That sounds a bit like schoolboy errors, Chris.
I tend not to see many films, but especially not ones about flying. I'm almost
bound to find fault since I can't switch off . . .
Chris
On 22 Feb 2013, at 14:18, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I very rarely find fault with the photography in movies, but this one is
> an exception. I finally went to see "Flight" the other day. Good story,
> good acting, and some interesting aerobatics with a DC-9.
>
> But there were places where the photography was awful. At one point, the
> focus of the camera shifted rapidly from the actor's face to some point
> immediately behind him, then in front, the behind, then back to where it
> should have been all along. It wasn't the fault of the projectionist, but
> instead it was the cameraman, and the editing room should have caught that.
>
> The worst photography had to do with two scenes that were filmed with two
> of the actors sitting on a porch. The entire porch is in shadow, so
> everything there is in diminished lighting so that details are not readily
> discernible. At the same time, the background outside of the porch and in
> full daylight is terribly washed out. A little bit of supplemental lighting
> on the porch would have corrected that, and whoever was responsible for that
> omission should be kept away from making movies entirely.
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