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lovingboth) wrote2020-12-04 11:40 am
lovingboth) wrote2020-12-04 11:40 am
The problem with watching stuff with me
Two recent watches were The Sister (ITV mini series) and The Undoing (HBO mini series). Both had gaping plot holes, but it was the photography and design that had me commenting...
The first one featured 'LOOK! LENS FLARE' shots. A lot. If there was any excuse to get the sun in the shot, they used it.
Even the interior lighting was weird. So, one character's sister has been missing, presumed dead, for many years. Not unreasonably, she has pictures of her right by the front door..
.. except that you can't see them properly because of the 'we paid big money for this' lighting scheme which puts them into shadow.
The rest of the house is either lit, badly, by some standard and table lamps all the time, or they've on some form of timer. But it looks ARTY.
At least one kitchen - you know, where most people do things with sharp knives and have hot things - is so dimly lit, I'm surprised the owner still has all their fingers.
The second one adored using tilt shift effects, where the middle of the shot is in focus, but the sides aren't. Normally, it's the top and bottom that are out of focus, leading the 'you're looking at a very realistic miniature' effect. Here, it's the left and right of the shot that was usually deliberately out of focus.
The first one featured 'LOOK! LENS FLARE' shots. A lot. If there was any excuse to get the sun in the shot, they used it.
Even the interior lighting was weird. So, one character's sister has been missing, presumed dead, for many years. Not unreasonably, she has pictures of her right by the front door..
.. except that you can't see them properly because of the 'we paid big money for this' lighting scheme which puts them into shadow.
The rest of the house is either lit, badly, by some standard and table lamps all the time, or they've on some form of timer. But it looks ARTY.
At least one kitchen - you know, where most people do things with sharp knives and have hot things - is so dimly lit, I'm surprised the owner still has all their fingers.
The second one adored using tilt shift effects, where the middle of the shot is in focus, but the sides aren't. Normally, it's the top and bottom that are out of focus, leading the 'you're looking at a very realistic miniature' effect. Here, it's the left and right of the shot that was usually deliberately out of focus.