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Documentaries might care about accurately representing reality. For every other cinematic genre, "authenticity" is not an inherent goal. If film grain is part o
by kibwen 1y ago
Documentaries might care about accurately representing reality. For every other cinematic genre, "authenticity" is not an inherent goal. If film grain is part of the director's vision, then that's just as valid as a choice to have dramatic non-diagetic music playing in the background of a scene (which is highly inauthentic, but also highly effective at evoking emotion, which is the point of art).
- plorkyeran 1y agoI don't see how that is supposed to be relevant to the article's claim that grain adds authenticity and realism. Someone claiming that non-diegetic music adds to authenticity would also be weird.
- Mr_Minderbinder 1y agoI think what the author meant is that film grain is part of the authentic visual aesthetic of cinema produced using celluloid materials. A de-noised image is therefore inauthentic as that is contrary to the appearance of the original projected image or source/master elements.