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Re:The contagious visual blandness of Netflix by muglug on Sunday January 22, 2023 @12:21PM (#34479692)
Yeah, the difference is just that the first movie’s DP was aiming for a naturalistic shot, whereas the second DP wasn’t. Tons of 80s and 90s movies have heavily-stylised non-naturalistic lighting (e.g Tim Burton’s Batman)
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Re:The contagious visual blandness of Netflix by royjacobs on Sunday January 22, 2023 @12:34PM (#34479884)
Exactly.

Going further back in history there's also this thing called Film Noir that further disproves the argument that digital cameras (or, more narrowly, Netflix) is the origin of the high-contrast look.

I mean, even the most celebrated film of all time, Citizen Kane, is celebrated among other things for its stark contrast and that was shot in 1941 or thereabouts.

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