Comments | zimshan: SPN PICSPAM: The Cinematographic Use of Lighting in 5.04

zimshan

SPN PICSPAM: The Cinematographic Use of Lighting in 5.04

Oct 08, 2009 12:01

For television, the cinematographic work on Supernatural has been quite consistently precise and meaningful over the years. But in the case of such an important episode of the series as 'The End', the lighting and shot composition work (done by Serge Ladouceur with this week’s director, Steve Boyum) held an especially prominent position. While ( Read more... )

oo!_pretty_colors, spn: s5, cinematography, spn, spn: picspam, spn: meta-ish_attempts

Comments 42

harper47 October 8 2009, 16:18:20 UTC

Lovely analysis. This reminds me of the days when we broke down every detail on Veronica Mars in Season 1.

zimshan October 8 2009, 17:00:00 UTC

Aw, the days of Victor Hammer's perfectly colored VM shots.

It is lovely when detail holds up so well under close scrutiny. It makes me want to shake a fist at all these people who still insist on saying television is so inferior to film. Some of it, sure, but certainly not all of it!

sockkpuppett October 8 2009, 16:22:14 UTC

This is lovely. I've been watching this ep in comparison to 5x3, simply for the palette around Sam.

I love our show.

zimshan October 8 2009, 16:54:24 UTC

Isn't it lovely, the stark contrast between these two back to back episodes? I'm just basking in it all. I'm not sure we could ask for anything more if we tried. This show's just way too good to us all.

nitro26 October 8 2009, 16:53:17 UTC

Wow, this is fantastic. I never even thought about those little things before now. That was a really interesting read - thank you! :)

zimshan October 8 2009, 17:15:54 UTC

This episode just used these little details so well, I couldn't help but point them out! Glad you could enjoy!

innie_darling October 8 2009, 16:54:51 UTC

I really like the explanation of the lighting on the two Deans.

zimshan October 8 2009, 21:28:05 UTC

The lighting was really nicely featured this week, I was happy to point it out. Glad you could enjoy!

moodswingers October 8 2009, 17:01:29 UTC

Fantastic meta. This show really doesn't get the recognition it deserves, especially in aspects like cinematography, set design and score. And the acting isn't bad either. :)

zimshan October 8 2009, 22:52:00 UTC

It really is unfortunate the lack of recognition the show gets, especially if it can be putting out such quality even after year four like this. It's admirable that they still put so much thought and detail in the show, so it can be held up to such scrutiny. But sometimes I think the people who work on the show are just about as big of fans as all of us. Hee!

At any rate, glad you could enjoy!