After peering through the murky gloom of the #Loki finale, I had to write about this: The MCU's lighting is *so* bad! dailydot.com/unclick/bad-mc…
(Spoiler-free, BTW!)
(Spoiler-free, BTW!)
The MCU is obsessed with flat, low-contrast lighting: dailydot.com/unclick/bad-mc…
It makes things easier for CGI & digital color-correction, but creates a murky aesthetic where you can barely see what's happening.
These are all official promo screenshots!
It makes things easier for CGI & digital color-correction, but creates a murky aesthetic where you can barely see what's happening.
These are all official promo screenshots!
In many MCU projects, the color palette is *extremely* limited.
However this wouldn't be a problem if the lighting & cinematography made use of shadow and light!
For comparison, here's a dark, limited-palette shot from Loki vs. some "dark" scenes from classic B&W movies. (1/2)
However this wouldn't be a problem if the lighting & cinematography made use of shadow and light!
For comparison, here's a dark, limited-palette shot from Loki vs. some "dark" scenes from classic B&W movies. (1/2)
(2/2) I keep seeing MCU fans praising "the lighting" in these scenes where everything is (for example) purple.
But the *lighting* here actually sucks. You can't see the actors' faces, and the eye is drawn to the (irrelevant) fireplace. Here's that scene in B&W:
But the *lighting* here actually sucks. You can't see the actors' faces, and the eye is drawn to the (irrelevant) fireplace. Here's that scene in B&W:
To be clear, I don't mean that "good lighting" is something that works equally well in color and B&W.
But these MCU projects don't use a varied color palette OR create contrast between dark & light. It's bad visual storytelling, and a disservice to the actors!
But these MCU projects don't use a varied color palette OR create contrast between dark & light. It's bad visual storytelling, and a disservice to the actors!
P.S. If you found this thread/article interesting, you may also like my YouTube video about the MCU's costume design, which suffers from a similar problem:
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