Full title: In The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002), the Battle of Helm's Deep happens on a stormy night. Yet, you don't have to increase your screen's brightness. This is because films back then knew how to effectively use lighting.
In The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002), the Battle of Helm's Deep happens on a stormy night. Yet, you don't have to increase your screen's brightness. This is because films back then knew ho…
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Strider@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 2d
This is arguably a not shitty movie detail and true.
gressen@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 2d
Ah, you see, it's a detail about OTHER shitty movies, not shitty detail about this movie. Common mistake.
Strider@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2d
Ah, my bad!
DagwoodIII@piefed.social · 9 pts · 2d
The filmmakers today know as much, if not more, than the ones a few years ago. In many cases, they are the exact same people.
It's like anything else, styles change.
Listen to dialog. we went from Kate Hepburn's polished Midlantic style to Marlon Brando's mumbling. We went from static cameras to handheld to Steadicam.
papalonian@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2d
I think a key difference between the style changes you mention and the one the bot posted is that people generally like Brando and moving cameras. People that have noticed the change very outwardly do not like it, it's just that so many people don't notice or care. I don't know anyone in favor of movies that are 98% brown or black in every frame.
HerbGrower@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 2d
What about desaturated shades of millennial grey?
Strider@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2d
Well they basically went from that knowledge to 'keep it all flat' in front of green or other screens to be able to change anything post production. Also, background often blurred.
It is in a way enshittified and not a different style. There are still good movies that commit to a scene and do it well.