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He said that computers have caused this in movies, because now every frame can be manipulated separately.

• potatolicious 17y ago
  Right, but I fail to see how a valid artistic theme in photography suddenly becomes lazy me-too-ism when applied to film. Art goes through phases - maybe there was that guy back during the Renaissance complaining about how all the sculptures looked the same, etc etc. This is simply the way art goes.
  • gabrielroth 17y ago
    Sometimes technology makes it easier to do something, and then people do that thing more than they did before, to the point where they're doing it too much. It's like AutoTune in music: people have always tried to sing in tune, but now they can sing even more in tune, and so current pop music has almost lost the naturalism and emotional effects produced by subtle variance in pitch.
    • potatolicious 17y ago
      Isn't that simply a matter of aesthetics though? I don't much like autotune either, but I'm willing to admit the possibility that it's simply because I grew up listening to a different aesthetic. We've certainly lost a lot of aesthetics as art styles changed over time - when's the last time you saw a good tapestry? I don't see this as particularly bad, though, it's simply "the way it is" in art. Periodically we will exchange one thing for another, and life goes on.
      • aero142 17y ago
        No, it's not an opinion, autotune is evil :)
    • unwind 17y ago
      ... which, of course, creates another emotional effect, and thus is actually working! I agree it can become a bit silly when lots of different singers start sounding alike, but when done well it can really work and have definite effect.
      • gabrielroth 17y ago
        I don't mean the T-Pain style 'AutoTune-as-an-effect' -- I mean the subtler use of AutoTune to correct minor fluctuations in a natural-sounding performance.
• proemeth 17y ago
  Yes, but instead of manipulating them separately, they apply one same filter to all the film, even frames with now face in it. Which means some frames have no contrast in them (screenshot Wolfman #2), others make irrelevant objects stand out (Hot Tub #2). Great article.