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All the nagging about natural lightning is annoying as beep

posted 11 years ago by mattiasflgrtll6
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Okay, I guess I'm not the only one who hates the narrator's "question"-ending sentences and more, but there's one thing that hasn't been acknowledged...
Why is it so cool with natural lightning? That's just that you take a regular camera, shoot a film, then change nothing. I much prefer when a movie (unless it's VERY effective the other way) has some good achievements in cinematography, like say, "The Godfather", "The Brood", "2001" or heck, even "E.T."! Just taking a camera and shooting something in regular and boring lightning to show people is not fascinating at all.

[–] ripplinbuckethead 10 years ago

There are some (including me) that are just tired of the current trend of super high contrast, filtered color and unnatural lighting in movies and TV. I prefer natural color and lighting. Not a fan of watching something and it's basically just different shades of one color, either. Sure, it can be interesting and create a mood, but it's overdone now. That's the problem for me; it's not the techniques themselves, it's the frequency of them. Not everything has to look like Bay or Abrams shot it.

Even a show like Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives does it! I don't want to see neon pink pastrami and radioactive green lettuce. I'm surprised there aren't lens flares coming off the spoons or something! :p

All the nagging about natural lightning is annoying as *beep*

All the nagging about natural lightning is annoying as beep