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Compare and contrast episode 1 cinematography and episode 2 cinematography

posted 7 years ago by Geff (453)
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Episode 1:
- Shaky cam with random clueless movements with no direction or purpose.
- Terrible lighting with too much lighting in some scenes
- Random super closeups for no reason
- No creativity in camera positioning in 99% of the scenes (except for montages)

Episode 2:
- Fairly static cam. Precisely positioned shots. Impressive camera work
- Exceptional lighting without any overlighting in any scenes
- No random closeups. Only closeups when needed. Good camera distance in all scenes
- Very interesting and creative shots and shot angles presented in scenes

Cinematographer matters!

Episode 1 cinematographer: Darran Tiernan
Episode 2 cinematographer: John Grillo

Episode 3 cinematographer will be Darran Tiernan again. Pay close attention.

[–] Geff (453) 7 years ago

C'mon guys...

It's practically unignoreable now. Compare the amazing cinematography of the last episode (Episode 6) to the cinematography of Episode 5. They are Night and Day! Surely the normiest of the normie who doesn't even pay that much attention to the cinematography should see this...

John Grillo did every even numbered episode and Dan Tiernan did every odd numbered episode.

[–] keithmovies (628) 7 years ago

Maybe what we're seeing is one guy with an experimental bent and another a pragmatic approach who cares about fundamental quality and clarity rather than innovation or being influenced by gimmicks. Grillo seems to have a longer list of projects as a technical camera operator or manager than Tiernan who has done more work as a cinematographer.

But I haven't seen any jarring differences in the episodes. They all seem good.

[–] Geff (453) 7 years ago

I personally feel Grillo brings a level of cinematography that is consistent with expectations. It is consistent with the cinematography of last season, for instance.

Tiernan cinematography is on par with something you see on cable TV, not on par with something you expect to see on an HBO program.

I advise people to compare and contrast cinematography between the odd numbered episodes and even numbered episodes. I think people will come to the same conclusions I did.

[–] R_Kane (15828) 7 years ago

And your point is what? That we should watch half of the season? And the fun in that would be, what?

[–] Geff (453) 7 years ago

My point is to express myself, and in so doing pass information from one human to another. And possibily also to precipitate debate and discussion on the matter.