@SkepticElliptic @Reva
I was noticing that same thing this week. Hold still!!!
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SkepticElliptic@beehaw.org 10 months agoI’ve noticed that the movie and t.v. industry will not tolerate a static shot. They must always be moving the camera around for no apparent reason. Sometimes they just use a jumpcut every half second or so.
I’m not sure if they think it holds the audiences attention better, but I find it extremely distracting and annoying. Maybe I’ve gotten used to static shots from watching real people do real things on YouTube or whatever. It’s like trying to watch a scene on a ship in a storm with these scenes sometimes.
thejohnr@universeodon.com 10 months ago
WashedOver@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
I’ve seen some things about viewer retention on YouTube when there is movement like this. It keeps us interested overall. Perhaps it’s similar to monotone voices not being great at keeping our attention.
Bueller, B-ue-ller, Bueller…
transwarp@startrek.website 10 months ago
It’s definitely an industry change. Frakes has talked about how when he directs an episode now, the show’s director of photography tells him to keep the camera moving.
SkepticElliptic@beehaw.org 10 months ago
My guess is that they’re trying to avoid looking like a soap opera. To me that means audio as well as visual. They mix soap operas in the lower range at a higher volume for older audiences, cutting out the higher vocal range. It makes it sound like they’re in a closet or something.