[ SECRET POST #6326 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6326 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

This keeps getting brought up in this comm... and for good reason! Let's bring this back already.

[(Anonymous)]

The light should be coming from the same place the music does.

[(Anonymous)]

I wouldn't go that far but I agree that Hollywood desperately needs to rethink its approach to lighting.

[(Anonymous)]

I know this has been an ongoing topic of conversation for a while now, and I respect that a lot of people agree with your sentiment, OP, but personally I totally disagree. I love that we've gained the ability to film with extremely nuanced and naturalistic lighting. It's one of my favorite things about modern advancements in film technology. For me, fakey lighting makes everything much less engrossing and impactful.

If a scene has reduced visibility, I figure it's because the director wanted it to, so it doesn't bother me. I figure if there's something the director wants me to be able to see, I will be able to see it, and I have yet to run into an instance where that wasn't true.

The only time I ever find reduced visibility to be a problem at all is when I'm watching something in the middle of the day, in which case I figure it's my own fault for not having better curtains.

[(Anonymous)]

I don't care if the director wanted something to look ugly as hell and unwatchable on purpose. The director should have better damn taste.

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT - Like I said, I can respect your opinion. Personally, I can't recall ever watching a movie or show and feeling like it was ugly because it was too dark. OTOH, I've watched plenty of film media and thought it was ugly because it was too well lit, looked fake, and took me out of the scene.

[(Anonymous)]

I mean, have we gained the ability to film with more naturalistic lighting? Yes, technically. But if what makes it to the screen is a dark mess, it's hard to feel like we've gained anything. Because directors aren't watching their work on the kinds of TVs regular people have, we're NOT actually seeing reduced visibility because they want us to, and it's kind of a huge problem.

And I'd rather watch fakey lighting than watch a black screen.

[(Anonymous)]

*shrug* Like I said above, I've never watched something and felt like it was too dark, but I have watched a lot of stuff and thought it was way too well-lit and looked fake. So this just isn't a preference I can relate to at all.

Honestly, even if I had watched a bunch of movies where I felt the lighting was too dark, I'd still take that over fakey, too-bright lighting any day, because the latter disrupts my immersion way more than the former would.

[(Anonymous)]

I figure if there's something the director wants me to be able to see, I will be able to see it, and I have yet to run into an instance where that wasn't true.


I have run into this many, many times. Like most of S3 Hannibal. Nuanced and naturalistic lighting is great, but murky darkness to cover up crappy CGI is not.

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT - I've watched Hannibal, and never felt like it was too dark, so this feels like a great example of why I don't agree with the "films are too literally dark these days" sentiment. Everyone's threshold for this stuff is different.

[(Anonymous)]

NAYRT
I've got to agree. I've never had any problem with Hannibal. And I am not a fan of modern lightning and color grading at all! But sometime I've got to wonder if people are watching movies from their phones outside in bright sun. No amount of lighting will help you.

Also day for night isn't always helps to see anything. (not) See House of Dragon

[(Anonymous)]

Some filmmakers just really miss the days of radio drama.

[(Anonymous)]

* Jordan Peele & Nope have entered the chat *

[(Anonymous)]

I can't tell which direction you're going with this.

[(Anonymous)]

Heh, I also remembered Nope.
But they do have extremely expensive day-for-night lighting

[(Anonymous)]

Hard disagree. Shades of every awful made-for-tv or z-grade low budget garbage, imo.