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Originally posted by elguapo4 View PostSPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS
See also final series of Big Bang Theory
They had that whole thing about Penny not wanting a baby and then she changed her mind after they jumped forward a few months. That felt a bit clumsy, but it set up a surprise that made the fans happy. (Or, at least, the fans in the studio audience.) Certainly, that’s better than if they were trying to have a baby and then the surprise was that she couldn’t. That wouldn’t be a very happy ending.
Cheers ended with Sam realizing the bar was the love of his life. That was satisfying. The show could have wrapped up a few seasons before it did, but it ended well.
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Rom Com trope: the guy can have done ghastly deceptions, pretending to be somebody else to mislead and set up the woman (initially because he hates her), and still she'll gratefully fall in his arms instead of coming to the natural conclusion that this cad is not trustworthy and therefore best avoided. (cf. Pillow Talk; You've Got Mail)
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Originally posted by G-Man View PostI realise that it's necessary to keep the narrative going, but when people switch the lights off in their bedroom to go to sleep, dark blue light (presumably coming through a window) illuminates the room.
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Originally posted by G-Man View PostI realise that it's necessary to keep the narrative going, but when people switch the lights off in their bedroom to go to sleep, dark blue light (presumably coming through a window) illuminates the room.
Characters that don’t close their curtains before going to bed do my head in, too.
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I've thought about starting a thread on this in the past but wasn't sure how to phrase it. Not just the blue light in sit coms but other methods, like LotR's floodlights in the distance and historical methods like a blue filter even if you can see the sun in the sky. I'm sure there are others.
It is a real issue with film though as proper dark means you're doing a radio show.
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Originally posted by Jah Womble View Post
Characters that don’t close their curtains before going to bed do my head in, too.
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Originally posted by Levin View PostI've thought about starting a thread on this in the past but wasn't sure how to phrase it. Not just the blue light in sit coms but other methods, like LotR's floodlights in the distance and historical methods like a blue filter even if you can see the sun in the sky. I'm sure there are others.
It is a real issue with film though as proper dark means you're doing a radio show.
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Originally posted by Sporting View Post
Maybe they like morning light, or simply like to see what's outside.
Originally posted by S. aureus View PostI don't even have curtains
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Originally posted by jwdd27 View PostAlso you have the hollywood candle, where a single flame will illuminate the whole room rather than the 2 foot radius it actually would.
Speaking of candles, great point from Sits re: Wolf Hall. I think they lit the entire production entirely with natural light and candles, didn't they? I seem to recall the latter part of it was definitely a massive technical challenge, possibly including special cameras/lenses.
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Originally posted by Various Artist View PostIndeed – TV Tropes, whose 'Hollywood Darkness' page I linked to above, calls this the 'Nuclear Candle'.
Speaking of candles, great point from Sits re: Wolf Hall. I think they lit the entire production entirely with natural light and candles, didn't they? I seem to recall the latter part of it was definitely a massive technical challenge, possibly including special cameras/lenses.
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Originally posted by Various Artist View PostAhh, good old Hollywood Darkness. Of all the cliches on this thread, this is one of the most pervasive aspects of film 'grammar' that I used to just tune out automatically, but now can't ever see without it seeming ludicrous.
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Oh, yes, unquestionably it is something we're meant to just go along with. As I said, I used to, like most people. The trouble with 'wising up' to these conventions is that once seen, you can't unsee it. Like the teal-and-orange colour grading on films (and increasingly TV), where not only is the (night) lighting and/or shadows bright blue but people's faces are still glowing orange at the same time, which is a whole different class of absurd.
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The amount of whispering and mumbling in modern drama is ridiculous. As someone with hearing loss, it's impossible to follow most dialogue, which is why I mainly watch documentaries.
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