Why Movies Today Look So Bland
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- čas přidán 20. 02. 2024
- In this video, I describe why modern day blockbusters struggle with lighting. With the overuse of CGI, there isn't enough visual planning going into these films, and therefore lighting an actor becomes increasingly difficult when you don't know what your final environment is going to be.
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I hope in the future we see directors who understand these things and try to break away from the mainstream look. So many things are going wrong in modern movies, but this is definitely a big one
I noticed this too in movies nowadays. Great video. Didn’t know what a volume was or that those were used. Makes sense. Lighting can elevate a film a ton
Same! Super informative video and it really is crazy how much something as simple as lighting can drastically change the whole movie and make it that much better or worse
To say lighting and cinematography is an art form is obvious and an understatement. It's also becoming a lost art. Only a few movies today look like movies "of old" filled with a visually heightened saturated colors and depth not found in the real world. A shame. Watch any Disney animated film pre-1970 on the big screen. They had colors in them not available in real life.
The side by side comparison images were shot on different mediums; the “bland” images were shot digitally and the “dynamic” images were shot on celluloid. But I agree with your points. I would say the shift from film to digital and the demand for higher resolutions has also contributed a lot to the bland look of modern movies. Not all cinematographers adapted well to the change with many continuing to use older methods that may have worked well on analogue but don’t work quite as well with digital cameras. Some, like Roger Deakins, Greig Fraser and Paul Cameron transitioned effortlessly and have been able to create nice looking images that remain “cinematic”.
Robert Richardson too!
@@EuphoricMovieHonestly, I’m not really a fan of Richardson’s digital work. His celluloid work with Tarantino really stands out compared to his digitally shot movies. I thought “Emancipation”, starring Will Smith, looked very cheap.
Noticed this too - good concise presentation of the issue. Thank you.
Appreciate it
You know what movie still looks awesome? Dredd
Criminal that didn't get a sequel
I was just watching Chronicle today and I was blown away at what they did with $15M.
When u said a covid thing I thought u were joking but then u started dropping knowledge
Movies being made by Disney, as well as companies that operate in the same way, have the studio wielding unprecedented amounts of control over every aspect of the filmmaking compared to any time before. This has it's clear negative effects on all aspects the film but none seem more evident than to the look, where they are doomed into that ' filmed in a studio lot' look that has been abundant over the last 6 years. It seems to me that the DP & Cinematographer are jobs that cannot be done by a committee and truly need to be carried out as a labour of love from people who enjoy what they do and create.
"the studio wielding unprecedented amounts of control over every aspect of the filmmaking compared to any time before."
I'm doubtful whether this is true. Back in the studio era of the late '20s through the '40s (and to some extent into the '50s), the studios exercised an extraordinary amount of control over all aspects of the filmmaking. I've read a lot about that era, as it's a fascinating story. I highly recommend the book, "The Genius of the System: Hollywood Filmmaking in the Studio Era" by Thomas Schatz, and books by Thomas Doherty.
In some ways, the Marvel Studios model is a throwback to that process, with stars and filmmakers signed to long-term contracts and the moviemaking being run in a micromanaged, factory-like way. It's an apples-to-oranges comparison in other ways, of course - there were also a lot of differences back then that meant the factory model produced better movies on average even with the limitations of timid, corporate control.
Not only is it lighting but the scripts of movies have become lackluster and lazy
Mandolorian was great
Commenting for the algorithm
*art today... even in the graffiti scene ... it’s because capitalism is squeezing the creativity out of everyone
Ah yes of course it's capitalism's fault, why didn't I think of that
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I'm looking forward to AI replacing Hollywood entirely, not just for the limitless possibilities it offers, but the chance to consign diversity quotas, wokeness, and DEI points to the rubbish bin of history. It'll be a new age of infinite creativity.
Good lord, you're pathetic.