5 Annoying Trends That Make Every Movie Look The Same

droowl

droowl

I really like this article. Sure, it may just be stating the obvious, but its pretty funny too. I really like the part about 300, because I hate that movie. :yes: (Hopefully that doesn't spark a few million hate messages from laconophiliacs stating that Spartans are badasses and they can kick my ass with their man-loving muscles that they got from their 300 workout in slow motion)

Here it is: 5 Annoying Trends That Make Every Movie Look The Same

I stumbled upon this when someone here posted a link about zombies from the same site. I can't recall who. Anyways, enjoy.
 
Haha, yeah I almost posted that one, too. :)

cracked has a nice dry sense of humor that, if you don't over-do it, is really nice. Even if it is pretty formulaic.
 
God, I hate "300". And this is a funny article.

I believe it was Dready who posted the zombie link you are referencing.

EDIT: oops, she beat me to it.
 
We can lay the blame on two movies: The Matrix obviously played a part with bullet time (which proved you could move the camera around AND have slo-mo at the same time), and 300, which at normal speed is roughly 15 minutes long. Once again, a technique progresses from "innovative" to "standard procedure" to "OK, please stop doing that.
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This just made me lol. And yes, I couldn't agree more. Thanks to the digital age, the "Hollywood" look of the 80's/90's have gone, and will never come back... Unless old school directors put a stop to it by opening up film schools or something.
 
knightly said:
Dready... did you click on any of the links? They really make my point.
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Of course. This is my new wallpaper :P And I want to live here. Although as cliche as it may be, Starry Night is my fav painting. That damn Van Gogh with his manipulative blues and yellows!

That was a nice job of finding all those, btw. Somebody's taken an art history class... ;)
 
No, I just did a quick google images search for:
renaissance "complementary colors"

I've taken film classes and done a ton of research on color theory online. We separate the foreground from the background using 4 things; Luminance, Chrominance, Leading lines and Parallax Motion. The farther away from the foreground chrominance (generally skin tone), the more separation visually. We're trying to focus viewer attention and convey emotion with color - just like painters... we just get more exposure to film than to painting, so it's more noticeable that folks are using physics to convert a 3d world into a 2d one... the only advantage we have in film is motion... other than that we're using the same techniques painters have been using since cave painters started exploring the possiblilties.
 
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