The Mighty Dud Bolt
@mightydudbolt
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"All religions say one thing basically, which is, 'Love is the secret to the universe.'" --George Lucas
Tataouine, Tunisia
Joined January 2022
What this exercise is revealing is that Natalie Portman has never looked so beautiful in a film as she did when George Lucas captured her with a prototype digital camera. It's also revealing how many different subtle aspects of her beauty he was able to capture.
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Also no one get on my case about how some of these technically aren't even cinematography, I'm just the messenger https://t.co/VEu2yN2vBA
I googled "The Last Jedi cinematography" and these were the first four image results from top Reddit posts praising the film. Unsurprisingly these are also ones I see fans of the film posting on here all the time.
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Imagine getting mogged by Richard Marquand and Alan Hume Sorry, I mean the Chad Richard Marquand and the Chad Alan Hume
It suddenly occurs to me that, in contrast to shots like these from Lucas's films, an awful lot of the shots from The Last Jedi most often cited as examples of great cinematography are these sort of vague, simplistic color gradients without a lot of real design features.
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Theory checks out so far https://t.co/pZSYBmC46t
@mightydudbolt look great while not being that. a lot of the stuff on ach-to immediately stands out to me as not being that. i'm still really fond of those types of shots and i think it's a key reason i love the way the movie looks, but i think there's a lot more stuff here that really is great
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Theory: Any given combination of close-ups of Natalie Portman from Attack of the Clones contains more visual interest, aesthetic value, and tonal variety than any possible combination of shots from The Last Jedi
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I googled "The Last Jedi cinematography" and these were the first four image results from top Reddit posts praising the film. Unsurprisingly these are also ones I see fans of the film posting on here all the time.
@mightydudbolt crazy cherrypicked!!!
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That's why I usually try to post a collection of shots that to some extent encapsulate some theme or the personality of the movie as a whole. That's not a perfect representation either but it's much closer to communicating what makes movies interesting.
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There's no "trick" here. This shot looks fine. I have no problem with it. But it simply isn't a shot only an artistic genius could have pulled off. In fact, it's an obvious shot. I don't know what to tell you other than you're fundamentally confused about what "cinema" means.
@mightydudbolt This would be a good point if this was the only trick Johnson was doing in the cinematography. But if you looked past the amazing silhouettes, you still see a film packed with stylish, creative, energetic and narratively rich photography. It’s the complete package visually.
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Could Alan Hume have lit the scenes the way Peter Suschitzky did, even if he'd wanted to? No, but he wasn't hired to light them that way, because Marquand deemed it unnecessary for the material in ROTJ, and Lucas obviously agreed.
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This is a prime example of Cinephile Brain. The shot of Leia in ROTJ is not "flat" just because it is not as moodily lit as the one in TESB. It's simply lit in a more conservative style, which (I have to defend him here) is expressly what Marquand wanted. https://t.co/6bqjdaWjrw
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You mean from this scene? Return of the Jedi is not as elaborately lit as The Empire Strikes Back, but that does not mean it is a bad-looking movie.
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I've tried explaining to my parents that they don't have to do this. Well let me tell you something, I shouldn't have tried that.
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Like there's a reason these two are so cool. You can't just spam these things over and over again.
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Obviously there's nothing wrong with silhouettes but, you know, there's more to life than silhouettes is all I'm saying
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I mean, I'm not making this up, right? These are all the ones they always post. It's all just epic silhouettes against monochrome or bichrome.
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It suddenly occurs to me that, in contrast to shots like these from Lucas's films, an awful lot of the shots from The Last Jedi most often cited as examples of great cinematography are these sort of vague, simplistic color gradients without a lot of real design features.
Look buddy, first off, this is a cinephile free zone. I don't want anyone who follows me to get sucked into that destructive lifestyle. Now to your point, is Alan Hume as good a cinematographer as Peter Suschitzky? No, but Richard Marquand asked for him. Of course, Richard
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Look buddy, first off, this is a cinephile free zone. I don't want anyone who follows me to get sucked into that destructive lifestyle. Now to your point, is Alan Hume as good a cinematographer as Peter Suschitzky? No, but Richard Marquand asked for him. Of course, Richard
@mightydudbolt ROTJ didn't need to be darker than ESB, just not go weirdly camp and jovial in tone in comparison. Also the cinematography sucks. ESB looks amazing.
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