How The Haunting of Bly Manor Stylized Horror Cinematography Breakdown
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Date: 2022-09-13
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engineeredlifeform
I wasted enough time watching the series, so another 17: 40 isn't going to be devoted to it. I'm just going to say, I _hated_ the cinematography. The contrast was terrible, strong light sources whited out scenes, leaving faces featureless, and dark. It was all in soft focus, and the depth of field was really shallow, meaning nearly everthing was out of focus. It was annoying, style over substance stuff, and eye strain inducing. It was like watching a worn out VHS tape, instead of a 4K TV with HDR. If the style had just been used in the Manor to make it look ghostly, maybe I'd have given it a pass, maybe, but it persisted when the story pointlessly moved to the USA. Oh, and one final gripe, the opening premise, that guests at a wedding sitting by a fire are told a ghost story. which then takes nine fifty-minute episodes to cover, then we return to the wedding guests at the end. who we are supposed to accept, listen to story teller drone on for SEVEN AND A HALF HOURS. Utter BS.
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I wasted enough time watching the series, so another 17: 40 isn't going to be devoted to it. I'm just going to say, I _hated_ the cinematography. The contrast was terrible, strong light sources whited out scenes, leaving faces featureless, and dark. It was all in soft focus, and the depth of field was really shallow, meaning nearly everthing was out of focus. It was annoying, style over substance stuff, and eye strain inducing. It was like watching a worn out VHS tape, instead of a 4K TV with HDR. If the style had just been used in the Manor to make it look ghostly, maybe I'd have given it a pass, maybe, but it persisted when the story pointlessly moved to the USA. Oh, and one final gripe, the opening premise, that guests at a wedding sitting by a fire are told a ghost story. which then takes nine fifty-minute episodes to cover, then we return to the wedding guests at the end. who we are supposed to accept, listen to story teller drone on for SEVEN AND A HALF HOURS. Utter BS.
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Splashy
I'm in my last year of film school and I just finished shooting a music video. We were supposed to use a Sony F5 but one of the second year students dropped one of them so they were short on those. My group ended up using the Arri Alexa which gave us headaches because the gear house gave us 15v batteries which we ended up having to charge every 30 minutes. Ended up not getting everything. We did get a pickup on Monday though and I made sure to book out the external 24v batteries which is a good thing cos we ended up basically having to reshoot the whole video due to the original being too dark.
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I'm in my last year of film school and I just finished shooting a music video. We were supposed to use a Sony F5 but one of the second year students dropped one of them so they were short on those. My group ended up using the Arri Alexa which gave us headaches because the gear house gave us 15v batteries which we ended up having to charge every 30 minutes. Ended up not getting everything. We did get a pickup on Monday though and I made sure to book out the external 24v batteries which is a good thing cos we ended up basically having to reshoot the whole video due to the original being too dark.
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matt
A quick note on adding something to the back of your lens, you want to be very careful doing the especially with dslrs and mirror less cameras with an mechanical shutter. You probably should not take photos for sure but even filming you will still want to be careful.
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A quick note on adding something to the back of your lens, you want to be very careful doing the especially with dslrs and mirror less cameras with an mechanical shutter. You probably should not take photos for sure but even filming you will still want to be careful.
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Amir
Thank you so much to team Indy Mogul! your efforts are content are no less than a film school to me, it has always been like a film school for me alongside Film Riot since 2012!
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Thank you so much to team Indy Mogul! your efforts are content are no less than a film school to me, it has always been like a film school for me alongside Film Riot since 2012!
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JSFILMZ
show had so much potential but ending felt rushed. They started off with such an amazing storyline then splat. Make it a 12 episode series netflix
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show had so much potential but ending felt rushed. They started off with such an amazing storyline then splat. Make it a 12 episode series netflix
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matt
The first time I heard someone mention adding pantyhose to the back of a lens was Shane hurlbut talking about his work on the film The Skulls.
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The first time I heard someone mention adding pantyhose to the back of a lens was Shane hurlbut talking about his work on the film The Skulls.
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BladderProductions
I miss BFX. I don't ever remember when Gary spun the wheel the price was thousands of dollars in equipment.
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I miss BFX. I don't ever remember when Gary spun the wheel the price was thousands of dollars in equipment.
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Kato
The sound of the sharpie drawing on the cardboard is killing me haha, but I love this show so much! Keep it up Ted!
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The sound of the sharpie drawing on the cardboard is killing me haha, but I love this show so much! Keep it up Ted!
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Reggie
Thanks for asking about the lens filtration! I had assumed it was netted. good to know I made a safe assumption!
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Thanks for asking about the lens filtration! I had assumed it was netted. good to know I made a safe assumption!
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beAmaks
Thank you guys for this great breakdown of a fantastic show. It has really good atmosphere and acting
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Thank you guys for this great breakdown of a fantastic show. It has really good atmosphere and acting
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