alright, I’m working on a project right now, and I need to gauge what would be considered ‘common knowledge’ here.
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So, I watched Farinelli recently, and there was a scene where the main character was writing… in front of like seven candles on a wooden table in a wooden barn. This gave me an idea…
Rules I was thinking of (constructive criticism encouraged.)
- No fantasy films, the reason being because for are we know, the characters have some magical solution to prevent the dangers of over-candling.
- No ‘vegetable films,’ aka, films that tackle serious, dark parts of history, (slavery, colonialism, genocide, etc.) basically, if it would be inappropriate to joke about, it’s not going to be included.
- No Gaiman, Orson Scott Card, or Rowling, (I don’t think they have any historical fiction, but just to be safe.)
- While I won’t say no to suggestions, I’m not going to watch a film that doesn’t interest me just because people keep asking for it.
- No films that take place after the year 1880, as it is the year the lightbulb was patented. I am well aware that people used candles as their main form of lighting long after that, but this is just to standardize things.
- If the over-candling does start a fire, the count will not start over, (because I can tell the characters ‘I told you so.’) however, I will mention it in the post.
- Tv shows are allowed. However, they will be counted by episode in a separate series.
I will provide context for the scene of over-candling, and, if I feel like it, a thought or two about the film.
Example: it has been 0 films without an over-candling incident.