II created the flyers for these Hip Hop nights.

Novella Carpenter

In March 2011, the City of Oakland told Carpenter she would have to close her Ghost Town Farm because she was selling excess produce without a permit.

Peace of Bautzen

Bolesław had enjoyed the close friendship of the emperor Otto III and after his death supported one of Otto's followers, Eckard I, Margrave of Meissen for the position of Holy Roman Emperor, against the claims of Henry II.

Pfänder

The Pfänder is a mountain in western Austria close to Lake Constance (Bodensee).

Richard Paul Pavlick

Pavlick's enmity toward John F. Kennedy boiled over after the close of the 1960 U.S. Presidential election, in which Kennedy had defeated Republican Richard Nixon.

Semion Mogilevich

Political figures he has close alliances with include Yury Luzhkov, the former Mayor of Moscow, Dmytro Firtash and Leonid Derkach, former head of the Security Service of Ukraine.

Simeon Ivanov

In February 2012, Ivanov was close to signing with A PFG club Vidima Rakovski, but eventually put pen to paper on a contract with second division side Akademik Sofia.

St. Margaret's Church, Oslo

Margaret's Church was a stone church built in the 13th century, placed in Maridalen in the outskirts of Oslo, Norway, close to the northern end of Maridalsvannet.

Stand Athletic F.C.

The club's overgrown pitch and dilapidated home supporters' stand are a sad reflection of earlier, successful times, and can be seen from the East Lancashire Railway, close to the Irwell Vale railway station.

Stéphane Lupasco

(Lupasco unfortunately did not read English well, and hence no references to the “anti”-psychiatry of Laing and Bateson, close in spirit to his work, are to be found.)

Sylvia Hatchell

Despite having four players averaging double-digit scoring, including Wendy Palmer at almost 19 points per game, the USA had some close matches.

The Bentley London

It is located at 27-33 Harrington Gardens in south Kensington, lying between Cromwell Road to the north and Brompton Road to the south in close proximity to some of London's major museums including the Natural History Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum and other sites of note such as the Royal Albert Hall, Sloane Square and the Royal Court Theatre, and the boutiques of Knightsbridge such as Harrods and Harvey Nichols.

The Call Up

With the line "It's 55 minutes past 11..." the song directly reference the Minutes to Midnight Doomsday Clock which was established and maintained by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists at the University of Chicago, which denotes by just how few minutes it is to midnight to what the impending threat of just how close the world is estimated to be to a global disaster, and it also includes a rejection of dead-end jobs ("who gives you work and why should you do it?").

Third Ministry of Machine-Building of the PRC

At the close cooperation with the Soviet Union ministry was responsible for launching the production supplied by Soviet fighters F-2 (MiG-15), J-4 (MiG-17), JS (MiG-17PF) and J-6 (MiG-19) and bombers, H-5 (Il-28) and H-6 (Tu-16).

Travel Air

Additional types that had been close to production number from 8 to 16 were built while under Curtiss-Wright management such as the Curtiss-Wright CW-12.

Tshudpud Namgyal

Because the capital of Rabdentse was too close to the Nepalese border, he shifted the capital to Tumlong.

Violent Silences

As well as addressing themes that appear to be close to the artist's heart, Violent Silences includes an electro-rock cover of the Talking Heads classic Psycho Killer and a collaboration with electronic-music legend Gary Numan, entitled "Crazier".

Wadi al-Qarn – Burqush Important Bird Area

It lies at an altitude of 1,175 – 1,500 m next to the village of Burqush in the Anti-Lebanon mountains, near Mount Hermon and close to the border with Lebanon.

West Otago

West Otago consists of rolling farmland and forested hills close to the Pomahaka River.

West Town, Peterborough

Also transferred were Thorpe Hall (maternity 1943–1970), The Gables (maternity 1947–1970), the Smallpox Hospital (1884–1970), Isolation Hospital (1901–1981), and St. John's Close (mentally ill c.1930–1971).

Winter Moth

:In North America, "Winter Moth" usually denotes the closely related Operophtera bruceata, but may also mean the less close relative Erannis tiliaria (Linden Looper).


see also

A Missed Fortune

Additionally, Larry taking a bath as well as the close-up of Moe yelling "Get this Henry the VIII off my neck!" is also stock.

Airways Airsports

(2011) Judy Leden takes BBC Breakfast Weather reporter Carol Kirkwood flying in a hang glider to see a cloud close up and weight it, for BBC's The Great British Weather Show.

Andover Estate

The estate has various well known residents in former EastEnders TV actor Marc Bannerman, Cornwall's DJ Pat Mckay grew up on Andover Estate, and world renowned close-up magician and artiste Fay Presto also lived there for over 25 years.

Battle of Tayabas

Although Malvar's main army was armed with Mausers and other modern weaponry, numerous Tayabeño katipuneros who joined the fighting were armed with simple Knives and spears; however, the advantage of the Spaniards in terms of weaponry was relatively neutralized due to the close up fighting in the jungles and foothills of Mt. Banahaw in Tayabas.

Citizen Smith

The opening titles of each episode of series 1 & 2 always began in the same way with Wolfie emerging from Tooting Broadway tube station, then with a shot of Wolfie kicking a can across a bridge until he is in close up, accompanied by a stirring rendition of the socialist anthem The Red Flag.

Computers and Blues

The cover photo is a close-up of the Norfolk Terrace halls of residence at the University of East Anglia designed by architect Denys Lasdun.

Darwin Ortiz

Ortiz is a contemporary and close friend of the influential US coin magician, David Roth, and was initially mentored by the seminal British/US close-up performer, Derek Dingle.

Don't Let Me Go

The music video begins with a close-up of lead singer Kyle Patrick, playing his guitar.

Fan Hir

The Beacons Way long distance footpath runs beneath Fan Hir on the east affording marvellous close-up views of this impressive hill.

Illiana Christian High School

Other opportunities include Bill of Rights Convention, Bowling, Care Convention, Chapel, Christian Service Club, Class Trip, Close-Up, Drama, Fine Arts, Flag Corp, Landlopers, Math Team, Mock Trial, Echo (The Student Newspaper), Scribes, Senior Service, Student Council, Tutor Team, & The Spire (the Illiana Christian High School yearbook).

International Harvester K and KB Series

A close up of the smaller truck's door is used for the cover of the 1994 documentary The Making of Pump.

Itchyworms

In addition Enervon, Close-Up and San Miguel Beer have also commissioned the band to write original songs for their advertising campaigns.

Long Beach Search and Rescue

The unit has been on national television, including a close up in the pilot episode of the 1972 hit show, "Emergency!" They have also been featured on the news and in newspapers.

More Songs About Buildings and Food

The front cover of the album, conceived by Byrne and executed by artist Jimmy De Sana, is a photomosaic of the band comprising 529 close-up Polaroid photographs.

Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar

Hamid Dabashi, Close Up: Iranian Cinema, Past, Present, and Future, 320 p. (Verso, London, 2001), Chapter 1.

Pacific 231

A 1949 French award-winning film, Pacific 231, directed by Jean Mitry, used the orchestral work as the sound track for a tribute to the steam locomotive, and included incredible close-up footage of driving wheels, running gear and railroad operations, mostly taken at speed, and cut/choreographed to the music.

Photographic filter

Close-up lenses are usually specified by their optical power, the reciprocal of the focal length in meters.

Rod Price

A DVD entitled Two Centuries Of Boogie, recorded at a 1996 concert in Dayton, Ohio gives a close-up and first-hand view of Price's guitar abilities.

Say Somethin'

Other scenes feature Carey trying on several outfits in Louis Vuitton's flag-ship store on Champs-Élysées, as well as close-up shots of Snoop Dogg.

Second Battle of Sirte

Stephen, Martin; Grove, Erik: Sea Battles in Close-up: World War Two.

Spiders on a Web

The film is, according to Michael Brooke of BFI Screenonline, "less formally ambitious," than the director's, "groundbreaking multiple close-up study Grandma's Reading Glass (1900), made the same year, but is nonetheless, "one of the earliest British examples of close-up natural history photography, predating Percy Smith's insect studies by a decade.

The Big Swallow

Although the director's, "purpose was primarily comic (and doubtless inspired by unwanted attention from increasingly savvy passers-by while filming his actuality shorts)," he creates, "one of the most striking genre entries," and, "makes imaginative use of an extreme close-up to create one of the seminal images of early British (and world) cinema, as effective in its way as the slashed eyeball of Un Chien Andalou (1929), and of just as much appeal to the Surrealist movement."

The Curious Case of Edgar Witherspoon

A close up of a street sign reveals that Edgar Witherspoon lives on Laing Street in Leslieville; Leslieville is actually a neighbourhood in Toronto's east end.

The Decline of Western Civilization

The promotional poster for The Decline (and the record cover of the soundtrack album) featured a close-up frame of Germs singer Darby Crash supine on stage with his eyes closed.

Universal Creative

Studio Tour (Flash Flood, Rockslide, Avalanche, Battle of Galactica, Parting of the Red Sea, Jaws, King Kong Encounter, Runaway Train, Collapsing Bridge, Earthquake, The Mummy's Tomb, The Fast and the Furious: Extreme Close-Up, Skull Island Sea, Stunt Show, Whoville, Psycho and King Kong: 360 3-D tour scenes) (1968–2010) (co-produced with Totally Fun Company, Ride & Show Engineering and Weta Digital)

Wayne Dobson

In 1977 he won joint first prize in the close-up competition at the International Brotherhood of Magicians British Ring Convention.

XCU: Extreme Close Up

XCU: Extreme Close Up is a 2001 film directed by Sean S. Cunningham.