Here at No Film School, we pride ourselves on being on top of all the newest filmmaking tech out there. There are so many new tools out there at people's disposal that allow them to make stuff look and feel incredible. So why are so many Hollywood blockbusters looking so fake? For a long time, I thought this was just nostalgia talking within me. I thought maybe I just missed the grain of 35mm or the practical effects of the 80s. But a brilliant new video essay from Like Stories of Old digs deep into the psychology and philosophy of cinematic realism, and it turns out, the problem is much deeper than "CGI is bad."Let's dive in.Movies Used to Look Better - YouTube www.youtube.com One of the biggest takeaways from the video is the concept of "Perceptual Realism." This isn't about whether a movie is real (we know movies are fake); it’s about whether it triggers the exact brain mechanisms we use to navigate the real world.That's maybe the moral of every film ever made. How do we get the audience to buy in and feel like what's happening on screen happened in real life?The video points out a massive shift in modern filmmaking: The death of deep focus.Look at a film like Lawrence of Arabia or the original Jurassic Park. They used deep focus and long shots that allowed the audience to "scan" the frame. You could choose where to look. That interactivity makes the world feel like it...
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