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Anon watches an American flick (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 years ago by [M] to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 122 points 2 years ago (1 child)

That's not an American thing that's a movie/TV making 101 thing, it's for lighting reasons at night, I guess it's this person's first day watching movies.

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  • [–] 52 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I was literally in a movie recently with inexplicably wet streets, and the director said it was because the extra reflected light looks great on film.

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  • [+] -11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    by film do you mean vhs, betamax and video2000 or something else

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Those aren't film, they're tape. Film is what's in the camera or shown through a projector and are visible to the naked eye. VHS, Betamax, and video2000 are magnetic tape formats that aren't viewable with the naked eye. Regardless, "on film" is still a universally acceptable term for "on the recorded video" no matter the format because terms stick around in industries

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Bonus trivia: not all older videos were shot in “film”. That is why some 80’s music videos on YouTube look great, while others not so much (other things being equal). The “film” ones can be re-scanned at a higher resolution and retain a lot of the original detail if the originals are around.

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