Why Are Movies and TV So Dark Now?
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Outdated thinking. Everything in the ecosystem within which these filmmakers are publishing their work is interactive. It is the nature of the digital landscape. You are having a conversation with your audience rather than lecturing them.
If filmmakers want more control they should consider aiming at galleries rather than people's ipads and living rooms.
I remember even people with OLED complained about this GoT episode.
Many of them do. The term you're looking for is movie theater and filmmakers do refer to that as the ideal experience for their films.
One thing that isn’t discussed here and I suspect is the real reason we are seeing this so much recently is the over reliance on CG coupled with limited budgets/time.
Less visible on screen = lower costs and the ability to prioritize what is visible.
I am burned out on the amount of CG that is in in movies when practical effects would often work better. CG is great for enhancing a scene, but when whole elements are rendered for prolonged periods it often veers into uncanny valley.
I now appreciate scene lighting much more than before, so much detail is lost trying to balance back lighting to a room and comfort. I remember having to rewind a bit of a Mr. Robot ep because I started to notice trivial background details in a dark scene to the point I was distracted.
The experience was sort of like moving to a higher end surround sound system and clearly hearing everything.