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Comment by tguvot

14 hours ago

what about not filming entire show in darkness. or, i don't know, filming it in a way that it will look ok on modern televisions without having to turn off settings.

> filming it in a way that it will look ok on modern televisions without having to turn off settings.

That's a lost cause. You never know what sort of random crap and filters a clueless consumer may inflict on the final picture. You cannot possibly make it look good on every possible config.

What you can do is make sure your movie looks decent on most panels out there, assuming they're somewhat standard and aren't configured to go out of their way to nullify most of your work.

The average consumer either never knew these settings existed, or played around with them once when they set up their TV and promptly forgot. As someone who often gets to set up/fix setups for aforementioned people, I'd say this is a good reminder.

Why should I change my style? Modern TVs are the ones that suck.

  • if you film for television, you need to take into consideration how it will look on television

    • sure, but netflix is probably one of the most tenuous examples of groups that film for television.

      they film for screens , regardless of where those might be.

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