![]() ![]() This is just one of the reasons so many movies are literally too dark to see recently. Nowadays, with the advanced technology and the possibility to shoot films digitally, it is way easier to alter the lights for creative purposes or to film something with stale lighting and leave that for post-production to fix. It wasn't worth it, and it was also very expensive. ![]() That used to happen not only because it was the norm and how movies were done at the time but also because, back then, all cameras used to shoot in film, and the production could not risk losing a shot as a consequence of being too dark. If you take a look at older movies, even the ones in black and white, you can notice the lighting and tonality of the scenes were much brighter. This technique has been used more and more for the past 10 years, but it doesn't mean it has always been this way. Cinematographers have been making movies relatively darker in their visual storytelling as a tool to create tension and build a more realistic, even suspenseful atmosphere, setting the mood for the film and leaving viewers lurking in the shadows. Have you watched a movie recently that made you turn out the lights, just so you could see what was going on? Maybe you even had to wait until nighttime to watch it. ![]()
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