> He also stressed that watching the show anywhere other than a darkened room with a neutral, large monitor was a disservice to the viewer.
Outdated thinking. Everything in the ecosystem within which these filmmakers are publishing their work is interactive. It is the nature of the digital landscape. You are having a conversation with your audience rather than lecturing them.
If filmmakers want more control they should consider aiming at galleries rather than people's ipads and living rooms.
Given crushed blacks is a common issue with modern LCDs the insistence in using very dark scenes that crush the detail seriously degrades image quality. If you do have a screen that shows all the dark colours distinctly you often just see the compression at work as darkness is one of those areas compression saves a lot of bitrate. This is optimisation for a cinema environment that produces a bad result for most of the home viewers.
I think this is a trend that will be looked upon unfavorably in the future.
One thing that isn’t discussed here and I suspect is the real reason we are seeing this so much recently is the over reliance on CG coupled with limited budgets/time.
Less visible on screen = lower costs and the ability to prioritize what is visible.
I am burned out on the amount of CG that is in in movies when practical effects would often work better. CG is great for enhancing a scene, but when whole elements are rendered for prolonged periods it often veers into uncanny valley.
Going from an led (with local dimming zones) to OLED (LG C1) has completely changed how I feel about 'too dark' content on my home television.
I now appreciate scene lighting much more than before, so much detail is lost trying to balance back lighting to a room and comfort. I remember having to rewind a bit of a Mr. Robot ep because I started to notice trivial background details in a dark scene to the point I was distracted.
The experience was sort of like moving to a higher end surround sound system and clearly hearing everything.
You can also start to notice just how many bits something like the compression being used for digital cable TV thinks it can safely save in the dark areas.
Oh my god yes trying to watch Carnival Row is freaking impossible during the day. But also, I'd be OK with worse picture if they would let the sound guys actually get a microphone within 20 feet of the actors.
[+] [-] stemlord|4 years ago|reply
Outdated thinking. Everything in the ecosystem within which these filmmakers are publishing their work is interactive. It is the nature of the digital landscape. You are having a conversation with your audience rather than lecturing them.
If filmmakers want more control they should consider aiming at galleries rather than people's ipads and living rooms.
[+] [-] renox|4 years ago|reply
I remember even people with OLED complained about this GoT episode.
[+] [-] DoctorOW|4 years ago|reply
Many of them do. The term you're looking for is movie theater and filmmakers do refer to that as the ideal experience for their films.
[+] [-] PaulKeeble|4 years ago|reply
[+] [-] etempleton|4 years ago|reply
One thing that isn’t discussed here and I suspect is the real reason we are seeing this so much recently is the over reliance on CG coupled with limited budgets/time.
Less visible on screen = lower costs and the ability to prioritize what is visible.
I am burned out on the amount of CG that is in in movies when practical effects would often work better. CG is great for enhancing a scene, but when whole elements are rendered for prolonged periods it often veers into uncanny valley.
[+] [-] DIVx0|4 years ago|reply
I now appreciate scene lighting much more than before, so much detail is lost trying to balance back lighting to a room and comfort. I remember having to rewind a bit of a Mr. Robot ep because I started to notice trivial background details in a dark scene to the point I was distracted.
The experience was sort of like moving to a higher end surround sound system and clearly hearing everything.
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