Software inside the camera then reconstructs the original scene through a process known as demosaicing.
The most original scene is a diversion from the play's main family-exploding business.
That original scene now opens the play, of which Mr. Yablans is a producer.
This made me want to put down the book and go watch the original scene on YouTube.
In fact, it was significantly cut for broadcast – I watch the original scene with Wainwright, and it is considerably stronger.
It was as if the original scene, its perception (with all its attendant feelings), was reproduced, replayed, with virtually no modification.
In the original scene, the macho Miguel was trying to maintain parallel relationships with his pregnant wife and a village prostitute.
One frame of the original scene is then enlarged so that a matte artist can trace the outline of the offending area on paper.
When this grating is illuminated, light bounces off its bumps and troughs in such a way that the reflection reconstructs the original scene.
It should feel daunting – there are enough dancers from the original scene there to remind us where we stand in the pecking order.
Let us know in the thread below – and bonus points awarded if you link to a video of the original scene.
