[Magdalen] Realism in Television.

[Christopher Hart]

David,

I haven't noticed what you wrote about the lighting, but I definitely have
noticed about the sound. I'll have to take more notice of lighting.

On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 3:25 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

>
> Has anyone else noticed the trend in lighting television shows
> that tends to be Rembrandt like in that there is some spotlighting of  the
> major action persons, and often the rest of the scene is in deep  shadow?
>
> This tendency is especially characteristic of crime/police/detective
> shows, but it can be seen in other offerings, even sit-coms.
>
> As I age, this dim lighting is increasingly a problem.
>
> Also, and probably a corollary of the above is the casual dialogue
> delivered
> by the actors in what seems much of the time a whisper.  I  realize
> we are beyond the live stage shows where actors belted out their  dialogue
> without the benefit of microphones, but there must be a happy medium.
>
> The result is that I turn up the volume control, only to have the  infernal
> ads blast out to the point of breaking the windows.
>
> I realize "The Honeymooners" are gone, and modern television shows
> are not a Shakespearian stage, but it's to the point in lighting and
> dialogue where any further reduction is absurdity.
>
>
>
> David Strang - who never watches television before 6  PM.
>



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