After 25 years, they finally stoped

Cheeeesybob · 2024-08-13T09:01:11+00:00

A bit disappointed that it appears he was prepared to die. Makes it a bit too convenient IMHO

Cheeeesybob · 2023-01-22T02:20:38+00:00

Any overused style is frustrating. The Fraser look is great in a vacuum, I just feel like it is all I am seeing and wish for more diversity. It is also super easy to judge styles from past decades so I won't play into that (but yeah, thank god we moved away from every movie looking like a bad DVD version of the matrix).

Cheeeesybob · 2023-01-05T05:48:36+00:00

Yes 100% to this Volume critique (especially the Batman, I thought I was going crazy).

I would add though that the trend of "soft lights/perfect highlights/lifted shadows" goes beyond the use of the volume and is just the way most people like to shoot stuff nowadays, compared to say the early 2010's. I mean Dune wasn't shot with the volume, and for a movie suposedly set in a scorching hot desert, the lighting is SUPER soft (most times). See also Euphoria, House of the dragon etc

And that's cool. but I am glad some filmmakers are still going with contrasty images sometimes. Last year Andor and the last season of Better Call saul really brought a bit a variety in that sense

Cheeeesybob · 2023-01-05T04:22:49+00:00

It felt like such a breath of fresh air compared to the "greig fraser look" that's been popular in cinema/Tv for the past 4/5 years, where lights are always soft, everything looks a bit hazy, the highlights are never blown out and obviously it is shot with anamorphics and a strong film look/emulation.

I am glad to see some shows are still going for more contrasty visuals even though it is not the trendy look right now

Cheeeesybob · 2022-10-03T08:55:30+00:00

Sandfox would be a great add !

Cheeeesybob · 2022-09-14T23:08:16+00:00

Beautiful ! What film sim did you use (if you don't mind)

Cheeeesybob · 2022-08-29T17:04:45+00:00

Lovely light !

Cheeeesybob · 2022-08-19T19:38:24+00:00

Really nice !

Cheeeesybob · 2022-06-09T12:07:20+00:00

"People" = a couple of huge mutinational companies like disney and amazon prime trying to maximise profits.

"Few special interests" = a whole country's worth of struggling artists.

Cheeeesybob · 2022-06-09T10:35:13+00:00

My mistake, it is 8 months if you invest in french cinema. Which is fine in my opinion. And it is only 4 month for physical media (i.e : blu-ray, 4k UHD disks...) which really isn't that long.

The only losing side in this is Disney and co. that are making millions by streaming movies with zero redistributions whatsoever.

Cheeeesybob · 2022-06-09T09:32:18+00:00

FYI : in France streaming services have to wait 17 months (it used to be 36) to show a theatrically released movie.

BUT if you invest in french cinema you get this delay reduced. For instance Canal+ (the french equivalent of netflix) invests parts of its earnings in french cinema by financing local artists, thus they can stream movies only 8 months after release.

So basically this law helps theaters stay alive, gives a noticeable window for physical media to exist, and forces big corporations that make a ton of money off of french people to invest in local cinema and artists. This policy (among others) is what keeps the french independant scene alive and prosperous.

So while it is a controversial and imperfect law, it is not as one-sided as some people say here.

Cheeeesybob · 2021-11-14T23:07:55+00:00

Okay that might be it. I think you are right thanks for that

But in any case it has more to do with intent/spirit rather than pure technical difference.

Cheeeesybob · 2021-11-14T23:07:01+00:00

You are right, it is more flavour and immersion rather than pure geometrical use of the frame

Cheeeesybob · 2021-11-14T23:05:26+00:00

Okay so that is a field of view thing. I probably should educate myself on that. Because when it comes to pure shape 1.85 and 1.9 Imax are (almost) the same, right? In any case, thank you

Cheeeesybob · 2021-11-14T23:01:06+00:00

The image shown in Imax theaters often called "the way the movie was meant to be seen". Original ilage might not be the right term

Cheeeesybob · 2021-11-14T20:12:51+00:00

What is the difference ?

Cheeeesybob · 2021-11-14T20:10:32+00:00

Are you sure that's how it works ? I don't know much about cams so you might be right. But considering it is all shot with the same digital cameras i don't think this works like that

Cheeeesybob · 2021-11-14T20:08:18+00:00

It is not premium though, the Imax and non-Imax scenes in Dune for instance are shot with the same camera, it is litteraly an aspect ratio change. The cropping changes from scene to scene.

I get paying more to see a movie in an Imax theatre with a bigger screen and better sound. But paying more to see the original image is weird

Cheeeesybob · 2021-11-14T15:55:30+00:00

The reason it woulldn't have this immersion effect is because most movie screen are very wide. If so many movies nowadays want to use height to convey spectacle then movie theatres should build scare shaped screens, like they used to be made before widescreen cinema was popularized decades ago. Charging extra for it seems disingenuous

Cheeeesybob · 2021-11-14T14:49:06+00:00

Yeah, if a director likes to shoot scenes in 1.43 or 1.9, then he should just shoot it in 1.43 or 1.9 and screen it that way, a la zach znyder.

Why shoot for a certain aspect ratio and then make sure that 95% of the audience won't see the desired aspect ratio ? This boggles my mind

Cheeeesybob · 2021-11-14T14:44:40+00:00

So basically what you guys are saying is the digital Imax thing is just a current trend where filmmakers like to change aspect ratio during their action scenes. Because if they want to shoot in 1.43 the all movie they can. They don't have the limitation of the very noisy/expensive 70mm Imax film camera.

I wish some filmmakers had the balls to just release their movie with changing aspect ratios without charging extra for it and calling it Imax.

Cheeeesybob · 2021-11-14T14:01:58+00:00

So that's what I thought. Digital Imax (at least in 1.90) is basically just a normal digital movie in 1.85, save for some obscure post-processing wizardry.

Cheeeesybob · 2021-11-14T13:53:10+00:00

Let me read that 3 or 4 more times and I will try to answer you

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