Why The Battle of Helm's Deep Remains a Masterclass in Cinematic Lighting
This meme highlights the visual clarity of the Battle of Helm's Deep from the 2002 film 'The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.' Despite the scene taking place during a dark, stormy night, the cinematography remains legible without requiring viewers to manually adjust their screen brightness. The post contrasts this approach with modern filmmaking trends, suggesting that older productions often utilized more effective lighting techniques to maintain visibility during night sequences, ensuring that key action and character details remain clear to the audience even in low-light environments.
"where's all that light coming from?" The same place as the music!
They just help selling high end displays with richer black levels. Why would you buy high end display if the films you're watching aren't utilizing them?
yea but you can still be amazed by this incredible scene from that recent movie, right?
HDR ist the worst thing happened to video.
battle of bastards or something
Lol, remember old movies? Especially western. Night scenes were sometimes recorded during the day and they used a filter to darken the image. Sometimes you could even see the sun in some scenes
are you subtly shitting on game of thrones last season?
but the entire point of bad lighting is to obscure the details and cut costs
You mean unlike:
People never really talk about this, but Viggo Mortenson actually broke his toe during filming.