That's for sure. If you're the only one to like something, it doesn't mean it's wrong to like it. But there's also that Teal & Orange look...Originally Posted by Daniel Rutter
That's for sure. If you're the only one to like something, it doesn't mean it's wrong to like it. But there's also that Teal & Orange look...
Barf ! Carrots and broccoli... good for your health !
Since I like to sit up close to the screen in theaters what I've noticed about digitally shot videos are lack of grain. Even the Alexa....very very clean vs film. I'm actually digging the look of Digital over film. The one thing about film I hang on to is its (film) deep dynamic range especially during high contrast scenes. Even when the image is blown out I love its smooth gradation from light to dark. Most digitally shot movies have a harsh(er) looking falloff (with cheaper cameras that is).
EDIT: The lines are certainly blurred however. Check out this Kanye West / Jay-Z video. Nothing about it screams video....yet it is (shot on the Alexa). I love the cinematography (maybe that's the key to the film look).
Last edited by Ian-T; 2012 June 2nd at 19:44.
No one can read the Gospels without feeling the actual presence of Jesus. His personality pulsates in every word. No myth is filled with such life...Albert Einstein
C'mon...fess up....you know you love Michael Bay movies.Barf ! Carrots and broccoli... good for your health !
No one can read the Gospels without feeling the actual presence of Jesus. His personality pulsates in every word. No myth is filled with such life...Albert Einstein
Only from the perspective of the neophyte; otherwise, it called wisdom. It would behoove you to listen and learn.
But stating that adds nothing to your point.Languages change, and Hell, you don't even speak the freakin language that the O.P. was addressing anyways! Not natively at least!
Again, not to sound arrogant to other cultures or languages, but Languages and words do change.... society changes GREATLY every 10 years... I think most people don't know when they are living a lie. We Americans did not know that in 2007 when things looked upward we were all in a lie. Language changes.
You do realize the reverse is also likely?Take my advice if you want to live another 10-20 years, you'll thank me at your funeral!Like or not film is the standard to which all others are judged. It has always been that way and will continue to be for the foreseeable future. And yes, we do care; that also a part of the industry for a variety of technical and artistic reasons.If film look is an amateur term, I'm okay with that. I don't know wtf I'm doing. That's why I asked.
Last edited by Krane; 2012 June 2nd at 19:48.
But rather than broccoli and carrots, Bay's films are ice cream and jelly. And yes, we love them.
These films--like Cameron's--are big ticket, box office films. They command lots of special effect and explosions but not much substance. In twenty years we will see them as nothing more than what they are: gimmicks.
In twenty years, they will be all but forgotten, drowned among the masses of similar productions... unlike the old classics that will survive because of their storytelling.
People may emphasize content as much as they want.
This doesn't change the fact that film has imposed certain characteristics on the "film look". These have nothing to do with content. Rather, they are consequencies entirely of technical properties of film. Something that the audience is conditioned to connect with film.
These include dynamic range, grain, cadence/framerate, aspect ratios, etc. Here is a pretty good overview on the properties of the film look.
Also, the advice to shoot with flat gammas in order to maximize dynamic range is dangerous (for 8-bit cameras, at least). This may lead to low precision in the important tones. And the picture breaks easilyt if contrast is injected back.
Agree! Maximize the use of the available bits, and always check the histogram!
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